“I Prefer Not to Answer”: Politically Agentive Communicative Silence in Nonprofit and Community-Based Education with Immigrant Students
Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory
Published online on November 19, 2025
Abstract
Adult Education Quarterly, Volume 76, Issue 2, Page 103-121, May 2026.
This paper conceptualizes a form of silence employed by immigrant learners in adult education. Based on an episode occurring during an educational study on nonprofit and community-based organizations, this paper highlights adult immigrant students’ use of ...
This paper conceptualizes a form of silence employed by immigrant learners in adult education. Based on an episode occurring during an educational study on nonprofit and community-based organizations, this paper highlights adult immigrant students’ use of ...