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"Your World Stops": The Relationship Chiasm Between Teachers And Students In Court-Mandated Adult Education, Rondal David Mottern
"Your World Stops": The Relationship Chiasm Between Teachers And Students In Court-Mandated Adult Education, Rondal David Mottern
Doctoral Dissertations
This study examines the experiences of teachers working with court-mandated students in GED/ABE programs. While there is a considerable body of literature on adult correctional education, this literature almost exclusively deals with teachers and students working within incarceration settings, where students are in jail or prison. There is a lack of research on the experiences of teachers working with students who are a part of the correctional system but are placed within the community, i.e., students who are in community corrections programs such as probation and parole. This study begins to fill that void in the research literature. This research …
Does A Second Century Rabbi’S Teaching Methods And Process Elements Align With Malcolm Knowles’ Andragogical Framework?, Luke Brad Bobo
Does A Second Century Rabbi’S Teaching Methods And Process Elements Align With Malcolm Knowles’ Andragogical Framework?, Luke Brad Bobo
Dissertations
Rabbi Akiva, a second century rabbi, used teaching methods and process elements that exercised his students’ mental and auditory faculties and their imaginations and bodies. This research study offers assistance to practitioners in the field of adult education as the aim of this work is to discover if alignment exist between Rabbi Akiva’s teaching methods and process elements and Knowles’ teaching methods and process elements. The late Malcolm Knowles is known as the father of American andragogy (Cooke, 1994; Henschke, 1998). And like Rabbi Akiva, Dr. Knowles was an adult educator. Both men used teaching methods and processes. For Knowles, …
Career College Students' Perceptions Of Portfolios And Their Influence In The Hiring Process, Andrea J. Webb
Career College Students' Perceptions Of Portfolios And Their Influence In The Hiring Process, Andrea J. Webb
Master of Education Research Theses
Two-year college enrollment continues to increase to meet the challenges of our changing economy. Due to this increased enrollment, it has become quite evident that more research in the area of two-year colleges is needed. Many two-year colleges have their students complete a portfolio upon graduation, to assist them in the competitive job market. Does the portfolio really help students get jobs? The contents of this paper follow a mixed-method study that involves surveying graduates of two-year colleges as well as interviewing employers who frequently hire two-year college graduates. Graduates from a number of two-year colleges were asked to complete …
The Role Of Extension In Community Resource And Economic Development As Perceived By Administrators And Directors Of The Cooperative Extension Service, Seth Charles Urbanowitz
The Role Of Extension In Community Resource And Economic Development As Perceived By Administrators And Directors Of The Cooperative Extension Service, Seth Charles Urbanowitz
Masters Theses
Clearly understanding and specifying Extension’s role in community resource and economic development (CRED) programming will allow Extension to more effectively serve the communities in which it operates and communicate a clear purpose to stakeholders. All levels of management might not know how CRED efforts are defined at the national/regional or state level, how much human and financial support is allocated, or what upper level administrators think might be some external/internal constraints. A valid image of national and regional organizational capacities in community resource and economic development will allow for clearer understanding and communication of this programmatic area to potential partners …
Cell Phones For College Teaching: A Literature Review, Tenzin Yeshi, Steven D. Aagard
Cell Phones For College Teaching: A Literature Review, Tenzin Yeshi, Steven D. Aagard
Adult Education Research Conference
Cell phone is the fastest growing technology among young adults. However, cell phones are considered more as a distraction in the classroom than a tool to support college student’s learning. Cell phones can be noisy and distracting, but they can also be an aid to learning (Docksai, 2009). Although cell phone is the most preferred mobile device of college students and its ownership are widespread, cell phones in general are still underappreciated in the college settings. From the literature review, majority supported the use of cell phone to enhance college students’ learning and interaction despite some prevailing limitations.
War Drums: A Retrospective Analysis Of Post 9/11 Media And The Mis-Education Of The American Public, Justin W. Williams, Isabel Araiza, Matthew Eichler
War Drums: A Retrospective Analysis Of Post 9/11 Media And The Mis-Education Of The American Public, Justin W. Williams, Isabel Araiza, Matthew Eichler
Adult Education Research Conference
This empirical research contributes to the critical analysis of media as a source of information and misinformation for adults; paying specific attention to the institutional nexus of political communication serving as a tool of the structural elite in bolstering an agenda contingent upon a mis-educated populous. The theoretical framework resides within the critical theory of media utilizing the propaganda model as a perspective analysis of the structural components of political communication. It adds to the continued critical analysis of media by scholars who assert that consumers of media are indeed bound to the ideological discourse as participants, and that to …
Institutional Ethnography And Actor Network Theory: The Possibilities And Challenges Of Exploring The Relational In Adult Education Research, Terrie Lynn Thompson, Christine Pinsent-Johnson
Institutional Ethnography And Actor Network Theory: The Possibilities And Challenges Of Exploring The Relational In Adult Education Research, Terrie Lynn Thompson, Christine Pinsent-Johnson
Adult Education Research Conference
Adult education practices are imbued with the relational and the material. Drawing on our empirical studies we explore the utility of Actor Network Theory and Institutional Ethnography—theoretically and methodologically—for adult education researchers. A brief theoretical overview of the two perspectives will highlight their convergences and divergences. We then introduce several methodological concepts to explore how IE and ANT encouraged us as researchers to unravel relations, bring relations into view, and attend to coordination/translation. Adult education is a disparate and complex field. Researchers may find the approaches useful in understanding the ways adult education practices are coordinated and connected.
