Memory Quilts and Hope Chests: Adult Learners Craft Counterstories in Their Community Museum

The authors describe how a community museum created and curated by adult education students acted as an innovative and student-centered model to support learners in developing and demonstrating their literacy skills and knowledges. Using a case study approach to document and analyze students' c...

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Published inJournal of adolescent & adult literacy Vol. 63; no. 5; pp. 549 - 558
Main Authors Gruen, Rachael, Killian Lund, Virginia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Wiley-Blackwell 01.03.2020
Subjects
Adult Education
Adult Literacy
Case Studies
Citizen Participation
Handicrafts
Literacy
Literacy Education
Memory
Museums
Program Descriptions
Story Telling
Student Centered Learning
Teaching Methods
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Summary:The authors describe how a community museum created and curated by adult education students acted as an innovative and student-centered model to support learners in developing and demonstrating their literacy skills and knowledges. Using a case study approach to document and analyze students' counterstories (i.e., stories that disrupt dominant narratives), the authors highlight the ways in which creating and curating a community museum leveraged adult students' expertise and opened opportunities for meaningful civic action through counterstorying. The authors aim to provide adult literacy educators with a concrete example of how an expansive understanding of literacy skills within their curriculum, including the literacies of making and design, can support students' development of relevant content literacies and workforce competencies, including researching, multimodal composing, speaking, and collaborating.
ISSN:1081-3004
DOI:10.1002/jaal.1018