A Safe Place

Eboni N. Malloy

Eboni N. Malloy North Carolina State University

Keywords: adult learners, inclusion, higher education, black students, female students, inequality, black feminist theory, identity development

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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