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Spiritual Leadership In Early Intervention Practice, Jo L. Mccray Jan 2022

Spiritual Leadership In Early Intervention Practice, Jo L. Mccray

Adult Education Research Conference

This study explored integrating the principles of spiritual leadership theory into early intervention therapeutic practice to enhance services provided to children and families. Semi structured interviews served as major sources of data.


Queer Representation And Public Pedagogy In American Musical Theatre, Craig M. Mcgill, Alan J. Chaffe, Kyle W. Ross Jan 2022

Queer Representation And Public Pedagogy In American Musical Theatre, Craig M. Mcgill, Alan J. Chaffe, Kyle W. Ross

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper explores the Broadway musical as a site of queerness and queer representation through the lens of queer public pedagogy.


Creating Future Agricultural Leaders Within Native Nations Of Oklahoma, Jann S. Hayman Jan 2022

Creating Future Agricultural Leaders Within Native Nations Of Oklahoma, Jann S. Hayman

Adult Education Research Conference

This research looks at the agricultural history and current agricultural systems of four Oklahoma-based Native nations and the College of the Muscogee Nation. The study also specifically looks at the development of future agricultural leaders.


Foucauldian Discourse Analysis Of Bullying Power Dynamics In Higher Education, Essie-Elizabeth Pippins, Esther Pippins Jan 2022

Foucauldian Discourse Analysis Of Bullying Power Dynamics In Higher Education, Essie-Elizabeth Pippins, Esther Pippins

Adult Education Research Conference

This study utilizes Foucauldian discourse analysis to examine how tenured faculty members and adjunct instructors experience bullying through language and micro-aggressive behaviors, a particular focus on gender bullying.


Workplace Injustice: Catalyzing Organizational Change For African American Women In Academia, Abbie Salcedo, Jeremy Bohonos Jan 2022

Workplace Injustice: Catalyzing Organizational Change For African American Women In Academia, Abbie Salcedo, Jeremy Bohonos

Adult Education Research Conference

Following George Floyd's death, few studies have examined the effectiveness of Diversity and Inclusion programs. This article will examine the impact of racial workplace injustice among African American women faculty.


Science Café As A Gateway For Adult Learning: A Brief Systematic Literature Review, Chynar Amanova Jan 2022

Science Café As A Gateway For Adult Learning: A Brief Systematic Literature Review, Chynar Amanova

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper provided a review of the studies on science cafés with the purpose of drawing attention of higher education practitioners to the importance of cafés in educating adult population.


The Roles Of Global Workers’ Education In The Transnational Movement, Jaeung Kim Jan 2022

The Roles Of Global Workers’ Education In The Transnational Movement, Jaeung Kim

Adult Education Research Conference

This study analyzes the role of workers’ education at the global level in building a transnational labor movement through the case of the Global Labour University.


Where In The World? Adult Educator Learning And Professional Development Leading Study Abroad Programs, Joellen E. Coryell, Cheri Hatcher Jan 2022

Where In The World? Adult Educator Learning And Professional Development Leading Study Abroad Programs, Joellen E. Coryell, Cheri Hatcher

Adult Education Research Conference

In this summary of on-going research, we discuss our investigation about adult educator motivations and professional development to lead study abroad programs for adults.


Lesbian, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgendered, And Queer (Lgbtq) People And Adult Education: An Examination Of Literature In Adult Education 2010-2020, Lisa Baumgartner, Lauren Chaney, Humberto De Faria Santos, Steven Schmidt Jan 2022

Lesbian, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgendered, And Queer (Lgbtq) People And Adult Education: An Examination Of Literature In Adult Education 2010-2020, Lisa Baumgartner, Lauren Chaney, Humberto De Faria Santos, Steven Schmidt

Adult Education Research Conference

We discuss our review of LGBTQ issues in adult education journals between 2010 and 2020. We pose several topics for discussion based on our findings.


The Imprisonment Of Indigenous Student Identities Within Educational Organizations: A Personal Journey, Carrie Whitlow Jan 2022

The Imprisonment Of Indigenous Student Identities Within Educational Organizations: A Personal Journey, Carrie Whitlow

Adult Education Research Conference

In this article, I analyze my experience as an Indigenous student in an all-white public school system to a Tribal College and University (TCU), specifically exploring the transition period from a senior in high school to a freshman in college.


Youth And Adult Education In The Context Of Student Movements: The Cases Of Egypt, Puerto Rico, And Chile, Maria A. Vetter, Mai Atta, Kamil M. Gerónimo-López, Javier M. Campos-Martínez, John D. Holst Jan 2022

Youth And Adult Education In The Context Of Student Movements: The Cases Of Egypt, Puerto Rico, And Chile, Maria A. Vetter, Mai Atta, Kamil M. Gerónimo-López, Javier M. Campos-Martínez, John D. Holst

Adult Education Research Conference

Participants of the student movements in Egypt, Puerto Rico, and Chile present on their experiential learning in the context of the social movements that took place between 2005 and 2019.


