%0 Journal Article
%T International learning communities for global and localcitizenship
%A Hana Cervinkova
%J European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults
%D 2011
%I 
%X In this paper, I describe our ongoing international project in engaged educationalethnography and participatory action research with young adults and consider itsrelevance for a discussion on the community-building role of adult education in aglobalized context. I use the example of our case study to suggest that adult educatorscan generate viable communities by creating learning spaces that nurture criticalconsciousness, a sense of agency, participation and social solidarity amonginternationally and culturally diverse young adult learners. Furthermore, I argue thatparticipation in international learning communities formed through this educationalprocess can potentially help young adults become locally and globally engaged citizens.International learning communities for global citizenship thus present a proposition forconceptualizing the vital role of adult community education in supporting democraticglobal and local citizenship in a world defined in terms of cross-cultural and longdistanceencounters in the formation of culture.
%K International learning communities
%K globalization
%K citizenship
%K participatoryaction research (PAR)
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/rela.2000-7426.rela0047