Corporate Universities And Adult Education: Implications For Theory And Practice, Jeong Rok Oh, Cho Hyun Park
Corporate Universities And Adult Education: Implications For Theory And Practice, Jeong Rok Oh, Cho Hyun Park
Adult Education Research Conference
The purpose of this paper is to explore characteristics of corporate universities (CUs) from the adult education (AdEd) perspective in order to identify implications for AdEd theory and practice. Through an integrative literature review of CUs, the differences among CUs, human resource development centers, and traditional universities are investigated. Considering the AdEd characteristics of CUs, such as individuals’ learning and qualifications/certifications of higher education, the partnership/collaboration model of CU is suggested in terms of workplace learning, which is the overlapping field of HRD and AdEd. Ultimately, to promote participatory AdEd in the workplace, nations should play crucial roles in providing …
“Positive Aging” As Consumer Pedagogy: Towards A Theoretical Linking Of Adult Learning, Aging And Consumerism, Trevor Norris, Tara Silver
“Positive Aging” As Consumer Pedagogy: Towards A Theoretical Linking Of Adult Learning, Aging And Consumerism, Trevor Norris, Tara Silver
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper creates theoretical links between aging, adult learning and consumerism through an exploration of the contemporary cultural discourse of “positive aging.” Through the lens of adult education, we examine the pedagogical implication of positive aging as both a process of learning and consumption. This consumerist approach to aging is driven by modern gerontology, which reconstructs aging on the basis of individual abilities needs and functions. As a result, the culture of positive aging raises many questions for adult educators, particularly those who are interested in informal learning.
“It’S Our Voices” Cancer-Related Digital Stories By Alaska’S Community Health Workers, Melany Cueva, Regina Kuhnley, Laura J. Revels, Anne P. Lanier, Mark Digman
“It’S Our Voices” Cancer-Related Digital Stories By Alaska’S Community Health Workers, Melany Cueva, Regina Kuhnley, Laura J. Revels, Anne P. Lanier, Mark Digman
Adult Education Research Conference
Between May 2009 and October 2010, four week-long cancer education courses were provided for 35 community health workers (CHWs) from throughout Alaska. This project explored how cancer-related, digital stories created by CHWs supported their learning journey and provided a tool to share cancer health messages with people in their communities. Digital storytelling combines storytelling with computer-based technology to bring the power of the media to community members. End-of-course written evaluations and qualitative interviews revealed that combining digital storytelling with cancer education was feasible, culturally relevant, and enhanced participant learning.
Disrupting The Hegemony Of Choice: Community Service Learning In Activist Placements, Donna M. Chovanec, Tania Kajner, Ayesha Mian, Misty Unverwood
Disrupting The Hegemony Of Choice: Community Service Learning In Activist Placements, Donna M. Chovanec, Tania Kajner, Ayesha Mian, Misty Unverwood
Adult Education Research Conference
In this paper, we share insights from a research project that investigated the effects of a service learning experience in a graduate adult education seminar with an explicitly critical pedagogical focus and activist placements. We analyze a subset of the findings related to the lack of “choice” through a critique of CSL as a market commodity and argue that disrupting the hegemony of choice had implications for reconstructing student identities.
