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Teaching Across Borders: A Collaborative Inter-Racial "Border" Pedagogy In Adult Multicultural Education Classes., Elizabeth J. Tisdell, Clarice Perry
Teaching Across Borders: A Collaborative Inter-Racial "Border" Pedagogy In Adult Multicultural Education Classes., Elizabeth J. Tisdell, Clarice Perry
Adult Education Research Conference
This qualitative action research study examined how power dynamics were manifested between and among instructors and students in two graduate level classes team-taught by a black and a white female co-instructors where diversity and equity issues in education was the primary course content. The study also attempts to identify adult education practices that lead to growth and social change among participants in such classes that are at times both uncomfortable and controversial.
A Narrative Assessment Of Synergic Inquiry: Its Effectiveness In Fostering Transformative Learning In Cross-Cultural Settings., Masaji Takano
A Narrative Assessment Of Synergic Inquiry: Its Effectiveness In Fostering Transformative Learning In Cross-Cultural Settings., Masaji Takano
Adult Education Research Conference
This empirical study examines the effectiveness of Synergic Inquiry as a practical methodology for fostering transformative learning experience in cross-cultural settings. The study qualitatively analyzes the life narratives of participants who engaged in action-oriented projects conducted abroad that applied the Synergic Inquiry framework.
Synergic Inquiry (Si): An Alternative Framework For Transformative Learning., Yongming Tang
Synergic Inquiry (Si): An Alternative Framework For Transformative Learning., Yongming Tang
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper discusses SI which intends to help address a number of challenges facing transformative learning teachers and researchers. The SI framework is briefly introduced with the focus on how it creates contexts, processes and catalysts for transformative learning as well as its relationships with some existing learning theories.
Adult Education On-Line., Bruce Spencer
Adult Education On-Line., Bruce Spencer
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Does the addition of the electronic classroom change distance education from individualized study to social education? Experience suggests that it does, but computer-network distance education needs to be critically evaluated by adult educators.
Doing Cross Cultural Research In Adult Education: Methodological And Epistemological Considerations., Barbara Sparks
Doing Cross Cultural Research In Adult Education: Methodological And Epistemological Considerations., Barbara Sparks
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While doing cross cultural research is not new, the growing acknowledgement of the perils of crossing cultures unconsciously is gaining support and calling for change. This paper examines some methodological and epistemological considerations of doing cross cultural qualitative research in adult education. Reliance on partial knowledge and middle class cultural and political bias point to the need within the field for critical reflection on how and why empirical realities are studied in the ways that they are and at the same time require rethinking and revision of traditional research methods while designing new methods of inquiry.
A Replication Study Of The Attitudes Of Selected Academics And Decision-Makers Towards Adult Students., Curtis Smeby, Burton Sisco
A Replication Study Of The Attitudes Of Selected Academics And Decision-Makers Towards Adult Students., Curtis Smeby, Burton Sisco
Adult Education Research Conference
The investigation examined the attitudes of selected academics and decision-makers towards adult students 15 years after the original study was conducted, in another rural state, and in another region of the United States. While the primary purpose was to replicate the original study, a secondary purpose was to compare and identify changes in attitude.
"A Room Of One's Own": A Phenomenological Investigation Of Class, Age, Gender And Politics Of Institutional Change Regarding Adult Students On Campus., Peggy A. Sissel, Margaret Birdsong, Barbara Silaski
"A Room Of One's Own": A Phenomenological Investigation Of Class, Age, Gender And Politics Of Institutional Change Regarding Adult Students On Campus., Peggy A. Sissel, Margaret Birdsong, Barbara Silaski
Adult Education Research Conference
This collaborative phenomenological investigation reveals the experience of adult student advocates in a university setting. The setting was interpreted as being mediated by interlocking systems of oppression. Issues included concepts of class, age, gender, and institutional politics related to resource allocation and meaning about the nature and needs of adult students.
