Readings on work
- Davidson, Adam. “Making It in America.” Atlantic Magazine. Jan.-Feb. 2012.
- Ehrenreich, Barbara. “Downward Mobility.” Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream. New York: Holt, 2005.
- Kumar, Krishan. “Old and New: Work in the Information Society.” From Post-Industrial to Post-Modern Society. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 1995. 15–34.
Personal Narrative
- Adams, Scott. “A Year Without Fear.” Wall Street Journal. 31 Dec. 2011. p. C.1.
- Dilbert creator Scott Adams reflects on his decision to confront fears instilled in his youth and take more chances
- Lubrano, Alfred, “Bricklayer’s Boy.”
- Satrapi, Marjane. Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
- O’Brien, Tim. ‘’The Things they Carried”
Nonfiction that Engages Adult Students
- Skloot, Rebecca. ‘’The Immortal Live of Henrietta Lacks”
- Balshem, Martha. “Cancer in the Community: Class and Medical Authority”
Readings on education
- Adler, Mortimer J. “Adult Education.” The Journal of Higher Education 23.2 (1952): 59–67, 115.
- Goodman, Paul. “Two Simple Proposals.” Chapter 10, Compulsory Mis-Education, 1964. [argues for a “maturing” period before college and for the abolition of grades]]
Readings on writing
Fiction
- Tobar, Hector. The Tattooed Solider.
Readers and handbooks that work for adult learners
- Bartholomae, David and Anthony Petrosky, Ways of Reading: An Anthology for Writers
- Graff, Gerald and Cathy Birkenstein, “They Say/I Say: The Moves that Matter in Academic Writing”
Possible categories of readings:
http://compfaqs.org/AdultLearners/Organization
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