Reciprocity And Influence: Exploring Dimensions Of Learning In People With Alzheimer’S Disease, Kathleen M. Downie
Reciprocity And Influence: Exploring Dimensions Of Learning In People With Alzheimer’S Disease, Kathleen M. Downie
Adult Education Research Conference
The field of adult education has steadily grown over the past 60 years to recognize the importance of lifelong learning as essential to health and mental wellbeing (UNESCO). Furthermore, the prosperity associated with both formal and informal educational activity extends well beyond the realm of the learner to those within familial, professional and cultural circles. Less apparent is the notion that persons with Alzheimer’s disease, particularly those who strive to adapt to progressive cognitive decline, remain learners who benefit from formal and informal educational opportunities. While contemplating procedural, cognitive and affective realms of learning, the author examines the impact of …
The Impact Of Teacher Leadership Traits And Modeling On Offender Self-Efficacy: A Case Study, Marianne Allen
The Impact Of Teacher Leadership Traits And Modeling On Offender Self-Efficacy: A Case Study, Marianne Allen
Masters Theses, 2010-2019
Educators of incarcerated adult males must be cognizant of their responsibilities to direct the classroom environment. Primarily, they should know that they are not only responsible for the content of their courses, but for motivating the offenders to change their minds about the philosophy and process of education. Not only should they base their success on student’s ability to pass the TABE (Test for Adult Basic Education) and GED (General Education Development), they also must measure their success on how offender attitude and behavior toward education has changed. By managing and adjusting the classroom, leading the tutors, and inspiring the …
Doc 7 Research Forum Abstracts, Tom Heaney
Doc 7 Research Forum Abstracts, Tom Heaney
Doctoral Research Forums
This document provides titles and abstracts of doctoral students critical engagement projects (dissertations) held at a Research Forum April 8-10, 2011 in Chicago. These students are in Cohort 7 in the Adult and Continuing Education Doctoral Program in the College of Arts and Sciences at National Louis University.
Elevating The Civic Science Literacy Of American Adults;Assessing A Renewed Citizen Science Paradigm Integrating Nonformal Outdoor Adult Education And Enhanced Experiential Learning, David Patrick Cronin
Elevating The Civic Science Literacy Of American Adults;Assessing A Renewed Citizen Science Paradigm Integrating Nonformal Outdoor Adult Education And Enhanced Experiential Learning, David Patrick Cronin
ETD Archive
America's adult populace has failed to keep pace with the rapid inundation of science-centric advancements affecting nearly every facet of personal and public life. With deficiencies in areas of science knowledge, America's adult populace is characterized as civic science illiterate. This research constructed and employed the renewed citizen science paradigm, incorporating nonformal outdoor adult education and enhanced experiential learning while maintaining the basic tenet of citizen science, towards elevating the civic science literacy of adults who volunteered to conduct scientific research towards answering important research questions posed by a science research agency. With 67 volunteers, 23 adults were purposively selected …
Whatever Works: Teaching Adults With Learning Difficulties In Adult Basic Education Programs: A Dissertation, Susan Noyes Spear
Whatever Works: Teaching Adults With Learning Difficulties In Adult Basic Education Programs: A Dissertation, Susan Noyes Spear
Educational Studies Dissertations
Research indicates that significant numbers of adult learners who attend adult basic education (ABE) programs have learning difficulties and/or learning disabilities. However, most ABE teachers have not been trained to teach students with these complex learning needs. This qualitative study, conducted through an interpretivist/constructivist lens, used in-depth individual interviews to garner the voices and experiences of ten ABE teachers as they described how they identify and manage the learning needs of their students. Results showed that ABE teachers described their practice in terms of how they identified their students' learning difficulties; their perceptions of their identity and role as an …
The Relationship Between Statistics Self-Efficacy, Statistics Anxiety, And Performance In An Introductory Graduate Statistics Course, William Ray Schneider
The Relationship Between Statistics Self-Efficacy, Statistics Anxiety, And Performance In An Introductory Graduate Statistics Course, William Ray Schneider
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between statistics self-efficacy, statistics anxiety, and performance in introductory graduate statistics courses. The study design compared two statistics self-efficacy measures developed by Finney and Schraw (2003), a statistics anxiety measure developed by Cruise and Wilkins (1980), and a course performance measure. To view self-efficacy from two perspectives, the Current Statistics Self-Efficacy (CSSE) assessed student confidence in their ability to complete specific statistics tasks in the present, whereas Self-Efficacy to Learn Statistics (SELS) assessed student confidence in their ability to learn statistics in the future. The performance measure was the combined …
Retention Issues Of Mature Students: A Comparative Higher Education Analysis Of Programs In The United States And Ireland, Kim Bullington Sibson, Dr. Dennis Gregory, Brian-Patrick D. Kurisky
Retention Issues Of Mature Students: A Comparative Higher Education Analysis Of Programs In The United States And Ireland, Kim Bullington Sibson, Dr. Dennis Gregory, Brian-Patrick D. Kurisky
Educational Foundations & Leadership Faculty Publications
Retention of students is an issue that challenges colleges and universities around the world and South Africa is no exception. A comparative look at Ireland and the United States shows that there are many similar tools used to retain mature students, and, at the same time, many different ones are used depending on particular situations. A brief retention literature review dealing with mature students is provided as well as examples of retention strategies used in both countries. While these strategies may not fit for South Africa, they may serve as a point of departure for similar activities there.