Social justice is delineated as a commitment to challenge economic, cultural, and social inequalities in education. These disparities are imposed on people from differential privilege, power, and resource distribution. Students who form part of the differential distribution population are the underrepresented, marginalized, and non-traditional learners who want to participate in various educational environments. From the readings and videos, I have learned that adult educators pursue social justice as a long-term process that is constantly evolving and not a finite undertaking.
As an adult educator, I will strive to promote social justice by changing and sculpting social conditions, redeeming the social agenda that prompted the adult education movement in America. To do this, I will instill a common understanding of the implicit behaviors and beliefs of the phenomenon. Additionally, I will carefully analyze research on the current and historical social conditions that position me to offer a basis for policy setting and organizing programs for adult instruction.
Consequently, this will significantly impact the student’s lives and the communities where they work and stay. As an adult educator, I should encourage the pursuit and field exploration of social justice in changing demographics, shifting country priorities, and conflicting values.
Besides, I should be open to considering other contextual thinking avenues about social justice regarding who gains, who loses, and how regulations shape life choices and experiences. As a result, this provides the foundation for working collectively with other adult educators to achieve social impartiality without foregoing individual principal values.
Conclusively, the capacity to understand social justice is essential in knowing its scope and initiating change. According to Nelson and Witte, “To advance such struggles, adult education practitioners must clearly understand what social justice means, the context in which struggles for it emerges, and the interrelationship between whom it involves.” I found the aforementioned quote interesting because it summarized what I should do as an adult educator to promote social justice.