Leading For Social Justice: A Call To Action To Improve Society., 2020 University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Leading For Social Justice: A Call To Action To Improve Society., Teresa L. G. Warner
Journal of Organizational & Educational Leadership
School leaders are required to prepare students for a globally competitive society, and act ethically to facilitate a shared vision of school practices that serve all students equitably. Social justice leadership provided in school and teacher leadership preparation programs is a way to meet the standards for school executives and teachers. The decision to lead for social justice can be made as a result of district mandates while some leaders are motivated by personal experiences. Leaders are distracted from the importance of leading for social justice due to the pressures of accountability testing and the political outcry of the day. …
Counternarratives Of Success: A Narrative Inquiry Into The Life Experiences Of Prior-Enlisted Reserve Officers Navigating Higher Education, 2020 University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Counternarratives Of Success: A Narrative Inquiry Into The Life Experiences Of Prior-Enlisted Reserve Officers Navigating Higher Education, Adam B. Fullerton
Department of Educational Administration: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
The current extant literature on student veterans describes the student veteran population in monolithic terms through a deficit perspective. With reserve servicemembers making up 33% of the veteran population (VA, 2018), reservists move beyond tokenism (Kanter, 1978;1987) and need to be explored separately. This separation enhances the understanding of their experiences in working towards educational attainment and the differences from the traditional student veteran identity. To engage in the study of this subpopulation, a narrative inquiry into the lived experience of three Marine officers who obtained their degrees while serving as enlisted reservists was conducted.
This study used Veteran Critical …
The Importance Of Planning Intellectually Challenging Tasks, 2020 Kansas State University
The Importance Of Planning Intellectually Challenging Tasks, Ali Althuwaybi
Educational Considerations
Since the emergence of the 21st century, advances in information, communication, and technology are changing teaching and learning in numerous ways. Today, teachers are essential for this momentum shift. The identification and design of appropriate and effective instructional tasks and applying them in the classroom will affect teaching and learning. However, this goes beyond offering curriculum and teaching materials to educators. Teachers should be able to stimulate passive curriculum materials and transform them into intriguing instructional tasks if they can specify resources, processes, and outcomes. Current literature underscores the need to support teachers in engaging in operational planning activities that …
Cultural Diversity Professional Development In Schools Survey, 2020 Virginia Commonwealth University
Cultural Diversity Professional Development In Schools Survey, Krystal R. Thomas, Hillary Parkhouse, Jesse Senechal, Zoey Lu, Laura Faulcon, Julie Gorlewski, David B. Naff
MERC Publications
This report presents findings from the Metropolitan Educational Research Consortium (MERC) Cultural Diversity Within Schools Survey. This survey was designed for school- based professionals (i.e., teachers, instructional staff, administrators) within the MERC region. Administered in the fall of 2018, the survey collected information about experiences of professional development related to cultural diversity, attitudes toward cultural diversity within schools, perceptions of barriers and opportunities, and perspectives on the need for professional development. Section 1 of the report discusses the context for this survey effort: increased cultural diversity in our schools, increased cultural mismatch between students and teachers, and multicultural education as …
January 2020, 2020 Southwestern Oklahoma State University
January 2020, Randy Beutler
SWOSU President’s Newsletter
State Equalization Board: What is it and what does it do?
The Oklahoma State Board of Equalization is an entity of state government that has a very important role in the appropriations process each year. The group is responsible for providing an estimate of all revenue that will be available for appropriation by the Oklahoma Legislature for the coming fiscal year.
Strengthening The Capacity To Serve Undocumented Students In A Rural California State University, 2020 Cal Poly Humboldt
Strengthening The Capacity To Serve Undocumented Students In A Rural California State University, Carlos Alvarado Sanchez
Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects
Undocumented students face many obstacles while seeking a higher education degree. As undocumented students apply and are accepted to colleges and universities, they should have the means and resources to complete their higher education degree like all students. An array of strategies can be considered and implemented to have educators and school administrators in higher education be better equipped to serve all students, but specifically undocumented students.
Educators and administrators could continue their acquisition of knowledge base and comfortability about the different implications that surround undocumented students. Therefore, this thesis seeks to examine the efficacy of self-reports on a pre- …
Building Intercultural Maturity: Informal And Incidental Learning Among Volunteers In Adult Esl Contexts, 2020 University of Georgia
Building Intercultural Maturity: Informal And Incidental Learning Among Volunteers In Adult Esl Contexts, Beixi Li
Adult Education Research Conference
This empirical paper describes the preliminary results of a mixed-methods study about the relationship between informal and incidental learning among volunteers in adult ESL and their intercultural maturity.
