A Critical Ethnography of Adult Learning In the Context of a Social Movement Group

Margaret L. Cain

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A Critical Ethnography of Adult Learning In the Context of a Social Movement Group

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- Margaret L. Cain
- University of Wisconsin-Madison

Abstract

This ethnography studied the learning among members of two groups in a toxic waste struggle with the EPA. The socio-political context, along with the members’ class, race and gender, significantly affected the members’ learning of technical and emancipatory knowledge.

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How to Cite: Cain, M. L. (1998) “A Critical Ethnography of Adult Learning In the Context of a Social Movement Group”, Adult Education Research Conference. 1(1998).