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Learning In Transitions: Migrant Women Reflecting On Life Trajectories And Constructing Self-Identity, Heh Youn Shin Jan 2027

Learning In Transitions: Migrant Women Reflecting On Life Trajectories And Constructing Self-Identity, Heh Youn Shin

Adult Education Research Conference

The purpose of this paper is to examine how foreign wives in Korea present themselves in relation to the dominant discourse surrounding them through stories of migration and marriage experiences.


Contrastive Analysis Of English And Pashto Adjectives, Abdul Raziq Safi Jun 2024

Contrastive Analysis Of English And Pashto Adjectives, Abdul Raziq Safi

Journal of Research Initiatives

Language is a systematic means of communication that employs sound or conventional symbols. Using a foreign language can be problematic when attempting to communicate or translate written or spoken language from one's native language due to structural differences between languages. Among the most widely spoken languages in the world, English is understood by approximately half of the global population. However, it is neither an official nor a second language in our country. Nonetheless, due to its significance, it is often taught as a foreign language at schools, institutes, and universities. As previously mentioned, Pashto, our language, shares structural similarities and …


Analyzing Common Mistakes In First-Year Medicine Faculty Students’ Paragraph Writing, Pervaiz Yaseeni, Fahim Rahimi, Fareed Sahil Jun 2024

Analyzing Common Mistakes In First-Year Medicine Faculty Students’ Paragraph Writing, Pervaiz Yaseeni, Fahim Rahimi, Fareed Sahil

Journal of Research Initiatives

Academic writing is a salient skill for medical students all over the world. Academic writing starts with composing effective paragraphs, laying the foundation for students' advancement in writing during college. This study investigated common mistakes in English paragraph writing committed by the first-year medical students of the Medicine Faculty at Kabul University of Medical Sciences. Additionally, it measured the challenges that Medicine Faculty students tackled in paragraph writing. This quantitative study was conducted through an action research design. The data were collected from 52 medical students, and their work was analyzed using the developed rubrics. The data were analyzed in …


Una Conversación Con Cafecito Y Pan Dulce: Engaging With Convivencia Testimonial In Adult Educational Research, Cindy Peña, Jessica M. Quintero Jun 2024

Una Conversación Con Cafecito Y Pan Dulce: Engaging With Convivencia Testimonial In Adult Educational Research, Cindy Peña, Jessica M. Quintero

Adult Education Research Conference

Convivencia Testimonial (CvT), what is it, how is it applicable in adult educational research and what are its implications? We explore this topic through a discussion via empirical research.


Artificial Intelligence And Graduate Research – The Possibilities, Limitations, And Guardrails, Yugant Patra Jun 2024

Artificial Intelligence And Graduate Research – The Possibilities, Limitations, And Guardrails, Yugant Patra

Adult Education Research Conference

Artificial Intelligence tools are evolving as important instruments in graduate-level research. This round table will discuss the use of such tools and the need to maintain the authenticity and rigor of the qualitative graduate research process.


The Impact Of Digital Technology On Employees' Development Via Informal Learning Approach: A Systematic Review, Ke Ma Jun 2024

The Impact Of Digital Technology On Employees' Development Via Informal Learning Approach: A Systematic Review, Ke Ma

Adult Education Research Conference

The objective of this literature study is to assess the feasibility of HRD practitioners incorporating digital technology to support informal learning in enterprises, with the aim of improving employees' professional development.


Enhancing Community Engagement For Sustainable Educational Outreach In Urban Environments: An Action Research Study, Rebecca Hardeman, Alexandra Cox Jun 2024

Enhancing Community Engagement For Sustainable Educational Outreach In Urban Environments: An Action Research Study, Rebecca Hardeman, Alexandra Cox

Adult Education Research Conference

Cooperative Extension currently faces engagement challenges in urban areas. This roundtable will explore research on boosting outreach and engagement in urban areas for Extension professionals.


Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948). An Inquiry Into Adult Education, Teacher Training, Vocational Education, And Women's Education, Kariman Mahmoud Jun 2024

Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948). An Inquiry Into Adult Education, Teacher Training, Vocational Education, And Women's Education, Kariman Mahmoud

Adult Education Research Conference

Despite Gandhi’s contributions to education, little research has explored his accomplishments in adult education. This paper sheds light on Gandhi's reflections on adult education, teachers' training, vocational, and women's education.


The Invisible Veterans From The Iraq Wars And What Educational Theories May Benefit The Sisterhood Population, Jessica Dunn Jun 2024

The Invisible Veterans From The Iraq Wars And What Educational Theories May Benefit The Sisterhood Population, Jessica Dunn

Adult Education Research Conference

Women are now a critical resource for military recruitment after their involvement in combat in the Iraq Wars, yet little research has been done on this growing Sisterhood population.


A Literature Review Of Men-Centered Articles In The Adult Education Research Conference Proceedings 1997-2022, Lisa Baumgartner Jun 2024

A Literature Review Of Men-Centered Articles In The Adult Education Research Conference Proceedings 1997-2022, Lisa Baumgartner

Adult Education Research Conference

Abstract: I reviewed men-centered articles in the Adult Education Research Conference Proceedings between 1997-2022 to learn how men were portrayed and how hegemonic masculinity was demonstrated.


Mentoring Assistant Professors: Supporting And Nurturing Talent Needed To Grow A Program, Jeffrey Zacharakis Jun 2024

Mentoring Assistant Professors: Supporting And Nurturing Talent Needed To Grow A Program, Jeffrey Zacharakis

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper provides an overview of a land grant university's college of education assistant professor mentoring program, and how mentoring is needed to develop successful junior faculty and grow an academic program in a neoliberal environment.


Educators Creating Liberatory And Inclusive Environments Using Contemplative Educational Tools, Julee Rosser Jun 2024

Educators Creating Liberatory And Inclusive Environments Using Contemplative Educational Tools, Julee Rosser

Adult Education Research Conference

Contemplative educational tools can enhance opportunities for adult educators to develop student-centered, liberatory education, helping students to learn through their triggers, thus creating transformative learning experiences.


Defying Straightforward Solutions: Emergence Studios As Ideal Incubators In Graduate Education And Beyond, Kari Eller, Gregory C.F. Dolezal, Brittani Hawk, Erin Williams Benson, Younghyun Kim, Comfort Ninson Jun 2024

Defying Straightforward Solutions: Emergence Studios As Ideal Incubators In Graduate Education And Beyond, Kari Eller, Gregory C.F. Dolezal, Brittani Hawk, Erin Williams Benson, Younghyun Kim, Comfort Ninson

Adult Education Research Conference

Reimagining a classroom as an emergence studio, three groups of doctoral students used pragmatic imagination to tackle wicked problems and unbind graduate education.


Does M-Shaped Curve Still Exist?: Revealing Vivid Career Trajectory Of Well-Educated Women In South Korea, Jiyea Park Jun 2024

Does M-Shaped Curve Still Exist?: Revealing Vivid Career Trajectory Of Well-Educated Women In South Korea, Jiyea Park

Adult Education Research Conference

The purpose of this study was to reveal how well-educated Korean women face the M-shaped curve in the Korean job market in their mid-20s to late 30s.


Enhancing Community Policing: Exploring Formal Learning Experiences Among Urban Police Officers, Kyle Znamenak Jun 2024

Enhancing Community Policing: Exploring Formal Learning Experiences Among Urban Police Officers, Kyle Znamenak

Adult Education Research Conference

This ground theory study investigated the formal learning experiences that enable police officers to acquire knowledge and skills related to community relations in an urban environment.


