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Lost In Transmission: The Use Of Communicative Technologies To Affect Perception, Relationships, And Motivation In Adult Education, Rebekah Leigh Hannon Oct 2020

Lost In Transmission: The Use Of Communicative Technologies To Affect Perception, Relationships, And Motivation In Adult Education, Rebekah Leigh Hannon

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The purpose of this action research was to determine if motivation and perception of adult learners enrolled in a GED program at the Small Town Adult Education Center in South Carolina were affected by the use of communicative technologies and improved student-teacher relationships. This study focused on three overarching research questions. The first question sought to explore how the use of communicative technologies affect adult learners’ perceptions of the educational environment for a GED program. The second question explored how and to what extent the use of communicative technology affects the quality of student-teacher relationships for a GED program. The …