“We’re all on the same journey, but [are taking] different paths:” Relational Connection, Critical Consciousness and Visions of Possibility among Female Adult Literacy Learners

Jaye Jones

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“We’re all on the same journey, but [are taking] different paths:” Relational Connection, Critical Consciousness and Visions of Possibility among Female Adult Literacy Learners

Author

- Jaye Jones
- CUNY Lehman College

Abstract

Women Reading for Education, Affinity & Development (WREAD) is a literacy-focused reading and discussion group for African American women with self-defined histories of trauma. The following paper focuses on the links between relational connections in the group and the development of a collective critical consciousness.

Keywords: Adult Literacy, Women, Critical Literacy, Trauma, Critical Consciousness

How to Cite: Jones, J. (2016) ““We’re all on the same journey, but [are taking] different paths:” Relational Connection, Critical Consciousness and Visions of Possibility among Female Adult Literacy Learners”, Adult Education Research Conference. 1(2016).