Stephen Brookfield (born 1949 in

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, England) is a scholar in

adult education Adult education, distinct from child education, is a practice in which adults engage in systematic and sustained self-educating activities in order to gain new forms of knowledge, skills, attitudes, or values. Merriam, Sharan B. & Brockett, Ralp ...

who has held positions at the

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Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

and the University of Saint Thomas. He is currently Distinguished Scholar at

Antioch University Antioch University is a private university with multiple campuses in the United States and online programs. Founded in 1852 as Antioch College, its first president was politician, abolitionist, and education reformer Horace Mann. It changed its ...

, Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, and Emeritus Professor at the University of St. Thomas.

Education

Brookfield earned his Ph.D. from the

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in 1980 and wrote a thesis o
independent adult learning

Career

In his teaching career, Brookfield has worked in England, Canada, Australia, and the United States, teaching in a variety of college settings. He has written nineteen books on adult learning, adult teaching, critical thinking
discussion methods

critical theory A critical theory is any approach to social philosophy that focuses on society and culture to reveal, critique and challenge power structures. With roots in sociology and literary criticism, it argues that social problems stem more from soci ...

as well as

critical pedagogy Critical pedagogy is a philosophy of education and social movement that developed and applied concepts from critical theory and related traditions to the field of education and the study of culture. It insists that issues of social justice and de ...

and
teaching race
'. His overall project is to help adults learn to think critically about the dominant ideologies they have internalized and how these can be challenged. Influenced by the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory and

American Pragmatism Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition that considers words and thought as tools and instruments for prediction, problem solving, and action, and rejects the idea that the function of thought is to describe, represent, or mirror reality. Pr ...

he has written extensively on how to use methods of

critical reflection Critical thinking is the analysis of available facts, evidence, observations, and arguments to form a judgement. The subject is complex; several different definitions exist, which generally include the rational, skeptical, and unbiased analysis ...

and discussion based teaching to uncover ideologies such as

white supremacy White supremacy or white supremacism is the belief that white people are superior to those of other races and thus should dominate them. The belief favors the maintenance and defense of any power and privilege held by white people. White s ...

and

patriarchy Patriarchy is a social system in which positions of dominance and privilege are primarily held by men. It is used, both as a technical anthropological term for families or clans controlled by the father or eldest male or group of males a ...

. His twentieth book titled
'Becoming a White Anti-Racist: A Practical Guide to Educators, Leaders and Activists
' (co-authored wit
Mary Hess
was published b
Stylus Publishers
in 2021.

Awards

Brookfield has three honorary doctor of letters degrees; from the University System of New Hampshire in 1991, from

Concordia University, St. Paul Concordia University, St. Paul is a private university in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It was founded in 1893 and enrolls nearly 5,600 students. It is a member of the Concordia University System, which is operated by the second-largest Lutheran churc ...

( St. Paul, Minnesota) in 2003, and from

Muhlenberg College Muhlenberg College is a private liberal arts college in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1848, Muhlenberg College is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and is named for Henry Muhlenberg, the German patriarch of Luthe ...

in 2010. He won the Cyril O. Houlebr>World Award for Literature in Adult Education
six times (in 1986, 1989, 1996, 2005, 2011 and 2012),

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as well as the 198
Imogene Okes Award for Outstanding Research in Adult Education
all awarded by th
American Association for Adult and Continuing Education
At the University of St. Thomas he has won th
John Ireland Presidential Award for Outstanding Achievement as a Teacher/Scholar
award for as an exemplary scholar-teacher and the university's Diversity Leadership Teaching and Research Award. His work has been translated into several languages including Korean,

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, Japanese, Danish, Polish,

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and

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. In 2001 he received the Leadership Award from th
Association for Continuing Higher Education
(ACHE) for "extraordinary contributions to the general field of continuing education on a national and international level", and in 2008 he was awarded th
Morris T. Keeton Award for Contributions to Adult and Experiential learning
awarded by th
Council for Academic and Experiential Learning
In 2009 he was inducted into th
International Adult Education Hall of Fame
He won the 201
Philip E. Frandson Award for Literature
awarded by th
University Professional and Continuing Education Association
for his boo
Powerful Techniques for Teaching Adults

Selected bibliography

Books

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Brookfield, Stephen Teaching Race: Helping Students Unmask and Challenge Racism
'. 2018. * https://styluspub.presswarehouse.com/browse/book/978162036859
Becoming-a-White-Antiracist Becoming a White Antiracist: A Practical Guide for Educators, Leaders and Activists
Stephen Brookfield and Mary Hess. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing, 2021.

