Curriculum Development for Adult Learners in Discussions and Exploration About Social Inequalities and Racism Against People of Color
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higher educationAbstract
With the arrest of a former U.S. President, the Post-Covid19 pandemic, and all the social uprisings and awareness of 2020 to 2023, perhaps there has never been a time in American history where students and educators at all levels need to consider and adapt more effective and innovative approaches to addressing the elephant in the American – room’ and that being the issue of racism. This paper presents meaningful dialogue on Curriculum Development for Adult Learners in Discussions and Exploration of Social Inequalities and Racism against African Americans. These approaches to learning can be useful for examining both educators and adult learners in examining the dark impacts of racism towards African Americans in the United States.
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