The Story Of A Broken Sofa: Adult Education Meets Activist Art To Envision The Future Of Adult Education, Cynthia Stevens, Gabriele Strohschen Jan 2022

The Story Of A Broken Sofa: Adult Education Meets Activist Art To Envision The Future Of Adult Education, Cynthia Stevens, Gabriele Strohschen

Adult Education Research Conference

This AERC Symposium addressed envisioning an Adult Education structure that meets societal needs. Within an activist art project paradigm, old and new adult education theories and practices informed the discussion.


Preliminary Analysis: Is There Enough Definitional Clarity Of Food Literacy For Food Security?, Sneha Roy, Jeffrey Zacharakis Jan 2022

Preliminary Analysis: Is There Enough Definitional Clarity Of Food Literacy For Food Security?, Sneha Roy, Jeffrey Zacharakis

Adult Education Research Conference

We conducted a systematic review of the literature (2001 - 2021) to investigate the definitional clarity of food literacy for food security among adults. Our findings suggest the need for a more precise definition of food literacy.


Culturally Responsive Teaching: A Critical Piece In The Development Of An African American Woman’S Financial Self-Efficacy/Competency, Relatedness, And Autonomy, Tracie L. Miller-Nobles, Elizabeth A. Roumell, Lisa M. Baumgartner Jan 2022

Culturally Responsive Teaching: A Critical Piece In The Development Of An African American Woman’S Financial Self-Efficacy/Competency, Relatedness, And Autonomy, Tracie L. Miller-Nobles, Elizabeth A. Roumell, Lisa M. Baumgartner

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper presents African American women’s experiences in financial literacy courses. Using culturally responsive teaching, self-efficacy, and self-determination, findings suggest pedagogy that can develop financial self-efficacy/competency, relatedness, and autonomy.


A Model For Becoming An Inclusive Adult Educator: Designing For Disability, Tulare W. Park, Kayla D. Mohney, Erica R. Moore, Carol Rogers-Shaw Jan 2022

A Model For Becoming An Inclusive Adult Educator: Designing For Disability, Tulare W. Park, Kayla D. Mohney, Erica R. Moore, Carol Rogers-Shaw

Adult Education Research Conference

This evidence-based model of inclusive teaching offers knowledge and practical applications for adult educators. It provides strategies for equitably addressing all student needs, particularly those with disabilities.


Harnessing Fishers’ Knowledge For Sustainable Fishery On Lake Victoria: The Case Of Wakiso District Kigungu Fishing Ground Uganda, Zula Namubiru, George Openjujru Ladaah, Josje Van Der Linden, Kellen Aganyira Jan 2022

Harnessing Fishers’ Knowledge For Sustainable Fishery On Lake Victoria: The Case Of Wakiso District Kigungu Fishing Ground Uganda, Zula Namubiru, George Openjujru Ladaah, Josje Van Der Linden, Kellen Aganyira

Adult Education Research Conference

This study will explore fishers’ ways of learning through participatory action research; fostering lifelong learning and reflections informally/ non-formally enabling participation in the conservation of the fishery resource contrary to the top-down approach.


Creating Connection By Design: Supporting Adult Learners By Building Inclusive Online Academic Communities, Kari Sheward, Carol Rogers-Shaw, Tulare W. Park Jan 2022

Creating Connection By Design: Supporting Adult Learners By Building Inclusive Online Academic Communities, Kari Sheward, Carol Rogers-Shaw, Tulare W. Park

Adult Education Research Conference

Students are struggling to build online connections in classrooms. This instructional model provides strategies for working with learners with social skill, mental health, and communication challenges to improve community.


Learning About Covid-19: Sources, Trustworthiness, And Beliefs, Lisa M. Baumgartner, Joanna Ellis, Kris Hollingsworth, Courtney Peebles Jan 2021

Learning About Covid-19: Sources, Trustworthiness, And Beliefs, Lisa M. Baumgartner, Joanna Ellis, Kris Hollingsworth, Courtney Peebles

Adult Education Research Conference

The purpose of this session will be to briefly review our study results concerning participants’ self-directed learning and beliefs about COVID-19. Second, we discuss challenges in educating individuals about COVID-19.


