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The Journey Of A Successful Ex-Offender: A Case Study, Barbara E. Varner, Irene C. Baird Sep 2014

The Journey Of A Successful Ex-Offender: A Case Study, Barbara E. Varner, Irene C. Baird

Adult Education Research Conference

Consider that adult education has turned its focus on transformative learning and is considered a framework for both research and practice; the purpose of this study was to explore transformative learning and to consider whether it is applicable and/or relevant to the experiences of a successful ex-offender, Jonathan Queen.


How Army Officers Attending The Command And General Staff Officers Course Decide Whether Or Not To Pursue A Master’S Degree: Factors That Impact Their Decision And Unexpected Themes That Emerged, Charles D. Vance Sep 2014

How Army Officers Attending The Command And General Staff Officers Course Decide Whether Or Not To Pursue A Master’S Degree: Factors That Impact Their Decision And Unexpected Themes That Emerged, Charles D. Vance

Adult Education Research Conference

This qualitative case study explored how Army officers attending the Command and General Staff Officers Course (CGSOC) decided whether or not to attend graduate school. CGSC students were interviewed and their own narratives described how they made their decisions.


Good Intentions Are Not Enough. Uncovering Hegemonic Practice While Trying To Create Change, Ericka Turley Sep 2014

Good Intentions Are Not Enough. Uncovering Hegemonic Practice While Trying To Create Change, Ericka Turley

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper presents the findings of a participatory action research project that challenges the idea of what it means to be the difference. The purpose was to identify a shared problem relating to equity and social justice in the workplace and then act to address the problem.


“You Have To Be Proactive With Your Child’S Health”: Learning And Health Literacy Among Caregivers Of Children With Adhd, Blaire W. Toso, Esther Prins, Kimeka Campbell, Barbara Schaefer, Dawn Witherspoon, Susan Woodhouse Sep 2014

“You Have To Be Proactive With Your Child’S Health”: Learning And Health Literacy Among Caregivers Of Children With Adhd, Blaire W. Toso, Esther Prins, Kimeka Campbell, Barbara Schaefer, Dawn Witherspoon, Susan Woodhouse

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper uses focus group data to examine health literacy among 26 low-socioeconomic status, minority caregivers of school-age children with ADHD. To cope with their child’s ADHD symptoms or diagnosis, caregivers used observation, gathered information from multiple sources, and discerned how to obtain services within confusing system healthcare and education systems.


“I Know Down To My Ribs”: A Study Of The Embodied Adult Learning Of Creative Writers, Jennifer Tobin, Elizabeth J. Tisdell Sep 2014

“I Know Down To My Ribs”: A Study Of The Embodied Adult Learning Of Creative Writers, Jennifer Tobin, Elizabeth J. Tisdell

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper reports a narrative analysis on the embodied learning of creative writers, by providing an extended narrative on the embodied learning of one participant. It is theoretically grounded in Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy of the body, Gendlin’s notion of the “felt sense, and Jordi’s analysis of reflection for integrating mind and body.


Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 42, No. 1, Fall 2014, M. Gail Shroyer, Sally J. Yahnke, Debbie K. Mercer, David S. Allen Sep 2014

Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 42, No. 1, Fall 2014, M. Gail Shroyer, Sally J. Yahnke, Debbie K. Mercer, David S. Allen

Educational Considerations

This content includes the table of contents, editorial information, public information and more for this special issue "The Kansas State University Professional Development School Partnership."


A Professional Development School In Action: Meeting The Needs Of Military-Connected Students And Families, Sandy Risberg, Laurie Curtis, Lucas Shivers Sep 2014

A Professional Development School In Action: Meeting The Needs Of Military-Connected Students And Families, Sandy Risberg, Laurie Curtis, Lucas Shivers

Educational Considerations

The College of Education (COE) at Kansas State University and its Professional Development Schools (PDS) are partnering in innovative ways that demonstrate a commitment to work collaboratively to solve educational issues involving preservice teachers, practicing teachers, and faculty members, as well as K-12 students and their families.


