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Form Or Flesh: Social Factors That Impact Women’S Practice Of Breast Self-Examination, Patricia A. London
Form Or Flesh: Social Factors That Impact Women’S Practice Of Breast Self-Examination, Patricia A. London
Adult Education Research Conference
The purpose of the qualitative study was to understand the meanings of the social factors identified by Caucasian middle-class women and their practice of breast self-exam (BSE). The meaning of breast selfexam is discussed in relationship to body image and the social definition of being a woman.
On The Problems Of Violence And Civility: Rethinking Transformative Powers Of Adult Education, Antonia Likenchuk
On The Problems Of Violence And Civility: Rethinking Transformative Powers Of Adult Education, Antonia Likenchuk
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper presents sociological and philosophical investigations on the nature of violence and civility. The purpose of this research is to address and locate violence and civility in the context of September 11th terrorism in America. The paper intends to define the meaning of this event and to demonstrate the implications of the research for the theory and practice of transformative adult education.
Racy Sexy - Sorting Through The Traffic Jam At The Intersection Of Race, Culture, Ethnicity And Sexuality: A Model For Intergenerational Multicultural Sexuality Education For Parents, Cynthia Low
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper looks at developing a multicultural model for sexuality education that focuses on parents as the advocates for increased understanding and support for healthy sexual behaviors among youth.
Resistance To Interlocking Power Structures Among Adult Educators, Ming-Yeh Lee, Doris Flowers, Vanessa Sheared
Resistance To Interlocking Power Structures Among Adult Educators, Ming-Yeh Lee, Doris Flowers, Vanessa Sheared
Adult Education Research Conference
Six graduate students were interviewed and focus was given to how the education they received impacted the ways in which they addressed issues of power and control in their own classrooms. Awareness of unequal power structures in the classroom, written words matter, lived experiences and moving from theory to practice were themes that emerged from the data.
The Effects Of Gender And Maturation On Moral Reasoning Orientation, Care And Justice In Adulthood, Judy Lea Lavell
The Effects Of Gender And Maturation On Moral Reasoning Orientation, Care And Justice In Adulthood, Judy Lea Lavell
Adult Education Research Conference
Using a causal comparative cross sectional approach with 380 subjects Ranging from 23 to 85 years of age, relationships between gender, maturation and moral reasoning orientation were explored. The two major findings were that older adults differed from younger adults in their classifications of moral orientation and gender played less of a role in moral reasoning than previously hypothesized.
Confronting Globalization: The Challenges Of Creating Space For Global Learning, Staffan Larsson, Madeleine Abrandt Dahlgren, Shirley Walters
Confronting Globalization: The Challenges Of Creating Space For Global Learning, Staffan Larsson, Madeleine Abrandt Dahlgren, Shirley Walters
Adult Education Research Conference
This study describes and analyses the challenges encountered in a recent case of global collaboration in developing a web-based masters program for adult educators. “Agency,” “structure,” and “frame factor” are used as analytical concepts to help understand the dynamics of the collaboration and the character of the program produced.
A Journey Of Transformation: A Model Of Educators' Learning Experiences In Educational Technology, Kathleen P. King
A Journey Of Transformation: A Model Of Educators' Learning Experiences In Educational Technology, Kathleen P. King
Adult Education Research Conference
Based on research among 205 educators, it is indicated that learning educational technology has the potential to deeply impact educators’ perspectives and practice. This paper extends the findings of previous work to provide a research-driven model of transformational learning to guide professional development in educational technology.
Life, Learning, And Standing Alone: The Adaptation Process Of Wives Of South Korean Students To New Circumstances, Ju Sung Jun
Life, Learning, And Standing Alone: The Adaptation Process Of Wives Of South Korean Students To New Circumstances, Ju Sung Jun
Adult Education Research Conference
The purpose of this study was to explore the cultural meanings and social ramifications of the experiences and understandings of South Korean students’ wives who live in the United States in terms of feminist standpoint and transformative learning.
Rising Political Consciousness: Transformational Learning In Malaysia, Mazalan Kamis, Mazanah Muhamad
Rising Political Consciousness: Transformational Learning In Malaysia, Mazalan Kamis, Mazanah Muhamad
Adult Education Research Conference
The qualitative study on ten educated Malays with regard to the rising political consciousness indicated their transformation is influenced by their culture. Political event can trigger a perspective transformation if it was perceived as threatening to ones communal cultural identity. The findings suggest that cultural values and religious beliefs facilitate the perspective transformation.
