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The Cross-Cultural Conditions Of Trust, Rob B. Mcclary

Adult Education Research Conference

An important aspect of being an effective educator is gaining the trust of one’s students. Nowhere is this more critical, and more challenging, than for our military leaders whose jobs require them to teach and train the service members of our allies and coalition partners. Participants in this roundtable will be invited to share their experiences of building cross-cultural trust in their classrooms, and to engage in a learning activity that explores how they view the behaviors that lead to trust.

Failure Was Not An Option: The Lived Experiences Of African Ameripean Male Graduates In Doctoral Programs At Historical Black Universities And Predominantly White Universities, John Littlejohn Jr.

Adult Education Research Conference

The purpose of this qualitative case study was to compare the lived experiences of African Ameripean male doctoral graduates from historical Black universities (HBCUs) and predominately White institutions (PWIs), their encounters with racism, and factors that contributed to the overall success for their attainment of a doctoral degree.

Managing The Documents Of Adult Education– Historical Perspective, Bo Chang

Adult Education Research Conference

In this paper, the author discussed how to collect and analyze data in historical perspective. In historical inquiry, researchers identify the research questions, specify the domain which relates to the research questions, and familiarize themselves with how the documents are structured and managed in the host library. In collecting data, researchers do not need to limit themselves to how the documents are labeled by the archivists. They can break the boundaries of the labeled documents and find out how seemingly unrelated documents are actually interrelated. Positivists and constructionists view history differently, which results in different approaches in how historical data …

Addressing Issues For Graduate Students Who Are Single Parents With Dependent Children: What Is The Role Of Adult Education?, Stacy Kimbrough, Joshua C. Collins

Adult Education Research Conference

The purpose of this roundtable is to begin unveiling the experience of the graduate student who is also a single parent, while also suggesting supportive programs to improve their recruitment and success. This adult student population is underserved. Understanding their challenges is necessary to improve resources and student success.

Fostering Self-Direction In Learning, Vince Carlisle, Jane Fishback

Adult Education Research Conference

This study sought to assess changes in the four characteristics measured by the Personal Responsibility Orientation – Self-Directed Learning Scaleinitiative, control, self-efficacy, and motivation among mid-career Army officers attending the U.S. Army’s Command and General Staff Officer’s Course. Results were compared among subgroups based on gender, ethnicity, and level of education. This pre-test post-test quasi-experimental study explored the development of self-directed learning for mid-level Army officers.

Microaggressions Among Online Graduate Students, Annie Hoekman, Dr. Doris Wright Carroll

Adult Education Research Conference

Microaggressions are brief, everyday exchanges that send denigrating messages to a target group. This study analyzes empirical data taken from a graduate multicultural course taught online. The study explores the various ways interactions between adult students demonstrate forms of microaggressions.

A Case For Place As A Mediating Artifact In Transnational Learning Contexts: A Cultural Historial Place-Based Inquiry, Kimeka Campbell

Adult Education Research Conference

To provide appropriate learner-centered contexts for transnational adult learners in the United States, the central place-based knowledge perspectives that learners possess upon arrival must be preserved. This paper discusses using the cultural historical activity theory to underscore place as a mediating instrument in the preservation process.

Communities Of Practice In Workplace Learninga Cultural Interpretation Of Graduate Enrollment Management, C. Dean Campbell, Nadielka Bishop

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper undertakes a cultural interpretation of the roles professional expertise and context play in workplace learning through human resource interventions with a community of post-secondary administrators at one institution. To better understand and evaluate Wenger’s (1998) concept of communities of practice, an ethnographic case study methodology explores boundaries, intersections, and learning communities in communities of practice. The project examines the value communities of practice contribute to African American administrators’ professional learning in an understudied context, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Case study data define interventions as indicators of a community of practice in graduate enrollment managementa) boundaries of …

The Influence Of Embodied Cultural Capital On The Retention And Matriculation Adults Entering College, Pamela Hampton-Garland

Adult Education Research Conference

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the challenges of non-traditional students entering college and to offer suggestions on research that addresses these challenges. Embodied cultural capital is the core of who we are and how we define ourselves. It is through this capital that an individual identifies their authentic self. Embodied cultural capital is derived from one’s life-long investment in education from all sources including community, family and schooling.

Faculty Development: Measuring Unintended Consequences Of Individual Participation In A Community Of Practice, Kenda S. Grover, Shelly Walters, Kit Kacirek

Adult Education Research Conference

The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of outcomes associated with self-directed learners’ participation in a Community of Practice (CoP) for faculty teaching in an online environment. The research examines how faculty members perceive their involvement impacts their teaching.

