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Women Teaching For Social Change In Adult Education: The Spiritual And Cultural Dimensions Of "Teaching Across Borders", Elizabeth J. Tisdell
Women Teaching For Social Change In Adult Education: The Spiritual And Cultural Dimensions Of "Teaching Across Borders", Elizabeth J. Tisdell
Adult Education Research Conference
This study is an exploratory look at understanding how spirituality is renegotiated and informs the emancipatory work of a purposeful sample of women activist adult educators.
Parents As People. Problematising Parental Involvement Programmes., Lyn Tett
Parents As People. Problematising Parental Involvement Programmes., Lyn Tett
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper describes four case studies of parental involvement programmes and examines: the factors that enable partners to collaborate effectively; how the role of 'parent' is constructed; the contribution that education can make to combating social exclusion.
Poor Women's Education Under Welfare Reform, Barbara Sparks
Poor Women's Education Under Welfare Reform, Barbara Sparks
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper reports the effects welfare reform has on the educational development of 48 single mothers in the Midwest. Findings indicate academic tracking into low skill vocational training programs, the lack of knowledge women have about their rights under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and factors which contribute to low educational attainment.
Empowerment Of Rural Zulu Women Through Popular Adult Education In South Africa: A Case Study Of The National Association For Women's Empowerment (Nawe) Program In Kwazulu-Natal, Zilungile Sosibo
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper reports the study on grassroots Zulu women in the NAWE program. The purpose was to investigate whether the women were empowered. The research question was: Are the women empowered, if so, in what ways and how do they define empowerment? Methods of data collection included interviews, participant observation, and document analysis.
Learners' Perspectives Of The Train-The-Trainer Program In Creating The Role Of Classroom Trainer, Susan B. Slusarski
Learners' Perspectives Of The Train-The-Trainer Program In Creating The Role Of Classroom Trainer, Susan B. Slusarski
Adult Education Research Conference
Learners in train-the-trainer courses typically are presented with prescriptive content, yet the classroom setting is dynamic. This study examined the meaning participants in three train-the-trainer programs gave to the role of classroom trainer.
Missing The Beat: Adult Learning Through Religious Music In An African American Church, Michael L. Rowland
Missing The Beat: Adult Learning Through Religious Music In An African American Church, Michael L. Rowland
Adult Education Research Conference
The purpose of this study was to understand the ways religious music contributes to learning and meaning making for African American adults within American society. Retrospective biographies were used to understand how the religious musical experiences of African American adults affect learning. The findings of the study are discussed.
Themes Of Adult Learning And Development In Human Resource Development, Shari Peterson, Mary K. Cooper
Themes Of Adult Learning And Development In Human Resource Development, Shari Peterson, Mary K. Cooper
Adult Education Research Conference
This hermeneutic study explores the practices and philosophies of Adult Education and Human Resource Development, so that integrated communities of practice maybe created by understanding the ways in which adult education theory informs the field of HRD.
Women And Politics In Paraíba, Brazil: Participation, Learning, And Empowerment, Pessoa De Carvalho, Maria Eulina, Rabay Glória
Women And Politics In Paraíba, Brazil: Participation, Learning, And Empowerment, Pessoa De Carvalho, Maria Eulina, Rabay Glória
Adult Education Research Conference
Life histories of pioneer female politicians illustrate instances of learning and empowerment within gender cultures and imbalance in private and public life. After transforming their personal and family lives, independent female candidates face greater obstacles located in the political and economic structure.
Portraits Of Social Strangers, Steve Noble
Portraits Of Social Strangers, Steve Noble
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper discusses the use of art forms, as a way of "teaching and preparing" people experiencing life transitions. The study describes how a gay male graduate student experiences his own recent life shift alongside those explored by two recent immigrant women from Australia and Taiwan to Vancouver, Canada.
Re-Created Selves: Longitudinal Case Studies Of Meaning-Making By Women In Retirement, Vivian Wilson Mott Ph.D.
Re-Created Selves: Longitudinal Case Studies Of Meaning-Making By Women In Retirement, Vivian Wilson Mott Ph.D.
Adult Education Research Conference
The purpose of this second phase of longitudinal research was to continue exploration of women's retirement as a mid and late-life developmental transition, particularly looking at the ways in which the ongoing reflection and learning continued to impact the retirement experience of six women.
