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Kanwork Covid-19 Vaccine Initiative, Mazanah Muhamad, Nor Aida Maskor, Asmah Ismail, Nik Hasnaa Nik Mahmood
Kanwork Covid-19 Vaccine Initiative, Mazanah Muhamad, Nor Aida Maskor, Asmah Ismail, Nik Hasnaa Nik Mahmood
Adult Education Research Conference
COVID-19 triggered the need for vaccination. A mixed method inquiry revealed that KanWork Cancer Society’s vaccination initiative was successful in educating members to make informed decision to vaccinate.
Instructional Perspectives Of Ymca Fitness Instructors, Christinia M. Scott
Instructional Perspectives Of Ymca Fitness Instructors, Christinia M. Scott
Adult Education Research Conference
The study seeks to determine the amount of andragogical principles used by adult fitness instructors at the Greater Louisville YMCAs. The Modified Instructional Perspectives Inventory (MIPI) will measure the level of andragogical principles used by Greater Louisville YMCAs fitness instructors.
Quality In Canadian And Swedish Adult Education Policy, Johanna Mufic
Quality In Canadian And Swedish Adult Education Policy, Johanna Mufic
Adult Education Research Conference
The aim of this paper is to compare and critically scrutinize how quality is construed in Canadian and Swedish adult education policy. The empirical data consists of policy documents and interviews conducted with adult educators.
Counternarratives For Racial Justice: Confronting Institutionalized Racism In Higher Education, Dianne Ramdeholl, Jaye Jones
Counternarratives For Racial Justice: Confronting Institutionalized Racism In Higher Education, Dianne Ramdeholl, Jaye Jones
Adult Education Research Conference
This research highlights findings from a recently published book documenting the lived experiences and struggles of racialized faculty at predominantly white institutions (PWI) within North America.
Men’S Success In Higher Education: Model Building, Karie A. Coffman Phd, Catherine H. Monaghan Ph.D.
Men’S Success In Higher Education: Model Building, Karie A. Coffman Phd, Catherine H. Monaghan Ph.D.
Adult Education Research Conference
This research addressed degree completion among adult male students. Findings illustrated that persistence depended on grit and a campus community where they could contribute and receive support to graduate.
Stumbling Through: Building And Creating Space For Non-Indigenous Decolonization From A Non-Indigenous Perspective, Cortney Baldwin
Stumbling Through: Building And Creating Space For Non-Indigenous Decolonization From A Non-Indigenous Perspective, Cortney Baldwin
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper utilizes theory and research to explore, create and reflect on building space for non-Indigenous people to begin to stumble through dialogue around decolonization and Reconciliation from a non-Indigenous perspective.
Body, Social And Material Connections As Ways Of Knowing: A Reflection Of The Adult Smoker’S Experiences When Learning About And Using An Electronic Cigarette, Shari Hrabovsky
Adult Education Research Conference
This study explores the body, as a site of learning and the impact of social, and material networks by investigating the lived experiences of adult smokers who use an electronic cigarette device to reduce or quit cigarette smoking.
The Democratic Ideal Vs. Luhmann’S Autopoietic Systems In Adult Education, Jeffrey Zacharakis
The Democratic Ideal Vs. Luhmann’S Autopoietic Systems In Adult Education, Jeffrey Zacharakis
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This paper analyzes the democratic ideal and its historical importance to adult education, and then analyzes how adult education today fits Niklas Luhmann’s autopoietic systems at the expense of the democratic ideal.
The Invisible Perpetrator Of Inequality: Modern Conceptualizations Of Social Class And Adult Education, Kimeka Campbell
The Invisible Perpetrator Of Inequality: Modern Conceptualizations Of Social Class And Adult Education, Kimeka Campbell
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper discusses modern conceptualizations of social class stratification in United States adult education. This paper presents Cultural Historical Activity Theory as an analytical tool to elucidate the increasingly over-stratified and invisible nature of social class in the United States. Keywords: Adult Education, social class, United States, socioeconomic status, cultural historical activity theory.
From Resistance To "Solidarity": Teaching Race, Class And Gender To Working Class Adults, Dianne Ramdeholl, Richard Wells
From Resistance To "Solidarity": Teaching Race, Class And Gender To Working Class Adults, Dianne Ramdeholl, Richard Wells
Adult Education Research Conference
In this paper two faculty members critically reflect on their experiences teaching a course entitled, Class, Race, and Gender in an effort to contribute to a sustainable conversation grounded in intersections between the three.
Canadian Adult Education: Still Moving, Tom Nesbit, Budd L. Hall
Canadian Adult Education: Still Moving, Tom Nesbit, Budd L. Hall
Adult Education Research Conference
Two of Canada’s veteran adult educators have recently discussed what they claim as the “death” of the Canadian adult education movement. In this paper, we challenge this claim and provide evidence to show that adult education in Canada remains vigorous and vital, expanding in some areas and overall still deserving of being called a movement.
Adult Education Enters The Cultural Competency Craze, Michael L. Rowland
Adult Education Enters The Cultural Competency Craze, Michael L. Rowland
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper will provide a brief overview of the literature on cultural competency as it relates to health care. Cultural competency is a strategy to reduce and eliminate inequities in health care that are related to race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, and sexual orientation. The paper will provide a framework for health profession educators to understand cultural competency through the lens of adult education.