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Education and learning to support a just transition in Central Appalachia

Author

• • Colleen Unroe
  • The Pennsylvania State University

Abstract

This case study explores the learning and education of a community organization involved with multiple Just Transition initiatives in Eastern Kentucky where the economies were formerly dominated by the coal industry. Sixteen semi-structured interviews were conducted of leaders within the organization in addition to exploring the educational materials. Although non-formal learning plays an important part, informal learning, activist exchanges, and communities of practice play a more fundamental role in the activist learning.

Keywords: Just Transition, social movement learning, informal learning, communities of practice, non-formal learning, Appalachia

How to Cite: Unroe, C. (2020) “Education and learning to support a just transition in Central Appalachia”, Adult Education Research Conference. 1(2020).