The Role Of Cultural Values In The Interpretation Of Significant Life Experiences, Ming-Yeh Lee
The Role Of Cultural Values In The Interpretation Of Significant Life Experiences, Ming-Yeh Lee
Adult Education Research Conference
Researchers in adult education have investigated the phenomenon of meaning-making for decades. However, majority of studies mainly focus on the psychological process of meaning-making, rather than examining how contextual elements, especially cultural values, affect the process of interpretation. The purpose of this study was to explore the role of cultural values in the interpretation of significant life experiences as perceived by Taiwanese Chinese in the U. S.
Collaborative Ways Of Knowing: Storytelling, Metaphor And The Emergence Of The Collaborative Self, Randee Lipson Lawrence, Craig A. Mealman
Collaborative Ways Of Knowing: Storytelling, Metaphor And The Emergence Of The Collaborative Self, Randee Lipson Lawrence, Craig A. Mealman
Adult Education Research Conference
This study explores collaborative inquiry as a research methodology through an examination of the processes employed by the co-researchers. The paper describes metaphor and storytelling, two heuristics that assisted in the collection and analysis of data and discusses the role of the collaborative relationship in the construction of knowledge.
Changing Languages, Cultures,And Self: The Adult Esl Experience Of Perspective Transformation, Kathleen P. King
Changing Languages, Cultures,And Self: The Adult Esl Experience Of Perspective Transformation, Kathleen P. King
Adult Education Research Conference
Research was conducted among 208 adult ESL learners enrolled in college-based ESL programs. This study reveals that perspective transformation is frequently experienced in this context, and characterizes its nature. Implications for adult learning theory, education practice, and further research are discussed.
Adult Meaning Making In The Undergraduate Classroom, Carol E. Kasworm
Adult Meaning Making In The Undergraduate Classroom, Carol E. Kasworm
Adult Education Research Conference
This qualitative study explored adult student meaning making in an undergraduate classroom setting. Five key frames of meaning structures were delineated, suggesting highly complex and differing understandings of expert knowledge and adult learning engagement through classroom learning.
Feminist Life Stories: Twelve Journeys Come Together At A Women's Center, Donna Jones-Ilsley
Feminist Life Stories: Twelve Journeys Come Together At A Women's Center, Donna Jones-Ilsley
Adult Education Research Conference
This study explores the personal narratives of twelve self-proclaimed feminists who started a women's center in a small conservative mid-west town. Our common "herstories" are not identical but reveal learning experiences imbedded in our social and cultural contexts. These social and cultural contexts, however varied, held common threads of the pedagogies we experienced in formal and informal settings. These pedagogies held traditions that are often passed on without question because we are not always aware of their presence. The stories allowed us to reflect on the traditions in our lives in order to come to terms with our past and …
The Homeplace - Not The Marketplace: Developing A Critical Feminist Approach To Adult Education, Patricia Gouthro
The Homeplace - Not The Marketplace: Developing A Critical Feminist Approach To Adult Education, Patricia Gouthro
Adult Education Research Conference
In this paper I explore the development of a critical feminist theoretical approach that draws upon Habermasian theory and feminist discourses to examine connections between adult education and the homeplace.
Reflection Plus 4: Classifying Alternate Perspectives In Experiential Learning, Tara Fenwick
Reflection Plus 4: Classifying Alternate Perspectives In Experiential Learning, Tara Fenwick
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper presents five theoretical perspectives that can inform experiential learning. A rationale for this typology is outlined briefly, then each perspective is described according to learning dimensions such as view of knowledge, learner, power, and role of educator. A chart summary comparing these perspectives will be distributed at the session.
The Relationship Of Learning Strategy Preference And Personality Type, Gary J. Conti, Rita C. Kolody
The Relationship Of Learning Strategy Preference And Personality Type, Gary J. Conti, Rita C. Kolody
Adult Education Research Conference
This study investigated the relationship of learning strategy preference to personality type. The findings indicate that while overall personality type is not related to learning strategy preference, three of the four indicators of personality type show a relationship to learning strategy preference.
Perspectives On Adult Learning: Framing Our Research, Rosemary S. Caffarella, Sharan B. Merriam
Perspectives On Adult Learning: Framing Our Research, Rosemary S. Caffarella, Sharan B. Merriam
Adult Education Research Conference
Based on a review of the literature we describe the assumptions and salient concepts of two major perspectives on adult learning: the individual and the contextual. We then argue that although research should continue to be grounded in these two perspectives, we should expand our research efforts in a third paradigm consisting of an integration of these two perspectives.
