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Being open to possibilities : developing a liberatory practice in adult special education Bjerrisgaard, Linda
Abstract
Action research was conducted in a college setting with adult special education students while seeking to answer the question: What do these students really need to know in order to be employable? This paper examines and reflects upon critical incidents, journal writing, transciptions of video sessions and documents of the time involving students and colleagues over a period of six years. Using perspectives from counselling psychology, curriculum theory, and action research six themes emerge as recurring focal points of reflection and change: communication, behavior, patterns, roles, relationships, and structure. Research is concluded through three levels of reflection on person, problem and method. The teacher/researcher moves from a perspective of "doing to students" to one of "being with students" (responsive teaching). It is suggested that Adult Special Education students need to gain an understanding of themselves as learners and as social beings within a social context. Action research methodology became the teaching methodology.
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Being open to possibilities : developing a liberatory practice in adult special education
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University of British Columbia
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1996
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Action research was conducted in a college setting with
adult special education students while seeking to answer the
question: What do these students really need to know in
order to be employable?
This paper examines and reflects upon critical
incidents, journal writing, transciptions of video sessions
and documents of the time involving students and colleagues
over a period of six years. Using perspectives from
counselling psychology, curriculum theory, and action
research six themes emerge as recurring focal points of
reflection and change: communication, behavior, patterns,
roles, relationships, and structure.
Research is concluded through three levels of reflection
on person, problem and method. The teacher/researcher moves
from a perspective of "doing to students" to one of "being
with students" (responsive teaching). It is suggested that
Adult Special Education students need to gain an
understanding of themselves as learners and as social beings
within a social context. Action research methodology became
the teaching methodology.
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eng
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2009-02-09
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.
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10.14288/1.0054838
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University of British Columbia
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1996-05
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Graduate
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For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.