A Safe Place
Abstract
The Currere process has given me the opportunity to reflect on my educational experiences in an effort to transform professionally and personally to become a better adult educator (Edwards, 2021). This method allows me to look back at how impactful my lived experiences are on the way in which I approach my professional work with students and how I envision the future of adult education. McQueen’s (2017) article gave me a clearer understanding of Pinar’s Currere method and provided a path to progress through the four stages. As I traversed through the regressive, progressive, analytic, and synthetic stages, I muddled through the Eboni of the past, confronted the Eboni of the now and anticipate the Eboni of the socially constructed future (Baszile, 2017).
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