For Adults Only: Queer Theory Meets The Self And Identity In Adult Education, A. Brooks, K. Edwards
For Adults Only: Queer Theory Meets The Self And Identity In Adult Education, A. Brooks, K. Edwards
Adult Education Research Conference
This article brings the perspective of "Queer theory" to the field of Adult Education as a way of examining critically the notions of self, identity, and sexuality as they have been taken for granted within the field. Adult Education, like most fields of practice and research, assumes the Western ideals of the monadic self, clear and undisputed identities, and heterosexuality. However, the intersection of a strong postmodern voice in both academia and the popular culture, the increasing exploration of other-than-hetero-sexualities in the media, and the foregrounding of sexuality in the work of adult education researchers (Brooks & Edwards,1997; Edwards, 1997; …
The Dynamics Of Adult Basic Education Instruction, Hal Beder, Patsy Medina
The Dynamics Of Adult Basic Education Instruction, Hal Beder, Patsy Medina
Adult Education Research Conference
This presentation reports the results of a classroom dynamics study of adult literacy education in which twenty adult literacy classes were observed twice in seven states. For each observed class, teachers were interviewed. Students were interviewed when possible. The overriding theme was classroom culture, defined as the socially patterned human thought and behavior that takes place in adult literacy education classrooms.
The Examined Life: A Study Of Identity Formation,Agency, Self-Expression Among Imprisoned Women, Irene C. Baird
The Examined Life: A Study Of Identity Formation,Agency, Self-Expression Among Imprisoned Women, Irene C. Baird
Adult Education Research Conference
This study demonstrated the efficacy of a Freirian/humanities-based adult education program on identity formation, agency and empowerment through self-expression within the context of a women's group in a county jail.
An Investigation Of How Faculty Learn To Teach At A Distance With Technology: Their Strategies For Solving The Problem, Rebecca D. Armstrong
An Investigation Of How Faculty Learn To Teach At A Distance With Technology: Their Strategies For Solving The Problem, Rebecca D. Armstrong
Adult Education Research Conference
This exploratory, qualitative research study sought to understand--from the faculty members' viewpoint--how they went about learning to teach at a distance with technology when not required to attend training. Findings point toward the importance of institutional context and indicate that some developmental process is occurring.
Irreconcilable Differences: Critical Feminism, Learning At Work, And Hrd, Sharon L. Howell, Vicki K. Carter, Fred M. Schied
Irreconcilable Differences: Critical Feminism, Learning At Work, And Hrd, Sharon L. Howell, Vicki K. Carter, Fred M. Schied
Adult Education Research Conference
This study explored the contradictions among critical feminist theory, Human Resource Development, and the reality of women's experiences. Missing from the HRD literature, with its managerial focus, is the centrality of workers', particularly women's experiences of HRD and the gendered nature of work itself.
Adult Graduate Students' Perceptions Of Gender & Race: Implications For Program Development In Rural Communities, Catherine A. Hansman, Mary H. Jackson, Dale F. Grant, Leon E. Spencer
Adult Graduate Students' Perceptions Of Gender & Race: Implications For Program Development In Rural Communities, Catherine A. Hansman, Mary H. Jackson, Dale F. Grant, Leon E. Spencer
Adult Education Research Conference
The purpose of this study was to assess the existing levels of awareness toward issues of race and gender in graduate students. Implications for curriculum planning are that faculty members should encourage sensitivity to diversity in all of their classes through small group discussions, case studies, presentations concerning racial and gender issues, and readings that encourage multiple views of issues.
Civil Society, Cultural Hegemony, And Citizenship: Implications For Adult Educators, Pat Durish, Rachel Gorman, Morrell Shahrzad, Daniel Schugurensky, Deborah Sword
Civil Society, Cultural Hegemony, And Citizenship: Implications For Adult Educators, Pat Durish, Rachel Gorman, Morrell Shahrzad, Daniel Schugurensky, Deborah Sword
Adult Education Research Conference
The participants in this symposium provide a panorama of positions about civil society, citizenship and the dynamics of the exercise of power in the world of adult education. Theoretical approaches range from postmodernism to cultural studies to Marxist and critical theoretical positions. Case studies are equally diverse, ranging from North and Latin America to the Middle East.