Nontraditional Approaches With Nontraditional Studentsexperiences Of Learning, Service And Identity Development, Suzanne M. Buglione

Adult Education Research Conference

This phenomenological inquiry examines the lived experiences of highly nontraditional students enrolled in credit-bearing, undergraduate higher education courses, and engaged in pedagogy related to service and learning to examine civic and student identity development reflecting the extent to which students perceive these identities as marginalized

Photolanguage As A Research Tool In Adult And Community Education, Wendy Griswold, La Barbara James Wigfall

Adult Education Research Conference

Photolanguage facilitates reflection and discussion in small group settings. It is useful as a research tool as it elicits rich data for analysis. Used in an environmental justice community, the use of Photolanguage provided insight into participants’ motives, involvement in, and vision for a redevelopment project.

Facing Language, Funding, And Personnel Barriers? How Adult Education Principles And Practices Facilitate Nutrition Education For Low-Income Mexican American Audiences, Nozella Brown

Adult Education Research Conference

This case study describes how a cooperative extension adult educator partnered with community health educators to provide nutrition education for low-income, low-literacy, Mexican Americans. It offers strategies for adult educators facing language, personnel, and financial challenges that threaten community education programs, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Education Program (SNAP-Ed).

Readability Of Instructional Materials And Usability Of Online Learning Environment: Their Relations To The Development Of Authentic And Contingent Knowledge, Lisa Casper, Jeanne M. Myers, Chris L. Yuen

Adult Education Research Conference

This research project correlates authentic knowledge with the readability of instructional materials and contingent knowledge with usability of the online learning environment. Based on thematic analyses in above two areas, we propose a model that governs how adult learners develop authentic and contingent knowledge in an intertwined manner.

Multi-Lingual Research In Minority-Majority Communities, Debra Bolton

Adult Education Research Conference

: Reaching under-served audiences can be a challenge when we lack knowledge of needs. Using data to create relevant educational topics support adult educators for student success. This study addresses well-being and social connectedness in multi-lingual, Minority-majority, rural communities, and compares data in similar studies that used an English-only approach.

The Matter Of Morality: Examining Moral-Ethics As A Tenet Of Transformative Learning, Perdeta L. Bush

Adult Education Research Conference

Experience, a common denominator for all adults, is one of the core elements in teaching transformative learning and making meaning (Cranton, 2006). Key in building the educational foundation of transformation, “the way in which individuals make meaning of their experience facilitates growth and learning (Merriam & Brockett, 2007, p. 141). Transformative learning, as an educational theory, calls for the adult learner to re-examine long held beliefs that are built upon personal experiences. Assessing those individual experiences while considering the shared experiences of others may result in a converted frame of reference.

Arts-Based Learningimage As A Vehicle For Transformation In Adult Learners, Dianna Bartel

Adult Education Research Conference

This study will consider the use of arts-based learning as a means of provoking transformation in the lives of adult students in non-arts classrooms and community environments. Specifically considering the use of image as the vehicle encouraging transformation.

Living And Learning With Chronic Disease: Toward Better Methods Of Education, Lisa M. Baumgartner, Katharine Preissner

Adult Education Research Conference

Learning to live with a chronic disease is a lifelong endeavor. Literature concerning learning, identity, and education as it relates to chronic illness are reviewed. Session participants will discuss best practices regarding learning and health education for the chronically ill.

Motivational/Cultural Issues In The Utilization Of Army Learning Model (Alm) Techniques While Instructing Armenian Soldiers, Brent Anders

Adult Education Research Conference

Using Army Learning Model techniques to conduct a modified first-stage Sergeant’s course to Armenian soldiers, motivational and cultural issues were observed affecting learner experience/outcome. This action research observed that successful outcomes were achieved through specific use of facilitation, demo, and practical exercise instructional techniques, with firm control of class interactions.

The Role Of Social Interactions In Learning Ethno-National Identitythe Case Of The Divided Island Of Cyprus, Christos Anagiotos

Adult Education Research Conference

Cyprus is a divided island as a result of nationalist conflict between the Greek-Cypriot and the Turkish-Cypriot communities, which lived apart from 1974 until 2003. Using narrative analysis this paper examines how social interactions outside Cyprus influence ethno-national identity learning of young Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot adults.

Infusing Adult Learning Theory In A Traditional University Classroom: An Alternate Approach To Freshman Orientation, Jake Ayo, Kenda Grover

Adult Education Research Conference

The purpose of this study was to measure differences in freshmen expectations between the first and last days of a required 8-week orientation course. The course was taught using adult learning theory as a framework, incorporating adult learning principles as instructional strategies for a traditional population of learners.

Insights On Conducting International Fieldwork In Developing Regions, Jill Zarestky

Adult Education Research Conference

While issues of globalization deserve our attention, barriers to conducting international research may seem insurmountable. Having recently completed fieldwork in a developing region abroad, the purpose of this auto-ethnographic analysis was to examine the experience of conducting unfunded international field research as a means to support and encourage other scholars.