Changing Traditions: Supervision, Co-Teaching, And Lessons Learned In A Professional Development School Partnership, David S. Allen, Michael Perl, Lori Goodson, Twyla K. Sprouse Sep 2014

Changing Traditions: Supervision, Co-Teaching, And Lessons Learned In A Professional Development School Partnership, David S. Allen, Michael Perl, Lori Goodson, Twyla K. Sprouse

Educational Considerations

Considering how long societies have been educating their youth, the history of teacher education is relatively brief. The first efforts to provide systematic education for teachers with some kind of practical experience occurred in Rheims, France, in the late 17th century when Jean Baptiste De La Salle opened the first normal school.


Blurring The Boundaries: Reflecting On Pds Roles And Responsibilities Through Multiple Lenses, Lotta C. Larson, Amanda D. Lickteig, Vicki S. Sherbert, Deborah A. Nauerth Sep 2014

Blurring The Boundaries: Reflecting On Pds Roles And Responsibilities Through Multiple Lenses, Lotta C. Larson, Amanda D. Lickteig, Vicki S. Sherbert, Deborah A. Nauerth

Educational Considerations

It is well documented that successful Professional Development School (PDS) initiatives are contingent on trusting relationships between the university and school districts.


Benefits Of 25 Years Of School District-University Partnerships To Improve Teacher Preparation And Advance School Renewal, Michael C. Holen, Dan C. Yunk Sep 2014

Benefits Of 25 Years Of School District-University Partnerships To Improve Teacher Preparation And Advance School Renewal, Michael C. Holen, Dan C. Yunk

Educational Considerations

Generalizing about school district-teacher education program relationships across the long history and broad landscape of teacher preparation in America can prove challenging.


The Pds Model As A Vehicle For Simultaneous Renewal In Mathematics Education, Sherri L. Martinie, Chepina Rumsey, David S. Allen, Andrew Bennett, Deborah Abernathy, Brandys Zolnerowich, Melisa Hancock Sep 2014

The Pds Model As A Vehicle For Simultaneous Renewal In Mathematics Education, Sherri L. Martinie, Chepina Rumsey, David S. Allen, Andrew Bennett, Deborah Abernathy, Brandys Zolnerowich, Melisa Hancock

Educational Considerations

For a quarter century, Kansas State University’s College of Education has supported a Professional Development School (PDS) model involving professional collaboration with selected public school systems across Kansas.


The History And Future Of Professional Development Schools In Kansas, Debbie K. Mercer, Scott Myers Sep 2014

The History And Future Of Professional Development Schools In Kansas, Debbie K. Mercer, Scott Myers

Educational Considerations

Quality clinical experiences are an integral component of effective teacher preparation programs. Evidence clearly indicates that experiences in classrooms, under the mentorship of effective teachers and mentors, greatly enhance the preservice teacher’s growth and development.


Educational Considerations, Vol. 42(1) Full Issue, M. Gail Shroyer, Sally J. Yahnke, Debbie K. Mercer, David S. Allen Sep 2014

Educational Considerations, Vol. 42(1) Full Issue, M. Gail Shroyer, Sally J. Yahnke, Debbie K. Mercer, David S. Allen

Educational Considerations

Educational Considerations, vol. 42(1)-Fall 2014-Full issue


Foreword, M. Gail Shroyer, Sally J. Yahnke, Debbie K. Mercer, David S. Allen Sep 2014

Foreword, M. Gail Shroyer, Sally J. Yahnke, Debbie K. Mercer, David S. Allen

Educational Considerations

In her examination of Powerful Teacher Education (2006), Linda Darling-Hammond concludes that, “Clearly, a key to dramatically successful preparation of teachers is finding ever more effective ways of connecting the knowledge of the university with the knowledge of the school.”


The Development Of The Ksu Pds Model: 25 Years In The Making, M. Gail Shroyer, Sally J. Yahnke, Teresa Miller, Cindi Dunn, Nancy Y. Bridges Sep 2014

The Development Of The Ksu Pds Model: 25 Years In The Making, M. Gail Shroyer, Sally J. Yahnke, Teresa Miller, Cindi Dunn, Nancy Y. Bridges

Educational Considerations

Educational improvement demands continuous change, but change is not always productive. Reflecting on the past and vision setting for the future helps chart a course for a more productive change process. Historians urge learning from history to guide future actions.


Theory Into Practice: The Ksu Pds Model, Sally J. Yahnke, M. Gail Shroyer Sep 2014

Theory Into Practice: The Ksu Pds Model, Sally J. Yahnke, M. Gail Shroyer

Educational Considerations

The 1983 publication of A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform (National Commission of Excellence in Education) “initiated the longest sustained period of attention to public education in the nation’s history and ignited a new wave of interest in teacher preparation.”


