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Item CLAIMING A SACRED FACE: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF THE ROLE OF SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE IN CLAIMING A POSITIVE CULTURAL IDENTITY(2005-09-27T17:44:53Z) Tisdell, Elizabeth J.This paper discusses the results of a qualitative study where the purpose was to examine the role of spirituality in developing a positive cultural identity among a multicultural group of 31 adult educators, and then considers what the finding suggest for the further development of culturally relevant teaching practices within adult and higher education settings. In recent years, there has been much discussion about dealing with culture, race, gender, class, sexual orientation in teaching for social change and greater equity in society (Guy, 1999; Hayes & Colin, 1994; Hayes & Flannery, 2000; Johnson-Bailey, 2001). There has also been some discussion of the role of spirituality in adult development and learning (English & Gillen, 2000; Tisdell, 2000), and some limited discussion on the connection between spirituality and teaching for social justice related to cultural issues ( Hart & Holton, 1993; Tisdell, Tolliver, and Villa, 2001; Tolliver & Tisdell, 2002). Most of these discussions have been conceptual in nature, and there has been only limited discussion of the role of spirituality in developing a positive cultural identity from a data-based research perspective. Thus, the purpose of this paper is (1) to discuss the results of a qualitative study where the purpose was to examine the role of spirituality in developing a positive cultural identity among a multicultural group of 31 adult educators; and (2) to discuss the implications the findings of the study have for the further development of culturally relevant teaching practices within adult and higher education settings.Item Non-Ethnic Minority Acceptance In Adult Education: Practice, Praxis, Or Still Just Theory(Midwest Research-to-Practice Conference in Adult, Continuing, and Community Education, 2003) Kvak, JamesThis paper offers the reader an opportunity to better understand the dynamics that occur in adult education classrooms and workshops when sexual orientation is integrated into the subject matter. This issue relates to how learning about sexual orientation can create new knowledge about ourselves, about our differences, about our humanity, and how learning is either created or suppressed in the field of adult education. The paper examines four concerns in relation to sexual orientation: The degree of emotional and physical safety for the gay adult learner in the classroom, the impact of homophobia on both the gay and heterosexual learner and instructor, the freedom and support accorded the adult educator to practice from the reality of their sexual orientation, and the efforts being made by the adult education field to search out and utilize the resources available on this subject-both theoretical and practical.