Then And Now: An Analysis Of Broad-Based Merit Aid Initial Eligibility Policies After Twenty Years, William K. Ingle, Jason R. Ratliff

Kentucky Journal of Higher Education Policy and Practice

Using Hall’s framework of policy changes, we sought to document and classify changes in initial eligibility and award provisions of broad-based merit aid scholarship programs at inception and present day. Our analysis revealed five first-order changes, two second-order changes, and only one third order change. Although the policy settings, instruments, and goals remained static in five states, the scholarship dollars in four of them have not kept up with increases in overall cost of attendance.

The Relationship Between Demands And Resources And Teacher Burnout: A Fifteen-Year Meta-Analysis, Tammy Marie Stewart

Doctoral Dissertations

This meta-analysis explored the phenomenon of teacher burnout— the biggest contributor to teacher attrition (Owens, 2013; Unterbrink, 2014; Yu, 2015). The focus of this study was to use meta-analytical procedures to explore the relationship between burnout dimensions (i.e., emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and feelings of personal accomplishment) and specific demand and resource correlates. Demand correlates included work overload, role conflict, role ambiguity, and student misbehavior. Resource correlates included peer support, supervisory support, and decision-making. This meta-analytical research method encompassed fifteen years of published and unpublished studies from January 2000 through January 2015. A total of 116 studies met the following inclusion …

The Effects Of Laity Ministry Involvement On Transformational Discipleship, Emmanuel Reinbold

Ed.D. Dissertations

This study sought to determine the impacts of The Place Assessment process within four congregations that are a part of The Church of the Nazarene in central and Eastern Iowa. The Place Assessment process included structured teaching, completing a comprehensive assessment online, and structured coaching. The results of this process showed measurable increases in the areas of discipleship engagement and discipleship transformation.

An Investigation Of Perceptions Of Program Quality Support Of Adult Basic Education Programs In Arkansas, Gary William Udouj

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This study was designed to identify the degree to which the directors of adult basic education programs in Arkansas perceive they have program quality support, as evidenced by a well-defined mission and role in the community, a management system, human resources management, and a suitable learning environment. To collect data for this study, NSCALL's Evidence-based program self-assessment (2006) was modified and administered electronically. Thirty-nine administrators of adult education programs funded by state and federal grants under the Arkansas Department of Career Education were invited to participate. The survey consisted of 40 questions scored on a 5-point Likert type scale, four …

An Evaluation Of The Attitudes, Beliefs, And Mental Health Literacy Of Young African American College Graduates, Marshae Antoinette Mcneal

Dissertations

The aim of this study was to examine the relationships between the attitudes, beliefs, and mental health literacy of young college-educated African Americans as compared to their Caucasian counterparts. Previous research indicates these two populations differ when receiving services for mental illness. The goal of this study was to see if this difference is due to their mental health literacy level, attitudes toward seeking help, as well as their attitudes and beliefs toward mental illness. A quantitative analysis was conducted using elements of the MacArthur Mental Health Module and the Attitudes toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale-Short Form (ATSPPHS-SF) to …

Doc 9 Research Forum Abstracts, Chris Diaz

Doctoral Research Forums

In this research conference, members of the 2015 ACE Doctoral Cohort (Doc-9) will present their research for public review and discussion.

These presentations are a formal component of the Critical Engagement Project—a sustained and critical inquiry.

Through their Critical Engagement Project, doctoral students infuse their dissertation with a critical sense of self, their commitments, and their vision of both self and the world they seek to build through their inquiries.

Transitions: The First Year Experience Of International Undergraduates At Yale College, Danielle Valles

Capstone Collection

The purpose of this study was to identify and analyze what resources Yale College provides to support first year international students through their cultural, social, emotional, and academic transitions from international high school student to Yale College undergraduate. The college provides a number of resources that are classified as programmatic, structural, and personnel support services. The only programmatic service offered by Yale College for first year international students is the Orientation for International Students, run by older international students and supported by staff members of the Office of International Students and Scholars. The number one resource used without hesitation by …

Catalyst Schools: The Catholic Ethos And Public Charter Schools, Rebecca A. Proehl Phd, Heather Starnes Ma, Shirley Everett Mba

Journal of Catholic Education

During the past decade, Catholic leaders have been exploring options to revitalize the faltering Catholic school system especially in urban centers. One route being explored by dioceses and religious orders is opening what have been called “religious charter schools.” Though not technically religious schools, they integrate many of the same values and pedagogical approaches as found in faith-based schools. In this article, the authors examined three Chicago public charter schools that are modeled on the successful San Miguel Schools, which are run by the Christian Brothers and are located in impoverished urban areas. After interviewing 40 participants, observing 20 classrooms, …