Chapters in books

* Disrupting Whiteness: The Productive Disturbance of George Yancy's Work on White Identity & the White Gaze. In, K. Ducey (Ed.). George Yancy: A Critical Reader. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield (2020) Forthcoming.
Using a Pedagogy of Narrative Disclosure to Uncover White Supremacy
In, A. Mandell & Elana Michelson (Eds.)
Adult Education in the Age of Trump and Brexit
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass (2020) * Uncovering White Supremacy" In
G. Yancy (Ed.)
Educating for Critical Consciousness
. New York: Routledge (2019) * Critical Thinking and Its Limitations: Can We Think Our Way Out of White Supremacy?" In
E. Minnich and M. Patton (Eds.)

Vol. 7, No. 3 2019. * Repressive Tolerance and the 'Management' of Diversity" In, [https://www.cengage.com/search/productOverview.do;jsessionid=5107590CA30ACA356CE6A2230C5DF7D4?N=197+4294904575+4294917622&Ntk=P_EPI&Ntt=165563677611698875420180829204512375&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial V. Wang (Ed.). Critical Theory and Transformative Learning. Hershey, PA: Information Science Publishing (2018)">Thought Work: Learning to Think for Love of the World
. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield (2020).

Vol. 7, No. 3 2019. * Repressive Tolerance and the 'Management' of Diversity" In, [https://www.cengage.com/search/productOverview.do;jsessionid=5107590CA30ACA356CE6A2230C5DF7D4?N=197+4294904575+4294917622&Ntk=P_EPI&Ntt=165563677611698875420180829204512375&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial V. Wang (Ed.). Critical Theory and Transformative Learning. Hershey, PA: Information Science Publishing (2018)
* White Teachers in Diverse Classrooms: Using Narrative to Address Teaching About Racial Dynamics." In, C. Scott & J. Sims (Eds.) [https://www.igi-global.com/book/developing-workforce-diversity-programs-curriculum/142207 Developing Workforce Diversity Programs, Curriculum and Degrees in Higher Education">Transformative Learning and the Awareness of White Supremacy." Phronesis
Vol. 7, No. 3 2019. * Repressive Tolerance and the 'Management' of Diversity" In

Hershey, PA: IGI Publishing (2016)

Journal articles

* * [https://proliteracy.org/Blogs/Article/491/Why-White-Instructors-Should-Explore-Their-White-Racial-Identity Why White Instructors Should Explore their Racial Identity">V. Wang (Ed.). Critical Theory and Transformative Learning. Hershey, PA: Information Science Publishing (2018)
* White Teachers in Diverse Classrooms: Using Narrative to Address Teaching About Racial Dynamics." In, C. Scott & J. Sims (Eds.
Developing Workforce Diversity Programs, Curriculum and Degrees in Higher Education
Hershey, PA: IGI Publishing (2016)

Journal articles

*
Why White Instructors Should Explore their Racial IdentityAdult Literacy Education: The International Journal of Literacy, Language and Numeracy
Vol. 1, No. 2, 2019. *

* [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1045159514534189 Teaching Our Own Racism: Incorporating Personal Narratives of Whiteness into Anti-Racist Practice," Adult Learning, 25/3, 2014">Killing White Innocence: A Review of George Yancy's Backlash: What Happens When We Talk Honestly About Race in America
(Tikkun, 2018)

* [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1045159514534189 Teaching Our Own Racism: Incorporating Personal Narratives of Whiteness into Anti-Racist Practice," Adult Learning, 25/3, 2014

References

External links

Teaching Our Own Racism: Incorporating Personal Narratives of Whiteness into Anti-Racist Practice," Adult Learning, 25/3, 2014

References

External links

* [http://stephenbrookfield.com/ stephenbrookfield.com
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131230235657/http://www.aaace.org/brookfield American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE)">stephenbrookfield.com">Teaching Our Own Racism: Incorporating Personal Narratives of Whiteness into Anti-Racist Practice," Adult Learning, 25/3, 2014

References

External links

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