Black School Leader Truth: How Black School Leader Epistemology Influences Liberatory Mindset Development In Their Staff, Orpheus Williams May 2024

Black School Leader Truth: How Black School Leader Epistemology Influences Liberatory Mindset Development In Their Staff, Orpheus Williams

Dissertations

Black students in the United States have consistently been denied access to empowering, culturally affirming, and responsive learning experiences in the traditional public system. The epistemological and pedagogical beliefs embedded in a liberatory mindset can subvert this pattern of disempowerment (Shujaa, 1998). Black school leaders (BSLs) who understand the systemic and institutional pressures Black children may face and have to overcome, having undergone similarly racialized experiences in school, are uniquely placed to create liberatory spaces for Black students by recruiting and developing these liberatory mindsets in their staff. This instrumental case study used qualitative research methods of front-porch pedagogy (McTighe …


Borderland Voices: Exploring The Educational Journey Of Transfronterizx Students, Families, And Educators For Enhanced Engagement And Empowerment, Sobeida Velazquez May 2024

Borderland Voices: Exploring The Educational Journey Of Transfronterizx Students, Families, And Educators For Enhanced Engagement And Empowerment, Sobeida Velazquez

Dissertations

Transfronterizx students and their families cross the U.S.–Mexico border for academic, economic, social, cultural, and linguistic reasons. Socioeconomic disparities, deportation, and work have propelled some families to live in Mexico and enroll their U.S.-born children in U.S. schools to provide more socioeconomic opportunities in the United States. Educators of transfronterizx students are uniquely tasked to work with these nontraditional students. Moreover, transfronterizx students and their families have distinct needs in U.S. schools; as such, there is a need for further research on the transfronterizx experience in the U.S. K–12 system. This qualitative narrative inquiry study aimed to understand the experiences …


Prison Walls To College Halls- How To Win With The Most Challenging Students, Floyd D. Lyles Mar 2024

Prison Walls To College Halls- How To Win With The Most Challenging Students, Floyd D. Lyles

National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Conference

Prison Wall to College Halls- How to WIN with your most challenging students is about teaching educators about how to work with at-risk, and challenging students. I believe all students need a champion. Are you a champion for every kid in your building? I will teach you the winning formula and how to be successful with the most challenging, difficult students. You must be Willing to Invest your time and Never give up.


A Qualified Success? Credit Frameworks And Lifelong Learning, Ralf St. Clair Jan 2024

A Qualified Success? Credit Frameworks And Lifelong Learning, Ralf St. Clair

Adult Education Research Conference

Considers the potential of credit and qualifications frameworks to support learners in gaining formal credit for informal and conformal learning. Makes recommendations to increase learner mobility and enhance access and equity.


The Impact Of Teacher Autonomy On Technology Skills Development Among K-12 Stem Educators During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Yuanlu Niu, Yi-Jung Lee, Beixi Li Jan 2024

The Impact Of Teacher Autonomy On Technology Skills Development Among K-12 Stem Educators During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Yuanlu Niu, Yi-Jung Lee, Beixi Li

Adult Education Research Conference

This study aims to explore factors that have affected teacher autonomy in professional development and its impact on the development of technology skills among K-12 STEM teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic.


Mentoring: The Factors That Contribute To Persistence To Graduation For African American Male K-12 Educators In Predominantly White Institutions (Pwi) In Missouri, Paula Miller Jan 2024

Mentoring: The Factors That Contribute To Persistence To Graduation For African American Male K-12 Educators In Predominantly White Institutions (Pwi) In Missouri, Paula Miller

Adult Education Research Conference

This study investigated how mentoring enabled African American male K-12 educators to persist and obtain master’s degrees in predominately White institutions (PWIs) in Missouri.


An Autoethnography Of A Doctoral Student’S Identity Development Through Exposure To Short-Term Study Abroad., Cheri L. Hatcher Jan 2024

An Autoethnography Of A Doctoral Student’S Identity Development Through Exposure To Short-Term Study Abroad., Cheri L. Hatcher

Adult Education Research Conference

This is a reflective autoethnographic study about my short-term study abroad (SSA) experiences as a doctoral student in a US-based adult education program.


