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Positioning in the Context of Adult Learning and Participation

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  • E. Beverly Young

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Positioning dimensions, reflexive and discursive, present a portrait of learning and cognitive processes understood in the context of social participation. Reflexive positioning emphasizes self-identity and resilience for learning; discursive positioning underlines communication necessary for social interaction to bind people in a network. Communication that connects might also disconnect creating a condition for learning. An interpretive biographical study of 11 men and women living in a shelter using an inductive analysis of multiple data sources explored this presumption. One major conclusion suggested that when transitional residents face a gap in cognitive skills and the ability to use what they learned in social networks, the experience creates a condition for learning.

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  • E. Beverly Young, 2012. "Positioning in the Context of Adult Learning and Participation," SAGE Open, , vol. 2(2), pages 21582440124, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:sagope:v:2:y:2012:i:2:p:2158244012444113
    DOI: 10.1177/2158244012444113
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