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Disappointment For Kansas Ged® Students Transitioning To Postsecondarythe Black Hole Of Developmental Education, Jeff Zacharakis
Disappointment For Kansas Ged® Students Transitioning To Postsecondarythe Black Hole Of Developmental Education, Jeff Zacharakis
Adult Education Research Conference
This research uses national and state studies to inform quantitative analysis of adult education students who successfully transition into a postsecondary program. The complexity of this issue precludes making simple causal relations between GEDs enrolling in developmental education courses and successfully earning a certificate and degree.
Social Justice Adult Educationcomparative Perspectives From Poland And The United States, Susan M. Yelich Biniecki, Marzanna Pogorzelska
Social Justice Adult Educationcomparative Perspectives From Poland And The United States, Susan M. Yelich Biniecki, Marzanna Pogorzelska
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper examines and compares how social justice adult education currently is situated within two nation statesPoland and United States. Vocabulary, conceptual frameworks, and several themes are compared. The discussion broadens our understanding of how social justice education is positioned within two, complex socio-cultural contexts and suggests implications for practice.
Engaging Community College Facultythe Benefit Of Learning Communities, Deanne Grier Yates
Engaging Community College Facultythe Benefit Of Learning Communities, Deanne Grier Yates
Adult Education Research Conference
Community college faculty engagement encouraged by the creation and support of learning communities will be explored. The focus will be on current literature outlining the unique challenges facing community college faculty and the creation and application of learning communities in the community college setting.
Promoting Adult Student Success At Four-Year Higher Education Institutions, Heidi A. Watson-Held
Promoting Adult Student Success At Four-Year Higher Education Institutions, Heidi A. Watson-Held
Adult Education Research Conference
This study surveyed four-year institutions to examine the extent to which different categories of four-year institutions are meeting adult students’ needs and thereby promoting their success.
Luis Emilio Recabarreneducator Of The Chilean Working Class, Maria Alicia Vetter
Luis Emilio Recabarreneducator Of The Chilean Working Class, Maria Alicia Vetter
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This paper is based on a philosophical and historical inquiry into the educational vision of Luis Emilio Recabarren, a working-class leader and organizer of the early 20th century in Chile.
A New Culture Embracing Sustainability For Apparel And Textiles Educational Programs, Grit Vece
A New Culture Embracing Sustainability For Apparel And Textiles Educational Programs, Grit Vece
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This paper examines an interdisciplinary body of literature to highlight social change theory and its significance to apparel and textiles educational programs in promoting change in behavior towards a sustainable future. This research concludes consumer education is needed and that education can create social change.
Critical Educational Gerogogy: Towards Enlightenment And Emancipation, Manuel Solomon, Lorenzo Bowman, Glenn Anthony Palmer
Critical Educational Gerogogy: Towards Enlightenment And Emancipation, Manuel Solomon, Lorenzo Bowman, Glenn Anthony Palmer
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: This paper examines how critical educational gerogogy (CEG) can be used to expose ageism and relationships of power and inequality in the lives of older adults. The current literature in CEG is reviewed. The authors conclude by advancing a counterhegemonic approach which embraces transformative and emancipative education for older adults.
Adults’ Readiness To Learn And Skill Acquisition And Use: An Analysis Of Piaac, M Cecil Smith, Amy D. Rose, Thomas J. Smith, Jovita M. Ross-Gordon
Adults’ Readiness To Learn And Skill Acquisition And Use: An Analysis Of Piaac, M Cecil Smith, Amy D. Rose, Thomas J. Smith, Jovita M. Ross-Gordon
Adult Education Research Conference
This study examined the relationship between adults’ readiness to learn (RtL) and skill acquisition and use in the US sample of the PIAAC. RtL showed significant effects on each of the observed skill use outcomes. It was the strongest predictor of reading and writing skill use at home.
