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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.

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.

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.

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 …

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

P17 Black Male Summit, Brandon Jackson

Black Male Summit

Tale of Two African American Males and Their Journey to Ivy League Schools: A Case Study

How do we get more African American males to show their GREATNESS and academic prowess? Can Black Males attend Ivy League schools? How do we prepare our Black Male Scholars for college and career readiness to maximize their education?

Reflections: 50 Years Of Change In Adult Education Research And Practice, Janet K. Poley

Adult Education Research Conference

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Study On Identification Of City Life And Adaptive Learning Of New Residents Whose Land Was Expropriated In China, Yilu Jiang

Adult Education Research Conference

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Small Stage, Big World: Meaning-Making In Television Program, Bo Chang

Adult Education Research Conference

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Jack Mezirow: Theorist, Researcher, Practitioner, Learner, Elizabeth Kasl

Adult Education Research Conference

Jack Mezirow’s theory of adult learning is related to his beliefs about research and actualized in his vision for practice.

Searching For Purpose: Mezirow’S Early View Of Transformative Learning, Amy D. Rose

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper discusses the early work of Jack Mezirow in terms of his later writings on transformative learning. In particular, it examines his early interest in the ways individuals change through education and how this related to broader social change. It also posits that his earlier interest was philosophical rather than based in learning theory.

International Adult And Continuing Education Hall Of Fame Panel, Juanita Johnson Bailey, Michael Newman, James Pappas, Janet Poley

Adult Education Research Conference

There have been major “sea changes” in adult higher education in the time of my career. Significant among those include online and hybrid education, the creation of adult centric and proprietary institutions, the concomitant unbundling of degrees and credentialing, the enormous growth of adult and non-traditional students, the true globalization of American style education and the reduction of adult education departments/tracks and/or their replacement with human resource development. I suggest that we are in a golden era of self-directed adult learning; but, that it is incumbent upon us in adult education to address more directly and with greater energy the …

The Social Lives And Work Experiences Of Adults With High Functioning Autism: An Indian Scenario, Sanpalei Nylla Lyngdoh

Adult Education Research Conference

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Incarcerated Women As Facilitators: A Preliminary Review Of Motivations And Skill Development In Group Leadership Settings, Chaundra L. Whitehead

Adult Education Research Conference

The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world with about 500 prisoners per 100,000 residents (Tsai & Scommegna, 2012). There are currently about 7 million offenders under the supervision of the adult correctional systems in the U.S. There are numerous statistics demonstrating the growth and scope of women in prison. The rate of increase has been about twice that of their male counterparts. The number of incarcerated woman has jumped a shocking 757 percent since 1977 (Talvi, 2007, p.3). As a result of these growing inmate populations there has been an increased focus on the topic of …

Working Together To Train Child Welfare Workers On The Impact Of Domestic Violence On Children: A Faculty-Staff Collaborative Research Project, Andrea Nikischer, Jeanette Koncikowski

Adult Education Research Conference

This presentation will discuss the “Research in Domestic Violence for Child Welfare Trainers and Case Workers" collaborative “match” project. This project featured the pairing of a SUNY Buffalo State faculty member with an education specialist from the Institute for Community Health Promotion. Research findings will be shared.

The Roles And Strategies Of The District Government In Promoting Community Education, Lei Jiang

Adult Education Research Conference

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Closing Session: Putting Jack Mezirow’S Ideas Into Context, Michael Newman

Adult Education Research Conference

The author argues that all adult education theory is either humanist or socialist.

He reviews some of Jack Mezirow’s ideas with this idea in mind.