A Sociocultural Perspective Of Knowing: A Grounded Theory Of Epistemological Development Of Malaysian Women., Lucy Earle Reybold
A Sociocultural Perspective Of Knowing: A Grounded Theory Of Epistemological Development Of Malaysian Women., Lucy Earle Reybold
Adult Education Research Conference
The purpose of this study was to identify and describe the epistemological development of Malaysian women in Peninsular Malaysia. Based on constant comparison analysis of 14 in-depth interviews, a substantive theory of epistemological development was identified, including the process of that development and cultural factors that promote changes in epistemology.
Radical Pedagogy In Action: A Case Study Of A Chicano/A Autobiography Class., Jodi Jan Kaufmann
Radical Pedagogy In Action: A Case Study Of A Chicano/A Autobiography Class., Jodi Jan Kaufmann
Adult Education Research Conference
This ethnographic case study explored, from the perspective of the participants, the instructional experience in an adult higher education ethnic literature course taught through the lens of radical pedagogy.
Participation And Retention Factors Relating To Black Reentry Graduate And Undergraduate Women In The College Of Education., Juantia Johnson-Bailey, Angela Humphrey Brown
Participation And Retention Factors Relating To Black Reentry Graduate And Undergraduate Women In The College Of Education., Juantia Johnson-Bailey, Angela Humphrey Brown
Adult Education Research Conference
This qualitative study, which focused on participation and retention factors, examined the educational experiences of nine reentry Black women who were students at a predominately White research university. The research centered on extracting common themes and on identifying factors that influenced or hindered their educational tenure.
The Mirror Within The Mirror: Reflections On Multiculturalism, Theory And Practice., Catherine A. Hansman, Sherwood E. Smith
The Mirror Within The Mirror: Reflections On Multiculturalism, Theory And Practice., Catherine A. Hansman, Sherwood E. Smith
Adult Education Research Conference
The purpose of this paper is to explore the ways in which adult education graduate students' perceptions of race, class, gender and sexual orientation were transformed by the end of graduate adult education courses which included readings, reflection, discussions and other activities designed to foster self-awareness, critical reflection and cultural sensitivity.
An Exploratory Study Of The Social And Personal Dynamics That Deter Underserved Women From Participating In Adult Education Activities., Abby G. Hall, Joe F. Donaldson
An Exploratory Study Of The Social And Personal Dynamics That Deter Underserved Women From Participating In Adult Education Activities., Abby G. Hall, Joe F. Donaldson
Adult Education Research Conference
This study explored the social and personal dynamics that deter underserved women from participating in formal adult education. From a grounded theory perspective, an inductive analysis revealed four integrated categories of deterrents that describe factors leading to nonparticipation (a) preadulthood factors; (b) patterns of nonsupport in adulthood; (c) conventional deterrents; and, (d) lack of "voice" in adulthood.
Taking It To Practice: Building A Critical Postmodern Theory Of Adult Learning Community., Andre P. Grace
Taking It To Practice: Building A Critical Postmodern Theory Of Adult Learning Community., Andre P. Grace
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This paper considers research themes important to contemporary Canadian federal HRD (human resource development) policy, research, and experimentation. It takes up security, work, and learning concerns affecting today's citizen workers and learners and develops aspects of a critical postmodern theory of adult learning community.
Orchestration Of Learning Style Differences And Other Variables In An Action Learning Experience., Robert L. Dilworth
Orchestration Of Learning Style Differences And Other Variables In An Action Learning Experience., Robert L. Dilworth
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Research centered on 31 students who participated in a two-week International Action Learning Seminar in Salford, England. International participants were assigned to action learning sets on the basis of several variables. Composition of sets (six to seven individuals) was purposely mixed to enhance diversity and promote learning.
Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania's Ged Graduates Progress., Gary J. Dean
Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania's Ged Graduates Progress., Gary J. Dean
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A follow-up study of 3,099 GED graduates in Pennsylvania from 1974 through 1994 was conducted to identify changes in employment characteristics, living arrangements, and income, as well as preparation for the GED, further education, and outcomes of passing the GED. All findings indicated that GED graduates perceived obtaining the GED as extremely beneficial.
