Beyond Transformative Learning in African-American Adult Education

By exploring how the religious beliefs, scientific knowledge, and social surroundings of African-American sufferers of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) impacts their understanding of the condition, this book develops a new model of effective adult learning.

Gerald D. Redwine is Associate Professor of Clinical Laboratory Science at Texas State University, USA.

List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction PART 1 Laying the Foundation 1 Mothers, the Martyr's Response, and Afro-Theism 2 The Participants and the Church of God in Christ (COGIC) Subculture 3 Afro-Theism: Subcultural Results 4 The COGIC Significant Subculture PART 2 Research Approach 5 So, What Is the Problem? 6 Purpose and Questions 7 Qualitative Research: Grounded Theory PART 3 Background and Methodology 8 Researcher's Perspective 9 Theoretical Framework PART 4 Data Collection and Analysis 10 Interviews 11 Search for Symbols 12 Data Analysis PART 5 Emerging Theory 13 Emergent Categories: Fear and Ancestral Mentors 14 Emergent Categories: Fix, Fatalism, Faith, Frustration, and Authoritarian Mentors 15 Anatomy of Substantive Living 16 Substantive Living PART 6 The Theory: Emerge of Permeated Learning 17 Key Finding 18 Permeated Learning 19 Permeated Learning: Implications and Recommendations 20 Permeated Learning: Past to Present 21 Gaps Bridged: Permeated Learning Theory Applied References