What Is The Transformational Learning Experience Of Secondary Teachers Who Have Dealt With Burnout?, Dr. Julius R. Sims
What Is The Transformational Learning Experience Of Secondary Teachers Who Have Dealt With Burnout?, Dr. Julius R. Sims
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Burnout is a syndrome consisting of emotional exhaustion (EE) and depersonalization (DPZ) (Yong & Yue, 2007). Educators who fall victims to burnout are likely to be less sympathetic toward learners, have a lower tolerance for disruptions within the learning process, be less apt to prepare adequately for content delivery and student interaction, and feel less committed and dedicated to their work (Fisher, 2011). A phenomenological study explored the burnout experiences among eight secondary teachers and their strategies for coping. Using in-depth interviews, the researcher was able to understand the personal meanings, expressed opinions, feelings, and other detailed descriptions of the …
Resolanapaving Paths Toward Transformation With Incarcerated Women, Carolyn L. Sandoval, Lisa M. Baumgartner
Resolanapaving Paths Toward Transformation With Incarcerated Women, Carolyn L. Sandoval, Lisa M. Baumgartner
Adult Education Research Conference
The purpose of this study was to elicit the experiences of women who participated in a gender-responsive program in jail. Results indicate the holistic programming and learning environment was an emancipatory container where transformation could occur through interpersonal and intrapersonal engagement. Findings have implications for the education of incarcerated women.
Faculty Perception Of “Presence” In The Online Environment, Anita Samuel
Faculty Perception Of “Presence” In The Online Environment, Anita Samuel
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Like students, faculty also experience isolation in the online learning environment. This session presents the findings of a pilot study into faculty sense of alienation and the strategies that faculty have employed to “be there” and “be together” with their students in the online environment.
Faculty In Adult Degree Programs As Teachers Of Adults And As Adult Learners, Jovita M. Ross-Gordon, Kayon Murray-Johnson
Faculty In Adult Degree Programs As Teachers Of Adults And As Adult Learners, Jovita M. Ross-Gordon, Kayon Murray-Johnson
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In this study we sought to discover how faculty working in the context of adult degree programs make sense of teaching adult learners. Research questions focused on how they perceived adult learners as well as how teaching in an adult-oriented degree program has influenced their teaching beliefs and practices.
Culturally Responsive Teaching With Adult Language Learners, Christy M. Rhodes
Culturally Responsive Teaching With Adult Language Learners, Christy M. Rhodes
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This study examined how frequently adult education English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and English for Academic Purposes (EAP) teachers in Florida used specific culturally responsive teaching practices and how important they believed those practices were to their teaching. Using Ginsberg and Wlodkowski’s Motivational Framework for Culturally Responsive Teaching, an online survey of 17 teaching practices was developed, validated, and administered to 143 adult ESOL and EAP teachers in Florida. This article describes the findings of this study, examining which practices were used with the highest and least frequency, as well as the practices described as most and least …
How Is U.S. Adults’ Health Related To Literacy, Numeracy, Technological Problem-Solving Skills, And Adult Education? A Piaac Analysis, Esther Prins, Shannon Monnat, Carol Clymer, Blaire Willson Toso
How Is U.S. Adults’ Health Related To Literacy, Numeracy, Technological Problem-Solving Skills, And Adult Education? A Piaac Analysis, Esther Prins, Shannon Monnat, Carol Clymer, Blaire Willson Toso
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper uses U.S. data from the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) to analyze the relationship between self-reported health and (a) literacy, numeracy, and technological problem-solving skills, and (b) involvement in adult education, and to determine whether those relationships vary by race/ethnicity and educational attainment.
“I Was The ‘Energizer Bunny’ And Now I’M The Turtle’The Effect Of Fatigue On The Identity Of People Living With Multiple Sclerosis, Katharine Preissner, Lisa M. Baumgartner
“I Was The ‘Energizer Bunny’ And Now I’M The Turtle’The Effect Of Fatigue On The Identity Of People Living With Multiple Sclerosis, Katharine Preissner, Lisa M. Baumgartner
Adult Education Research Conference
Issues of identity among people with fatigue from multiple sclerosis were explored. Participants experienced changes in self-perception and struggled with not seeing themselves as busy and active as before MS. Some described a mourning process which led to resolution of a new identity. The findings have implications for health educators.
