A Qualitative Inquiry into Central American Immigrant Women’s Perceptions of Adult learning

Five Central American immigrant women living in a metropolitan area of the Midwestern United States were interviewed. Findings revealed that adult learning was perceived as empowering and experienced as continuous, informal, experiential, and relationa

Developing communicative competence: Methodological considerations for conducting qualitative research with Spanish-speaking adult learners

This article analyzes how we responded to socio-linguistic challenges in our research with Spanish-speaking adults in the U.S. and El Salvador. Our respective racial/ethnic identities, first language, and insider or outsider status created distinctive challenges and communicative strategies. We argue that cross-cultural researchers must recognize socio-linguistic variation within groups and develop communicative competence

Learning and Education of Marginalized Women in the United States

What do we ‘know’ about marginalized women’s learning and educational experiences and how can this knowledge positively inform educators and researchers? All interested scholars are invited to share their research methodologies, experiences, and findings in this roundtable as we begin to develop a collective understanding