Developing The Next Generation Of Distance Supervision, Lori A. Goodson, David S. Allen Sep 2014

Developing The Next Generation Of Distance Supervision, Lori A. Goodson, David S. Allen

The Advocate

Student teaching has long been an essential component of teacher education programs, and effective supervision is essential for successful internship experiences. Pre-service students’ needs must be weighed against the limitation of time and access for the university supervisor, often a full-time faculty member who has a formidable teaching load and other responsibilities. Additionally, direct, in-person observations can create observer effect, altering the reality of what is actually being observed. This article examines one university’s use of distant supervision utilizing technology to aid in the virtual classroom observations and conferencing to allow an elementary education major to student teach in a …


Educating Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders (Asds) To Delay Gratification In The Contet Of Temper Tantrums, Seungyeon Lee Sep 2014

Educating Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders (Asds) To Delay Gratification In The Contet Of Temper Tantrums, Seungyeon Lee

The Advocate

Temper tantrums among young children are common, especially those with autism spectrum disorders. Delay of gratification is an essential component of temper tantrums. Teachers and parents seek management strategies for temper tantrums that are efficient, effective and ethical. The purpose of this applied behavioral analysis research was to compare various types of functional communication training with three children in the three and a half year old age range. In Phase One, to determine the misguided goal or function of each child’s temper tantrum, functional behavioral assessment was undertaken. In Phase Two, a reward menu was used to determine preferred rewards …


Table Of Contents And Introductory Materials For Vol. 22. No. 2, 2014, Bruce Quantic Sep 2014

Table Of Contents And Introductory Materials For Vol. 22. No. 2, 2014, Bruce Quantic

The Advocate

This content includes the table of contents and editorial information for vol. 22, issue 2 (Fall 2014).


The College-Wide Military-Connected Learner Initiative In K-State’S College Of Education, Debbie Mercer, Linda Thurston, Judy Hughey Sep 2014

The College-Wide Military-Connected Learner Initiative In K-State’S College Of Education, Debbie Mercer, Linda Thurston, Judy Hughey

The Advocate

The Military-connected Learner Educational Initiative at Kansas State’s College of Education, initiated in 2012, provides a college-wide framework preparing in-service and pre-service personnel to serve military, veterans and their families in educational settings. This article describes the college-wide initiative which includes: (1) providing professional development for faculty and students; (2) implementing curricular and co-curricular modifications to address military/veteran-connected issues; (3) conducting research to contribute to the knowledge base about educational issues, strategies and adaptations for military personnel, veterans, and K-12 students in their families. The college is the recipient of the 2014 Taylor Higher Education Partnership of Excellence award from …


Contextualizing Teacher Education Emphases For Classroom Diversity, Kevin Murry, Cristina Fanning, Shabina Kavimandan Sep 2014

Contextualizing Teacher Education Emphases For Classroom Diversity, Kevin Murry, Cristina Fanning, Shabina Kavimandan

The Advocate

Nominal attention has been dedicated to standards of best practice that local teachers should demonstrate in teaching culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students. The CREDE standards address the gap and emphasize five transnational, universals of best practice for CLD students/families. However, recent research indicates that teachers practices indicative of the most important of these, contextualization, are among the least robust of those observed. Necessarily, future research is needed to unpack these findings. In the interim, we argue that teachers’ critical reflection on their own socialization is essential to the fundamental understandings necessary for standards-based practices with these students and families.


Ethical Decision Making: Increasing Your Chances To Make Better Decisions, Robert F. Hachiya Sep 2014

Ethical Decision Making: Increasing Your Chances To Make Better Decisions, Robert F. Hachiya

The Advocate

Ethical decision-making is an important skill for leaders that can be acquired and improved with experience. Successful leaders consistently make right decisions and inspire confidence in others. While many fields include formal ethics classes as a part of their required curriculum, only recently has the field of education included formalized ethics training for principals. This article provides guidance and advice for those seeking to increase the likelihood they will make better decisions each day.