Low Skilled Workforce In The U.S.: Key Findings From The Program For International Assessment Of Adult Competencies (Piaac), Emily Pawlowski
Low Skilled Workforce In The U.S.: Key Findings From The Program For International Assessment Of Adult Competencies (Piaac), Emily Pawlowski
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper provides an overview of the Program for International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), a large-scale international assessment of adult skills. Results on the literacy, numeracy, and digital problem solving skills of the low-skilled U.S. workforce will also be presented.
Learning Identity A Sociocultural Perspective, Hyewon Park
Learning Identity A Sociocultural Perspective, Hyewon Park
Adult Education Research Conference
This study examines the sociocultural perspective as the initial step to discovering an appropriate theoretical framework for describing how people learn identity. By illustrating the relation between the sociocultural perspective and identity, it suggests implications to overcome the limitations of existing adult learning studies to understand identity construction.
Validating Community Of Inquiry Framework In Adult Learningfindings From An Empirical Investigation In A University Organized Literacy Programme In Nigeria, Kester Osegha Ojokheta
Validating Community Of Inquiry Framework In Adult Learningfindings From An Empirical Investigation In A University Organized Literacy Programme In Nigeria, Kester Osegha Ojokheta
Adult Education Research Conference
Community of Inquiry (CoI) Framework is one of the leading models guiding online teaching and learning. There is the general consensus that the framework enhances learning outcomes and provides meaningful support among learners. This study was conducted to ascertain the validity of the CoI in adult literacy programme in Nigeria.
The Games Men Play: How Two-Year College Men Use Video Games To Construct Masculinity, Eric Niemi
The Games Men Play: How Two-Year College Men Use Video Games To Construct Masculinity, Eric Niemi
Adult Education Research Conference
Video games are cultural artifacts that promote learning and development. This study sought to examine how male students enrolled at two year institutions of higher education use video games to construct their masculinity. Additionally, it challenges the assumption that video games offer little to no educational benefits and it challenges the stereotypes associated with playing video games.
Examining The Boundary-Spanning Behaviors Of Community-Based Adult Educatorsan Empirical Examination, Casey D. Mull
Examining The Boundary-Spanning Behaviors Of Community-Based Adult Educatorsan Empirical Examination, Casey D. Mull
Adult Education Research Conference
: Community-based adult educators span multiple boundaries, balancing needs of learners, groups, organizations, and institutions. This study contributes not only to the theoretical framework of boundary spanning, but also supports the practice of these adult educators in negotiating a challenging environment.
Using Communities Of Practice To Enhance Diabetes Education, Catherine H. Monaghan
Using Communities Of Practice To Enhance Diabetes Education, Catherine H. Monaghan
Adult Education Research Conference
This session presents the results of a pilot study in Diabetes education using a model, SystemCHANGE™ within a Communities of Practice. Communities of Practice can be incorporated effectively in patient health education to produce sustainable behavioral changes to affect an individual’s ability to manage a chronic disease in a positive manner.
Educational Technologybridging The Gap Between Youth And Adult Learners Of The 21st Century, Joshua Lane Miller
Educational Technologybridging The Gap Between Youth And Adult Learners Of The 21st Century, Joshua Lane Miller
Adult Education Research Conference
21st Century learners require activities that move beyond the traditional teacher-centered transmission model of education. This speculative essay considers education through an emphasis on collaboration, cooperation, and communication. This focus holds the capacity to bridge K-12 learning theories with those of Adult Education through the effective integration of educational technology.