Towards A Political Economy Of Adult Education And Globalization: Theoretical Insights For Confronting Wicked Problems In Global Times, John D. Holst Jan 2021

Towards A Political Economy Of Adult Education And Globalization: Theoretical Insights For Confronting Wicked Problems In Global Times, John D. Holst

Adult Education Research Conference

Our global times are defined and profoundly shaped by globalization. As adult educators, we need theory to help explain the nature of and paths forward from the devastating social, political, and cultural impacts of globalization. Moreover, when we consider the field beyond academia and include social movement-based adult educators, it is important to understand that not only do we need theory, but some of the best theory we need is developed by social movement-based adult educators. This cross-disciplinary theoretical inquiry presents a political economic framework for understanding adult education and globalization that draws on academic and social movement-based theory.


Was It A Dream Or Nightmare? A Narrative Exploration Of Adult Refugee Learners’ Experiences In A Community College, Patricia J. Higgins, Mitsunori Misawa Jan 2021

Was It A Dream Or Nightmare? A Narrative Exploration Of Adult Refugee Learners’ Experiences In A Community College, Patricia J. Higgins, Mitsunori Misawa

Adult Education Research Conference

Refugees enter the United States seeking a safe place to rebuild their lives after surviving life-threatening situations. In this journey, education is seen as a bridge from instability to self-sufficiency. The purpose of this narrative inquiry was to better understand the experiences of adult refugee learners as they navigate higher education in the United States. The research questions were: How do adult refugee learners’ prior life experiences influence the transition to higher education? How does the intersection of ethnicity and immigration status influence the higher education experience? and What strategies do adult refugee learners employ to navigate higher education?


Practicing Ethical Research To Empower Sexual Assault Survivors In Higher Education: An International Perspective, Amber L. Giffin, Mitsunori Misawa Jan 2021

Practicing Ethical Research To Empower Sexual Assault Survivors In Higher Education: An International Perspective, Amber L. Giffin, Mitsunori Misawa

Adult Education Research Conference

Sexual violence is a major global health concern and sociocultural issue (World Health Organization, 2021), with around one-third of sexual assault survivors developing mental health issues (Carey et al., 2018). However, there is a dearth in research about sexual assault survivors in higher education. Therefore, this paper will explore how researchers can ethically empower sexual assault survivors through research processes in higher education. The questions guiding this study are: 1) What are the current strategies used by researchers to ethically empower sexual assault survivors in higher education? 2) How do researchers employ these strategies in practice?


Transformative Learning Theory, A Theory In Progress? Thoughts From A Habermasian Perspective, Saskia Eschenbacher Jan 2021

Transformative Learning Theory, A Theory In Progress? Thoughts From A Habermasian Perspective, Saskia Eschenbacher

Adult Education Research Conference

Mezirow borrows heavily from Habermas utilizing core concepts of his theory. However, this activity has serious shortcomings. This paper explores these shortcomings and contributes to the further development of the theory of transformative learning (TL). This paper focuses on three philosophical aspects of transformation theory. I (1) underline inaccuracies and misunderstandings of Habermas' ideas utilized by Mezirow. It will (2) identify theoretical shortcomings and problems in the work of Habermas transposed onto Mezirow's theory of transformative learning. And (3) finally I argue for a way forward for the theory of transformative learning to become a theory in progress.


Implementing Theory Of Planned Behavior In Health Profession Education In Ghana, Linda D. Caples Jan 2021

Implementing Theory Of Planned Behavior In Health Profession Education In Ghana, Linda D. Caples

Adult Education Research Conference

The process of clinical knowledge translation contributes to clinical decision-making along with interactions with other healthcare professionals, their patients, and the communities they serve. Clinical practice guidelines, patient care experience, and continuing medical education are some of the components that contribute to clinical knowledge translation. The knowledge and interactions help inform a physician’s salient beliefs. Thus, the use of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) facilitates research into how background factors which include knowledge and interactions influence behavioral, normative, and control beliefs and in turn, how those beliefs influence intention and ultimately, physician clinical practice behavior.


Theorizing Embodied, Collective And Societal Learning Through Prefigurative Social Movements, Margaret L. Cain, Jennifer Kushner, Cassidy Thomas Jan 2021

Theorizing Embodied, Collective And Societal Learning Through Prefigurative Social Movements, Margaret L. Cain, Jennifer Kushner, Cassidy Thomas

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper theorizes adult learning as a multi-leveled, emergent process of interactions between individuals, groups, and societal systems. We theorize from the context of prefigurative social movements that are enacting values of direct democracy, solidarity economics, and equity. We analyze Occupy encampments as sites in which individuals, movement groups, and society learn as complex adaptive systems. The theorizing of these learning processes has implications for adult education theory, research, and practice.