Adhd And Mindfulness: Looking To Eastern Thought To Expand Western Practice, 2020 University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Adhd And Mindfulness: Looking To Eastern Thought To Expand Western Practice, Tiffany Devol, Qi Sun
Adult Education Research Conference
This roundtable presents mindfulness exercise as a transformative approach in the teaching and learning process. It discusses how this ancient eastern meditation technique can holistically empower adult learners with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
Education And Learning To Support A Just Transition In Central Appalachia, 2020 The Pennsylvania State University
Education And Learning To Support A Just Transition In Central Appalachia, Colleen Unroe
Adult Education Research Conference
This case study explores the learning and education of a community organization involved with multiple Just Transition initiatives in Eastern Kentucky where the economies were formerly dominated by the coal industry. Sixteen semi-structured interviews were conducted of leaders within the organization in addition to exploring the educational materials. Although non-formal learning plays an important part, informal learning, activist exchanges, and communities of practice play a more fundamental role in the activist learning.
Learning At Work In Female-Dominated And Male-Dominated Industries: A Piaac Study, 2020 University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Learning At Work In Female-Dominated And Male-Dominated Industries: A Piaac Study, Joshua C. Collins, Tobin Lopez, Jill Zarestky, Ellen Scully-Russ
Adult Education Research Conference
Learning at work has the potential to be an important contributor to employee performance and professional advancement. Yet, gender inequality is prevalent in many workplaces and may influence the types and quality of learning to which employees are exposed. This study’s purpose was to examine the relationship between female- and male-dominated industries and learning at work as measured by the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). For those industry sectors determined to be female- or male-dominated, we used a linear regression model to determine whether a relationship exists between gender dominance and learning at work based on …
Understanding Power, Politics, And Organizational Culture In Order To Effectively Develop Interdisciplinary Partnerships, 2020 Cleveland State University
Understanding Power, Politics, And Organizational Culture In Order To Effectively Develop Interdisciplinary Partnerships, Wendy Green, Catherine Hansman
Adult Education Research Conference
There has been a consistent shift in how health professions education is viewed and a move to bring the fields of graduate medical education, continuing medical education, and adult education together in order to create more robust learning environments. We propose a conceptual model that addresses organizational differences and power dynamics that acknowledges how power, politics, organizational culture, team dynamics and individual interactions influence the development and implementation of health professions programs.
“Circumstantially Volatile”: A Narrative Study Of The Lived First-Year Experience At A New England Liberal Arts College, 2020 University of Maine-Farmington
“Circumstantially Volatile”: A Narrative Study Of The Lived First-Year Experience At A New England Liberal Arts College, Patrick Flynn
Adult Education Research Conference
College-ready, traditional-aged undergraduate students in the United States have been stopping out at an increasingly higher rate over the last forty years. Many students stop out after the first year, which has led researchers to focus on the first-year experience (FYE) as a way of understanding the trend. While the FYE literature, complemented by research in gender theory, the college transition, emerging adulthood, and college student development provide a foundation for considering the problem, there have been very few studies concerning the FYE of white males. Understanding the FYE at a substantive level for this population will lead to further …
Formal And Informal Learning Transfer In The Workplace, 2020 Kansas State University
Formal And Informal Learning Transfer In The Workplace, Royce Ann Collins, Connie Carpenter
Adult Education Research Conference
Both employees and organizations invest significant amounts of time, energy, and funds while promoting knowledge development as a fulcrum for increasing reflexive transformation, gaining higher cognitive skills, and achieving both organizational and workforce members’ performance goals. Our paper advocates multi-faceted and interactionist adult learning approaches designed to stimulate learners’ motivational dispositions as they transition to and from formal and informal learning environments.
“I Embrace My Ashes”: North Korean Migrants Learning About Entrepreneurship From Failure, 2020 Pennsylvania State University
“I Embrace My Ashes”: North Korean Migrants Learning About Entrepreneurship From Failure, Jinhee Choi, Esther Prins
Adult Education Research Conference
Migrants’ workplace experiences in their host society shape their social adjustment, yet how migrants learn from failures is under-investigated. This study examined how North Korean migrants in South Korea sought to learn from failures in their workplaces and everyday life. The paper draws on nine months of ethnographic research in South Korean social enterprises (restaurants, cafes) that employ North Korean migrants. Data sources include informal conversations and loosely structured interviews with five purposefully selected women who started, or planned to start, their own enterprise. The findings revealed that migrants experienced failure in five inter-related spheres: financial, relational, physical, psychological, and …
A Chicana Feminist Epistemology In Adult Education: A Literature Review, 2020 Texas State University
A Chicana Feminist Epistemology In Adult Education: A Literature Review, Cindy Peña, Jessica M. Quintero, Elizabeth Castañeda, Sonia Rey López
Adult Education Research Conference
The purpose of this literature review was to identify research in adult education literature that used a Chicana feminist theoretical framework. The review was conducted using the Elton B. Stephen CO. (EBSCO) database. Although a thorough review of the most notable adult education journals revealed a lack of scholarly articles using Chicana Feminist Epistemology (CFE), the authors were able to identify three themes within the literature that could aid in incorporating CFE into adult education research. Future implications of embedding a Chicana feminist epistemology in adult education research and practice can create well-rounded studies centered around authentic Latina experiences.