Creating Mosaics: The Interrelationships Between Knowledge And Context., Barbara J. Daley
Creating Mosaics: The Interrelationships Between Knowledge And Context., Barbara J. Daley
Adult Education Research Conference
This qualitative study analyzed the interrelationships between knowledge gained in continuing education programs and the context in which professionals practice. Findings indicate that the process of constructing a knowledge base was affected by the structural, human resources, political and symbolic frames of the context of practice.
Learning Strategies In The Corporate Setting., Gary J. Conti, Rita C. Kolody, Bobby Schneider
Learning Strategies In The Corporate Setting., Gary J. Conti, Rita C. Kolody, Bobby Schneider
Adult Education Research Conference
The learning strategies of financial planners with American Express were assessed with SKILLS. Results with this group of professionals confirm the distinct learning strategy groups uncovered in previous learning strategy research.
The Myth Of The Universal Adult Educator: A Literature Review., Angela Humphrey Brown
The Myth Of The Universal Adult Educator: A Literature Review., Angela Humphrey Brown
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper critically evaluates the adult education literature with respect to how it deals with the race and the gender of the teachers as a factor in the teaching-learning environment. The mainstream literature perpetuates the myth of the universal teacher while the narratives of African American women transcend the myth.
Narratives Of Women's Sexual Identity Development: A Collaborative Inquiry With Implications For Rewriting Transformative Learning Theory., Ann K. Brooks, Kathleen Edwards
Narratives Of Women's Sexual Identity Development: A Collaborative Inquiry With Implications For Rewriting Transformative Learning Theory., Ann K. Brooks, Kathleen Edwards
Adult Education Research Conference
Transformative learning theory has attended primarily to cognition and our capacity to understand experience in terms of increasingly inclusive, discriminating, permeable, and integrative perspectives (Mezirow, 1991). However, it does not allow for an understanding of the intersubjective nature of meaning-making, nor does it address the workings of oppression or how learning occurs in relation to oppression. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to rewrite transformative learning to allow us to theorize the integration of the individual with the socio-historical and to enable the understanding of the relationship between individuals and social change.
Theoretical Perspectives On Preventing Fishing Vessel Accidents., Roger Boshier
Theoretical Perspectives On Preventing Fishing Vessel Accidents., Roger Boshier
Adult Education Research Conference
Despite the availability of new technologies, fishing vessels come to grief far too often. Prevention education is excessively functionalist and not sufficiently focused on human factors. The author interrogates the problem from contrasting theoretical perspectives and claims prevention educators should embrace subjective as well as objectivist ontologies and place power relations at the centre, not on the margins, of their efforts.
Executive Businesswomen's Learning In The Context Of Organizational Culture., Laura L. Bierema
Executive Businesswomen's Learning In The Context Of Organizational Culture., Laura L. Bierema
Adult Education Research Conference
Case study analysis was used to investigate executive women's learning and development in corporate culture. Eleven executives were interviewed. A model of their development is proposed, detailing their learning tactics, negotiation strategies and transition characteristics over the course of their career development.
Imprisoned Bodies - Free Minds: Incarcerated Women And Liberatory Learning., Irene C. Baird
Imprisoned Bodies - Free Minds: Incarcerated Women And Liberatory Learning., Irene C. Baird
Adult Education Research Conference
Using women's literature as a medium for self-exploration for self-awareness, incarcerated women learn to free their minds from their limiting situation. Examining the model through prison, Freirian, feminist methodologies affirms its significance/effectiveness as the essential first step for saying things differently, for liberation from oppression.
The Politics Of Planning Culturally Relevant Aids Education For African-American Women., Elaine Archie-Booker
The Politics Of Planning Culturally Relevant Aids Education For African-American Women., Elaine Archie-Booker
Adult Education Research Conference
AIDS cases are growing faster among African-American women than for any other ethnicity-gender group. Until a vaccine or cure is available, education offers the primary means to control education. In this paper, I examine a community-based AIDS education provider to determine to what extent were their programs culturally relevant for African-American women.