Learning Across A Lifetime Of Learning: Stages Of Teacher Development, Charles Kent Runyan, Steve Brown, Carolyn Fehrenbach, Kenny Mcdougle, Pam Sells, Ray Willard Sep 2014

Learning Across A Lifetime Of Learning: Stages Of Teacher Development, Charles Kent Runyan, Steve Brown, Carolyn Fehrenbach, Kenny Mcdougle, Pam Sells, Ray Willard

The Advocate

This study presents a conceptual framework for examining the developmental stages of teachers and illustrates the differences found in student teachers as they develop. The research illustrates how by assessing a teacher candidate’s own perception of importance, mastery, and desire to improve, an instrument can be used to prioritize needs at different points of a teacher’s career as well as identify stages of development. The statistical data, analysis, and interpretation of a study utilizing the Teacher Need Assessment Questionnaire (TNAQ) with teacher candidates is displayed.


Don’T Tap The Keg And Eight Other Essential Rules Of Early Career Principals: An Editorial, Carolyn L. Carlson, Scott P. Myers Sep 2014

Don’T Tap The Keg And Eight Other Essential Rules Of Early Career Principals: An Editorial, Carolyn L. Carlson, Scott P. Myers

The Advocate

Principals that are early in their careers have unique challenges to face in order to become successful in their administrative positions. Early career principals, future principals, and those who educate future principals in education administration programs at colleges and universities should be aware of these potential obstacles. This list of nine “essential rules” seeks to challenge new and future principals, as well as those who educate them, to consider some of the unique challenges faced as well as offer insight to effectively overcome them.


Adult Education Faculty And Programs In North America: Faculty Background, Work, And Satisfaction, Elizabeth J. Tisdell, Robin Redmon Wright, Edward W. Taylor, Perdeta Bush, Anne Greenawalt Aug 2014

Adult Education Faculty And Programs In North America: Faculty Background, Work, And Satisfaction, Elizabeth J. Tisdell, Robin Redmon Wright, Edward W. Taylor, Perdeta Bush, Anne Greenawalt

Adult Education Research Conference

Through a textual analysis of websites of Adult Education Graduate Programs and a quantitative survey of North American Adult Education faculty, this study examined: background information about Adult Education faculty and programs; the nature of faculty work interests, motivations and satisfaction; and involvement with the Commission of Professors of Adult Education.


A Case Study Of Female Adult Learners In Community Colleges: Understanding Multiple Role Navigation, Tara J. Thompson, Susan J. Barcinas Aug 2014

A Case Study Of Female Adult Learners In Community Colleges: Understanding Multiple Role Navigation, Tara J. Thompson, Susan J. Barcinas

Adult Education Research Conference

This qualitative case study focused upon better understanding and analyzing how female mothers and adult learners in community colleges perceived and navigated multiple roles.


The Ethics Of Unlocking A Billion More Brains, Melody M. Thompson, Jinjie Wang Aug 2014

The Ethics Of Unlocking A Billion More Brains, Melody M. Thompson, Jinjie Wang

Adult Education Research Conference

Online programs that engage a global audience are often promoted as “democratizing” education worldwide. However, the ethics of expecting students globally to conform to Western academic values and processes is largely ignored. Until programs are designed and delivered with cultural intelligence and humility, their full value will be compromised.


Asian Immigrant Women And Their Informal Work In Canada: The Process Of Change, Agnes S. Thomas Aug 2014

Asian Immigrant Women And Their Informal Work In Canada: The Process Of Change, Agnes S. Thomas

Adult Education Research Conference

Highly educated immigrant women from Asia choosing to work for cash in Canada is an indicator of the fact that their employment and economic outcomes are not positive. Drawing from the empirical study, this paper discusses the reasons for work choices and outcomes of this work on immigrant women.


Literacy, Learning And ‘Participatory Parity’, Lyn Tett Aug 2014

Literacy, Learning And ‘Participatory Parity’, Lyn Tett

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper investigates if participation in literacy programs contributes to alleviating social injustice using the lens of ‘participatory parity’ (Fraser, 2008). It argues that using this lens enables a focus on how social structures operate to deny social justice to some and so challenges an individual deficit approach to learners.


Becoming Systems Thinkers: Increasing Social Capital Through Network Weak Links, Ann L. Swartz Aug 2014

Becoming Systems Thinkers: Increasing Social Capital Through Network Weak Links, Ann L. Swartz

Adult Education Research Conference

The purpose of this study was to describe the emerging patterns of connection between students and complexity science concepts as learning occurred.