Transformative Listening Across Global Contexts: Fostering Authentic Connection To Self, Other And Community, Laurie Anderson Sathe, Tes Cotter Zakrzewski, Alessandra Romano, Anne-Liisa Longmore, Deborah J. Kramlich Jan 2021

Transformative Listening Across Global Contexts: Fostering Authentic Connection To Self, Other And Community, Laurie Anderson Sathe, Tes Cotter Zakrzewski, Alessandra Romano, Anne-Liisa Longmore, Deborah J. Kramlich

Adult Education Research Conference

As a group of global scholars, we see authentic listening, with its focus on attention and presence, as crucial to the formation of trust, connection, and the facilitation of learning. We co-created the Transformative Listening Collaborative and a Transformative Listening Protocol (the Protocol) as a means to increase awareness of the importance of authentic listening as a transformative component of learning through story. The Protocol is intended to improve listening skills, foster deep sense-making, and generate contextually situated spaces in which participants may connect with another, understand another, and/or learn more deeply about oneself.


Disability Matters: Ideia, Section 504, And Ada: What Do These Acts Mean For African American Learners Who Experience Intellectual Disabilities? A Critical Literature Review, Marketa President, Elice E. Rogers, Jonathan E. Messemer Jan 2021

Disability Matters: Ideia, Section 504, And Ada: What Do These Acts Mean For African American Learners Who Experience Intellectual Disabilities? A Critical Literature Review, Marketa President, Elice E. Rogers, Jonathan E. Messemer

Adult Education Research Conference

Adult learners with an intellectual disability have legal protections to access post-secondary learning and vocational opportunities. As individuals strive to maximize potential in the disability space, do cultural barriers of racism disrupt the potential for African American adult learners with intellectual disabilities? One implicit assumption is that race and social status affect advocacy efforts for learners during K-12 experiences, and the adult learners’ ability to self-advocate.


The Power Of The Mindbody: Collective Somatic Learning In Community Organizing Groups, Jessica Roadman Jan 2021

The Power Of The Mindbody: Collective Somatic Learning In Community Organizing Groups, Jessica Roadman

Adult Education Research Conference

Embodiment theory posits that learning is not limited to the cognitive functions of the brain, but is the adaptation resulting from multi-system responses to inputs. Somatics offers techniques for increased awareness of response mechanisms, which allows for more controlled self-regulation. This paper explores the benefits of engaging in somatic practicing as a tool for individual grounding catalysed for change in the context of the organizing group the Powerful Moms Who Care. It focuses on the emergence of connected activism through trauma processing, gaining body autonomy, and unconstrained visioning of the future as a result of integrating somatic practices.


A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis For A Theory Of Interfaith/Interreligious Learning Through Dialogue, Elizabeth M. Pope, Nadira K. Charaniya, Jane West Walsh Jan 2021

A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis For A Theory Of Interfaith/Interreligious Learning Through Dialogue, Elizabeth M. Pope, Nadira K. Charaniya, Jane West Walsh

Adult Education Research Conference

Interfaith/interreligious (IF/IR) dialogue offers a context through which individuals within various religious communities can learn from and with each other. There are unique aspects to this learning environment. First, learning through conversation. Second, learning through conversation about a difficult topic. And third, learning from and with a religious other. To best understand what learning through IF/IR dialogue is, researchers would benefit from a nuanced understanding of the complexities of the learning environment and the participants within it. In this qualitative meta-synthesis, we examine current research on IF/IR dialogue to outline a theory of dialogical IF/IR learning.


China’S International Aid To Adult Education, Jiang Xiaoying Jan 2021

China’S International Aid To Adult Education, Jiang Xiaoying

Adult Education Research Conference

International aid or foreign aid has contributed significantly to world development since the end of World War II. Education is regarded as an indispensable component of international aid strategies. China was once a recipient of international aid. China has also been committed to assisting other countries consistently in decades. The unique role of China as both the donor and the recipient country attract worldwide interest in understanding China’s international aid strategy and how it differs from that of Western countries. This study employs document analysis based on the existing literature, government reports, and state leaders’ speeches from a historical perspective. …


Prior Learning Assessment: Systematic Review Of Academic Literature, Catherine A. Cherrstrom,, Carrie J. Boden, Todd Sherron, Lindsey Wilson Jan 2021

Prior Learning Assessment: Systematic Review Of Academic Literature, Catherine A. Cherrstrom,, Carrie J. Boden, Todd Sherron, Lindsey Wilson

Adult Education Research Conference

Many argue a college degree is more important than ever and required for many occupations. However, pursuing one requires time and money. Prior learning assessment (PLA) offers one solution to overcome such barriers by documenting outside learning through competency portfolios or assessment testing to receive academic credit. The purpose of this systematic literature review was to examine the academic literature related to PLA within the United States. The review searched 669 databases, across 72 disciplines/fields, and yielded 47 peer-reviewed journal articles, published in 14 journals, during the last decade. Findings included six major themes with implications for adult education theory …