What is it about?
Many think of Edith Stein as a philosopher who experienced a dramatic religious conversion and was martyred, but contemporary adult educators may also look to her as a model for the application of social activism based in theory.
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Why is it important?
Researchers in adult and continuing education may have overlooked some practitioners who not only helped develop its socially active aspects but also modeled it through their life experiences. One such pioneer was Edith Stein whose life and death in 20th-century Germany capture many facets of contemporary challenges in the field.
Perspectives
My own journey to Carmel attracted my interest in Edith Stein first in terms of spiritual development and then in adult education. I have always been attracted to stories of transition and transformation; and Stein's includes plenty of the struggles, searching, questioning, faith, and determination from which we all can learn.
Mr. David T. Culkin
Army University
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This page is a summary of: What Edith Stein Can Teach Adult Educators, Journal of Transformative Education, May 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1541344616644683.
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