“You’Re Not The Only One Going Through All Them Crazy Changes”: Tracing Group Learning In Conversations, Deborah Kilgore
“You’Re Not The Only One Going Through All Them Crazy Changes”: Tracing Group Learning In Conversations, Deborah Kilgore
Adult Education Research Conference
Conversation analysis is proposed as a means to uncover how group learning evolves via power negotiation among members. A case of oppositional learning within a prison is presented as an example.
The African American Sermon As An Exemplar Of Culturally Relevant Adult Education, E. Paulette Issac, Michael L. Rowland
The African American Sermon As An Exemplar Of Culturally Relevant Adult Education, E. Paulette Issac, Michael L. Rowland
Adult Education Research Conference
Historically, through different avenues, the Black Church has been culturally responsive to the needs of African American learners. One such avenue has been the African American sermon. The purpose of this study was to conduct a contextual analysis of African American sermons to identify culturally relevant themes and their applicability for use in adult education classrooms.
Screen To Screen: A Study Of Designer/Instructor Beliefs And Actions In Internet-Based Courses, Laurel Jeris, Ann Poppie
Screen To Screen: A Study Of Designer/Instructor Beliefs And Actions In Internet-Based Courses, Laurel Jeris, Ann Poppie
Adult Education Research Conference
This study explored the belief systems underlying Internet-based courses faculty chose to develop and deliver, and how these belief systems influenced the process. With a sample drawn from faculty of a university recognized as a leader in distance learning, this study examined course syllabi, results from designer/instructor philosophy inventories, and faculty interviews to produce instructor profiles of philosophical orientation and instructional strategies. It then explored how the instructor/designer’s belief systems regarding the effective teaching of adults changed as a result of teaching online.
Life Since Then: Reconstructing Korean Women’S Educational Experiences And Their Lives, Kyungmi Hyun
Life Since Then: Reconstructing Korean Women’S Educational Experiences And Their Lives, Kyungmi Hyun
Adult Education Research Conference
This study examines Korean women’s educational experiences during the Japanese colonial period in Korea (1910-1945). The primary research approach is discourse analysis of the language used in interview data and written documents.
Education For Better Governance: A Look At The Ongoing Cadre Political Education In China, Shucheng Hua
Education For Better Governance: A Look At The Ongoing Cadre Political Education In China, Shucheng Hua
Adult Education Research Conference
The cadre political education in China is essentially featured by the government’s efforts in transforming cadres’ ideology, morality, and work ethics in order to create a better social image of the Chinese cadres in the public, to improve the relationship between the cadres and the masses, and to accomplish better governance for the people.
Find Out Who You Really Are: Adult Learning In Virtual Worlds, Elisabeth Hayes
Find Out Who You Really Are: Adult Learning In Virtual Worlds, Elisabeth Hayes
Adult Education Research Conference
Videogaming is a widely popular pastime in present society, particularly among young adults. Identifying the ways that these games support learning can broaden our understanding of how adults acquire knowledge, explore new identities, develop new skills and abilities. This paper analyzes one computer videogame to illustrate attributes of learning in a game-based environment.
Situating Cognition: Knowledge And Power In Context, Catherine A. Hansman, Arthur L. Wilson
Situating Cognition: Knowledge And Power In Context, Catherine A. Hansman, Arthur L. Wilson
Adult Education Research Conference
Although adult education as a field has shown interest in the work of Lave and others concerning situated cognition, the authors argue that adult education as a field has misappropriated some of the central concepts of situated cognition.
The Experiences And Practice Of Adult Educators In Addressing Spirituality Within The Workplace: An Empirical Study, Janet Groen
The Experiences And Practice Of Adult Educators In Addressing Spirituality Within The Workplace: An Empirical Study, Janet Groen
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper reports on life history research with 5 adult educators who work in a variety of workplace contexts. This research examined the experience and practice of these adult educators, as they were involved in the growing phenomenon of addressing spirituality within their workplace settings.
Editorial Introduction, Gordon Wells
Editorial Introduction, Gordon Wells
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
This issue of Networks is the last in a year that has seen a tightening of constraints, both political and educational, in response to the increasing violence that has characterized relationships between nations, cultures, religions and economic classes. In education, in almost all the richer countries, there has been a tighter focus on "basic skills" and the memorization of an increasingly large body of "core knowledge", assessed through standardized tests, and a concomitant narrowing of the opportunities for student initiative, choice, and sustained investigation of questions and issues that they find personally significant. Teachers feel harried and hurried, with little …
The Definition Of Enlightenment - Lighten Up: My Use Of Humor In Social Work Education And Practice, Rich Furman
The Definition Of Enlightenment - Lighten Up: My Use Of Humor In Social Work Education And Practice, Rich Furman
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
In this narrative, I discuss how humor has become a central "tool" of my practice as a social work educator and social worker. I describe how I use humor as a conscious means of achieving student learning. In a very real sense, calling humor a tool is a misnomer as it is a central feature of my personality. Each of us possesses certain personality characteristics that, if nurtured and cherished, can become powerful allies in the processes of teaching and helping.