Unsports[Man]Like Outdoor Public Spaces: Exercising Women's Learning To Navigate Violence And Safety During Hours Of Heightened Risk, Mattyna L. Stephens Jan 2024

Unsports[Man]Like Outdoor Public Spaces: Exercising Women's Learning To Navigate Violence And Safety During Hours Of Heightened Risk, Mattyna L. Stephens

Adult Education Research Conference

This study aimed to explore the perspectives of women who exercise in outdoor public spaces during hours of heightened risk and to offer insights to other women and organizations.


Creative Problem Solving As A Catalyst For Transformative Learning, Kevin Dixon Gecowets, Weixin He, Sumi Lee Jan 2024

Creative Problem Solving As A Catalyst For Transformative Learning, Kevin Dixon Gecowets, Weixin He, Sumi Lee

Adult Education Research Conference

Creative Problem Solving (CPS) and Transformative Learning (TL) consider how dilemmas prompt new ways of thinking. This study will examine Transformative Learning outcomes of CPS-centered creative education.


Stand Up Comedy To Develop Critical Analysis In The Dei Classroom, Caitlin Hawkins Jan 2024

Stand Up Comedy To Develop Critical Analysis In The Dei Classroom, Caitlin Hawkins

Adult Education Research Conference

This research explores how stand-up comedy from marginalized voices enriches diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) education, to foster critical analysis and emotional intelligence through self- and other awareness.


Feminist Pedagogy In Adult Learning Settings: A Literature Review Of Articles In Adult Learning 1989-2022, Lihua Shang, Lisa Baumgartner Jan 2024

Feminist Pedagogy In Adult Learning Settings: A Literature Review Of Articles In Adult Learning 1989-2022, Lihua Shang, Lisa Baumgartner

Adult Education Research Conference

Adopting an integrated literature review approach, this study analyzes how feminist pedagogy is manifested in articles in Adult Learning between 1989 and 2022.


Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis To Advance Critical Adult Education Research Through Social Movement Learning, Will Frankenberger Jan 2024

Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis To Advance Critical Adult Education Research Through Social Movement Learning, Will Frankenberger

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper aims to explore how the interpretative phenomenological analysis can support the advancement of qualitative research within the field of critical adult education and social movement learning.


Culturally Competent Healthcare And Its Impact On Education And Policy Reformation, Marissa Molina, Lisa R. Brown, Elijah Miranda, Erika Montoya, Elisabeth Villarreal, Lisa Caldwell-Serges Jan 2024

Culturally Competent Healthcare And Its Impact On Education And Policy Reformation, Marissa Molina, Lisa R. Brown, Elijah Miranda, Erika Montoya, Elisabeth Villarreal, Lisa Caldwell-Serges

Adult Education Research Conference

cultural competency, healthcare , diversity, migrants, policy formation, communication, microaggressions, discrimination ,qualitative, quantitative data decision making, program improvement, Higher education, artificial intelligence, incivility, training, community, race, improvement, social justice, educators, inclusivity, administration.


A Literature Review Of Geographic Representation In Adult Education Research, Angela Kissel Jan 2024

A Literature Review Of Geographic Representation In Adult Education Research, Angela Kissel

Adult Education Research Conference

The purpose of this literature review is to determine how adult education research is geographically represented by topic and population in three adult education journals from 1998 through 2023.


Faculty Perceptions And Integration Of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy In Programs Designed For Adult Learners, Jennifer Mattingly Jan 2024

Faculty Perceptions And Integration Of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy In Programs Designed For Adult Learners, Jennifer Mattingly

Dissertations of Practice

Enrollment in colleges and universities has become increasingly diverse and with the looming demographic cliff, many institutions have turned more attention to the adult learner population. However, the diversity of the adult learner has often been overlooked, including in research about how culturally responsive pedagogy is incorporated into adult learning models. The purpose of this case study was to learn about how faculty in adult learning degree programs perceive and integrate culturally responsive pedagogy into their teaching practices. The case site was a department that offers degrees specifically designed for adult learners at a small, private liberal arts institution located …