Third Shift Labor Of Advanced Career Learners: Growing The Adult Education Field, 2020 Lock Haven University
Third Shift Labor Of Advanced Career Learners: Growing The Adult Education Field, Tulare W. Park, Carol Rogers-Shaw, Dorca Kisare-Ressler
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper explores the literature on advanced-career adult learners pursuing graduate education on the “third shift”, which begins after daily work and family obligations are completed (Kramarae, 2001, p. 3). The purpose is to explain the unique characteristics of these learners and the ways in which educators can offer support so they are successful and able to return to practice as adult educators themselves to grow the field of adult education.
Reflection And Perspective On International Workplace Learning Research: A Literature Review, 2020 East China Normal University
Reflection And Perspective On International Workplace Learning Research: A Literature Review, Yifan Zhao
Adult Education Research Conference
In recent years, researchers' interest in workplace learning has increased dramatically. Many journals show the current research status of workplace learning. This study uses bibliometrics, cluster analysis, knowledge map to analyze 1764 literatures in 8 journals of workplace learning in 2010-2019. Research findings: (1) The research topics of workplace learning are relatively micro and diverse. Workplace learning theory, influencing factors of workplace learning, workplace learning evaluation, leadership, performance improvement and organizational change are the current research hotspot. (2) Empirical research is the majority research method. (3) Workplace learning theoretical model, informal learning, performance improvement, organizational learning, innovation, leadership are the …
Differences Between Us And German Adults In Native-Born And Migrants’ Participation In Volunteering As A Dimension Of Civic Engagement, 2020 Texas State University
Differences Between Us And German Adults In Native-Born And Migrants’ Participation In Volunteering As A Dimension Of Civic Engagement, Jovita Ross-Gordon, Anke Grotlüschen, M Cecil Smith, Thomas J. Smith, Amy D. Rose, Jill Zarestky, Marion Fleige
Adult Education Research Conference
We examine civic engagement among immigrants and native-born adults in the United States (U.S.) and Germany, operationalized in this study as voluntary work or volunteerism. Data for the analyses are drawn from the PIAAC. Germany and the U.S. were selected from the countries participating in PIAAC initial data collection in 2012 as two large OECD countries with different histories of immigration and responses to migrants. In Germany, native-born individuals showed greater volunteerism than immigrants (β = 0.119, p < .001) while in the U.S., no significant difference was apparent by immigration status (β = 0.031, p = .133). These results are discussed in the paper relative to existing research literature and implications for adult education are suggested.
Addressing A Global Epidemic: Opportunities For Adult Education To Assist Suicide Loss Survivors, 2020 The Pennsylvania State University
Addressing A Global Epidemic: Opportunities For Adult Education To Assist Suicide Loss Survivors, Gina C. Whalen
Adult Education Research Conference
Globally 800,000 people die by suicide every year. The worldwide prevalence of suicide has led to an increase in suicide prevention educational programming, but suicide bereavement education is rarely addressed. The upward trend of suicide rates has direct implications at the personal, community, societal, and global levels. The purpose of this literature review is to bring together empirical studies of those bereaved by suicide from various fields, so that researchers in adult education have a direction for this much-needed area of exploration. Three themes emerged during this research: (a) unique bereavement challenges, (b) barriers to obtaining support, and (c) sources …
Learning Experiences And College Access Of American Workers: Evidence From Piaac, 2020 University of Oklahoma
Learning Experiences And College Access Of American Workers: Evidence From Piaac, Chang Sung Jang, Junghwan Kim, In Tak Kwon
Adult Education Research Conference
Using the U.S. data from the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), this study aims to explore how work-related learning experiences of working adults influence their sub-baccalaureate or baccalaureate degree-seeking in higher education institutions (HEIs). Given many jobs in the U.S. that require higher education credentials, we examined how formal and informal work-related learning experiences are associated with the college access of working adults who have a high school diploma. The multinomial logistic regression results show that work flexibility, distance learning, and private learning experience are positively related to working adults’ college access. Based on the findings, …