My Introspective Time Capsule, Michele Stafford-Levy
My Introspective Time Capsule, Michele Stafford-Levy
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
This study takes place in the southwestern part of the United States on the Mexican-American border and is a narrative about a teacher's journey of self-discovery about her own teaching practices through reflection. Dr. Myriam Torres (New Mexico State University) and Michele Stafford-Levy ventured into the typical professor-student relationship. The professor guided her graduate student through a journey of self-discovery and how to document the process of self-reflection and action in her own classroom. By sharing these events from her professional life through autobiography, the student strives to serve as a model for both pre-service and in-service teachers to reflect, …
Learning From Others: Literacy Perspectives Of Middle-School English Teachers, Cynthia A. Lassonde
Learning From Others: Literacy Perspectives Of Middle-School English Teachers, Cynthia A. Lassonde
Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research
At the center of this interview-based study, middle-school English teachers talk and write about their literacy development, their teaching philosophies, and their curriculum, as they reflect upon their teaching. Portraits of their perspectives of literacy emerge. Using these portraits to reflect upon teaching practices, the author suggests we can effectively examine our own educational philosophies, contributing to our efforts to become increasingly competent educators.
Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 30, No. 1, Fall 2002, Marilyn A. Hirth
Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 30, No. 1, Fall 2002, Marilyn A. Hirth
Educational Considerations
Table of contents and editorial information for Vol. 30, no. 1, Fall 2002
Critical Issues In Higher Education Finance And Policy: Historical, Social, And Institutional Perspectives, Marilyn A. Hirth
Critical Issues In Higher Education Finance And Policy: Historical, Social, And Institutional Perspectives, Marilyn A. Hirth
Educational Considerations
This special issue of Educational Considerations is focused on higher education, with particular emphasis on finance and policy issues.
Challenges Confronting Small, Private Liberal Arts Colleges: The Historic Context, Stephen P. Wanger
Challenges Confronting Small, Private Liberal Arts Colleges: The Historic Context, Stephen P. Wanger
Educational Considerations
The history of American higher education is a story of adaptation and change. Since the founding of Harvard College in 1636, higher education in the American colonies and the republic has responded to a multitude of challenges and pressures.
The Influence Of Aid And Income On Persistence At A Small Private College, Charles N. Landreth, Robert O. Riggs
The Influence Of Aid And Income On Persistence At A Small Private College, Charles N. Landreth, Robert O. Riggs
Educational Considerations
In the 1990s, many private institutions gave up the practice of making need-blind admission decisions and stopped aiding students to the full extent of their need.
Renewing Higher Education's Social Contracts: Transparency Out Of Chaos, David W. Leslie
Renewing Higher Education's Social Contracts: Transparency Out Of Chaos, David W. Leslie
Educational Considerations
A contract is an agreement between two or more parties. It takes a meeting of the minds and mutual concurrence on terms before a “contract” exists in legal terms.
Long-Term Debt At Public Four-Year Colleges And Universities, Michael Stump
Long-Term Debt At Public Four-Year Colleges And Universities, Michael Stump
Educational Considerations
Revenues, expenditures, debt, and endowments are the basic components of finance in public, four-year higher education institutions. Revenues and expenditures measure short-term institutional financial health while debt and endowments address the long-term. Most measures and analyses of financial performance involve these components.
College And University Long-Term Financing In Context: Implications For Institutional Strategy, James A. Shultz
College And University Long-Term Financing In Context: Implications For Institutional Strategy, James A. Shultz
Educational Considerations
The American college and university is a sophisticated, complex, challenging business operation. Typically it engages in varied lines of business serving multiple markets.
The Human Resources Function In Education: 2010, Scott Norton
The Human Resources Function In Education: 2010, Scott Norton
Educational Considerations
The foregoing statement was asserted by Tead and Metcalf over 80 years ago in their text, Personnel Administration, one of the very first completed works in the field of personnel administration.
Educational Considerations, Vol. 30 (1) Full Issue, Marilyn A. Hirth
Educational Considerations, Vol. 30 (1) Full Issue, Marilyn A. Hirth
Educational Considerations
Educational Considerations, vol. 30 (1) Fall 2002 - Full issue