Interrogating What Remainsinviting Learners To Explore Cultural Artifacts From The Past, Marilyn Mckinley Parrish, Carla Rineer
Interrogating What Remainsinviting Learners To Explore Cultural Artifacts From The Past, Marilyn Mckinley Parrish, Carla Rineer
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper explores the theoretical basis for the practice of investigating cultural artifacts in order to gain deeper understanding about the values, meanings and contexts of other time periods and cultures. Adult learners are invited to view culture from the margins through an exploration of the lives of people whose race, class, and gender form the basis of oppression by the powerful. Texts and narratives that provide evidence of daily-ness and ordinary-ness will be featured and implications of this engagement for adult learners will be explored.
"For People Who Aren't Sure Who They Are, Theatre Is A Great Place To Be: Narratives Of Actors And Their Sexual Identities, Theodore Mccadden
"For People Who Aren't Sure Who They Are, Theatre Is A Great Place To Be: Narratives Of Actors And Their Sexual Identities, Theodore Mccadden
Adult Education Research Conference
: This narrative study of male actors who identify as other-than-heterosexual explores the participants' stories of sexual identity development and the relationship between acting and identity development. Framed in D'Augelli's (1994) lifespan developmental model, the study illustrates themes of acting as safe space, acting as an embodied experience, acting as an influence on relationships, and acting as a politic.
“The Best Place We Can Learn From Is Ourselves”The Development, Implementation And Use Of An Online Patient-Based Community Of Practice For People With Type 2 Diabetes, Glenn Mason
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper reports on the development, implementation and use of a patient-centred online community of practice for people with type 2 diabetes mellitus. In this qualitative study, the theoretical framework of activity theory is adopted to describe the complexity of the use of the system and to frame the evaluation of the use of the learning environment.
Situated Learning And On-Farm Apprenticeships: Political Implications Of Negotiating Apprentice Identity, Lorien E. Macauley, Kim L. Niewolny
Situated Learning And On-Farm Apprenticeships: Political Implications Of Negotiating Apprentice Identity, Lorien E. Macauley, Kim L. Niewolny
Adult Education Research Conference
By drawing upon the tradition of situated and activity perspectives of adult learning, this mixed methods study underscores the sociocultural and politicized processes by which farmer/learners negotiate apprentice identity. Our findings offer implications for the formation of equitable apprenticeship learning experiences and career pathways.
Caught In The Stormpower And Control In A Union/Management Training Program, Ramo J. Lord
Caught In The Stormpower And Control In A Union/Management Training Program, Ramo J. Lord
Adult Education Research Conference
This study investigated how a workplace educator was used as a pawn between the company and the union while delivering a safety-training program. Among the findings were training was held in contempt by union and management while safety’s exchange value was exploited.
All You Need Is Love: The Role Of Relationships In Transformative Learning As Seen In Contemporary Fiction, Randee Lipson Lawrence
All You Need Is Love: The Role Of Relationships In Transformative Learning As Seen In Contemporary Fiction, Randee Lipson Lawrence
Adult Education Research Conference
Fiction is the major source of research data in this study of transformative learning. Personal relationships are highlighted as being pivotal to the transformative learning process. Relationships both facilitate and inhibit transformation.
Mentoring While Black & Femalethe Gendered Literacy Phenomenon Of Black Women Mentors, Juanita Johnson-Bailey, Tennille Lasker-Scott, Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz
Mentoring While Black & Femalethe Gendered Literacy Phenomenon Of Black Women Mentors, Juanita Johnson-Bailey, Tennille Lasker-Scott, Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz
Adult Education Research Conference
Black women’s social positions in American society allow them to experience life in ways that are different than other women. In this study, we are suggesting that the mentoring that Black women give and receive is a form of literacy that is distinct.
Phenomenological Research Findings On Adult Learners’ Experiences With The Portfolio Process, Benjamin A. Jimenez
Phenomenological Research Findings On Adult Learners’ Experiences With The Portfolio Process, Benjamin A. Jimenez
Adult Education Research Conference
This study was conducted to identify the essence of the portfolio process, a form of prior learning assessment, as experienced and described by adult learners. The findings to be presented focus on the participants’ experiences with portfolios that provided them with a significant sense of validation. They described experiencing validation and an increase in the sense of worth of their prior learning, skills, and work in relation to their portfolio development.