| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 279 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Adult learning in professional, organizational, and community settings
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Adult learning in professional, organizational, and community settings.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
The deep roots of a farm-girl professor : an introduction to the themes of this book / Joann S. Olson -- The borrowed identity / Vickie J. Claflin -- A few good allies : developing educational leadership in a community that needs you / Laura Lee Douglass -- From humble beginnings to respected educator : navigating the labyrinth of lifelong learning / Bonnie Flynn -- Good girls know better : blue collar Chicagoland to academia / Jennifer K. Holtz -- A tale of two adult educators / Carrie Johnson and Vicky Duckworth -- Assimilate or shut up! lessons I learned about isolation as a non-traditional graduate student / Jeffrey A. Masko -- I never thought I'd find myself in college / Lisa Modenos -- Learning against the odds : perspectives on navigating U.S. higher education environments as a working-class immigrant / Kayon Murray-Johnson and Yvonne Hunter-Johnson -- From impostor to infiltrator : leveraging working-class funds of knowledge to navigate and change academic culture / Cecilia M. Orphan and Candyce Reynolds -- Experiencing connection : applied learning / Anastasia L. Pratt -- Getting outside of my "six blocks" with Bloom / Darryl R. Privott -- A square peg in a round hole : trying to find a fit in the academy / Amy L. Sedivy-Benton -- Why we need bridges / Karin Sprow Forté -- The influence of "have not-ness" on one academic trajectory / Karen A. Stevens -- Journey from working-class student to scholar : overcoming feelings of otherness / Tina Stinson-DaCruz -- Just keep swimming / Cynthia Suopis -- Challenges and perspectives : retracing the steps and leaps of faith of a female African American, working-class scholar's journey toward the professoriate / Amanda Wilkerson -- Relevance, motivation, and encouragement : an educator's transformation origin and beginnings / Michael T. Worthington -- On fire from undergraduate studies, disillusioned in a master's program : discovering the real meaning of social capital behind the scene / Yarrow (a pseudonym) -- Conclusion / Anne C. Benoit. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Working class -- Education (Higher)
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Working class -- Education (Higher) |
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Learning and scholarship -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Learning and scholarship -- Social aspects. |
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United States. |
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Learning and scholarship. |
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College teachers -- United States -- Biography.
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College teachers. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Scholars -- United States -- Biography.
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Scholars. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Benoit, Anne C., editor.
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Olson, Joann S., editor.
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Johnson, Carrie, 1955- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Leaps of faith : stories from Working-class scholars. Charlotte, North Carolina : Information Age Publishing, Inc., c2019 296 pages 9781641134637 |
| ISBN |
9781641134644 (electronic book) |
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164113464X (electronic book) |
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9781641134637 (hardcover) |
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1641134631 (hardcover) |
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9781641134620 (paperback) |
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1641134623 (paperback) |
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