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Self-Directed Learning In The Workplace: Implications For The Legislation Of Trade Union Education In South Korea, Jeong Rok Oh, Cho Hyun Park
Self-Directed Learning In The Workplace: Implications For The Legislation Of Trade Union Education In South Korea, Jeong Rok Oh, Cho Hyun Park
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The purpose of this study is to theorize self-directed learning (SDL) in the workplace from the perspectives of human resource development (HRD), adult education (AdEd), and lifelong learning in order to suggest the implications for the legislation of trade union education (TUE) in South Korea. Since legislation at the national level can promote workers‘ participation in TUE in the context of SDL for industrial democracy through humanization of education, the South Korean government should provide trade unions with appropriate legislative, financial, and administrative support. Keywords: self-directed learning, trade union education, adult education.
Exploring Adult Risk Propensity And Academic Risk-Taking Within The Online Learning Environment, Linda E. Robinson, Alexandra Bell
Exploring Adult Risk Propensity And Academic Risk-Taking Within The Online Learning Environment, Linda E. Robinson, Alexandra Bell
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This paper presents a portion of the findings from a larger study of factors related to academic risk-taking behaviors among a group of preservice teachers in the online component of a blended-format course. We describe our study findings and implications specific for the variable of risk propensity and its relationship with academic risk-taking behavior. A synthesis of our findings with the works of other researchers provides the groundwork for exploring factors that instructors can consider in designing learning environments that support academic risk-taking, particularly in online environments. Keywords: academic risk-taking, online learning, risk propensity, blended learning.
The World As It Could Be: Class, Race And Gender For And With Working Class Students, Dianne Ramdeholl, Richard Wells
The World As It Could Be: Class, Race And Gender For And With Working Class Students, Dianne Ramdeholl, Richard Wells
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This paper discussed the results and implications of two workshops designed for a university based labor studies center. The goal was to create space for students to grapple with the complex nature of inequality and begin to explore possibilities of a broad based social solidarity. Keywords: critical pedagogy, adult education, critical/critical race theory.
Corporate America And Politics: A Comparative Analysis Of The Career Aspirations And Experiences Of African Americans, Glenn A. Palmer, Dionne Rosser-Mims
Corporate America And Politics: A Comparative Analysis Of The Career Aspirations And Experiences Of African Americans, Glenn A. Palmer, Dionne Rosser-Mims
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This paper compares the career development experiences of African Americans in the areas of politics and corporate America. The authors identified congruencies in the career development experiences of African Americans in both career fields to fill the void in the literature concerning empirical research on the career development of African Americans in various disciplines. The researchers‘ findings inform their proposed culturally relevant career development model. Keywords: Career Development, African Americans, Politics, Human Resources, Leadership Development.
Social Justice Narrative Inquiry: A Queer Crit Perspective, Mitsunori Misawa
Social Justice Narrative Inquiry: A Queer Crit Perspective, Mitsunori Misawa
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Social justice narrative inquiry is an important research methodology in social justice research, especially for when examining the intersectionality of race and sexual orientation. This paper intends to: 1) conceptualize how social justice narrative inquiry contributes to knowledge production in the field of adult education in terms of positionality and its influence on the web of power dynamics; 2) theorize social justice narrative inquiries for social justice education and social justice research; and 3) demonstrate how a queer crit perspective (a queer perspective under Critical Race Theory) can be used in social justice narrative inquiry. Keywords: social justice narrative inquiry, …
Synoptic Judgment: Constructing Cross Racial Dialogues In A Post Racial Society, Lisa R. Merriweather, Talmadge C. Guy, Elaine Manglitz
Synoptic Judgment: Constructing Cross Racial Dialogues In A Post Racial Society, Lisa R. Merriweather, Talmadge C. Guy, Elaine Manglitz
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Synoptic judgment, understood as the act of seeing diverse perspectives, is presented as pedagogically useful to analyze and interpret racialized narrative in order to reveal and challenge racial injustice. Implications for classroom practice are offered as a means to assist adult educators and learners to meaningfully learn across racial boundaries while acknowledging the way in which power and privilege shape epistemology.
Teaching With New Eyes: Transformative Faculty Professional Development For Online Teaching, Carol A. Mcquiggan
Teaching With New Eyes: Transformative Faculty Professional Development For Online Teaching, Carol A. Mcquiggan
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This qualitative action research study explored the changes in teaching assumptions and beliefs and face-to-face teaching practices fostered by transformative learning among higher education faculty as a result of participating in a blended professional development program to prepare them to teach online. Keywords: transformative learning, faculty development, action research
Adult Newcomers And Immigrants In North America: Promising Pathways For Transformative Learning, Karen Magro
Adult Newcomers And Immigrants In North America: Promising Pathways For Transformative Learning, Karen Magro
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More people are on the move today and migration is recognized as one of the defining global issues of the 21st century. Available information suggests that there are about 194 million people living outside their place of birth. There is growing recognition that migration is an essential and inevitable component for the economic and social life of Canada. Immigration today has become more complex as individuals attempt to reestablish their lives and livelihoods in cultural contexts very incongruous to ones they left. Learning and cultural integration can be a lifelong process that involves struggle, loss, negotiation, and transformation. Navigating a …
Toward A New Motivation To Learn Framework For Older Adult Learners, Yi-Yin Lin, Lorilee R. Sandmann
Toward A New Motivation To Learn Framework For Older Adult Learners, Yi-Yin Lin, Lorilee R. Sandmann
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Although existing literature addresses adults‘ motivation to learn, and some specifically focuses on older adults, it is now recognized that older adults are more heterogeneous and complex than other age groups. Therefore, this study seeks to provide an alternative theoretical framework to investigate motivation to learn for older adult learners in Taiwan. Keywords: older adult learning, educational gerontology, motivation to learn.
Synchronized Swimming: Arts-Based Approaches To Teaching Novice Researchers, Randee Lipson Lawrence, Shauna Butterwick
Synchronized Swimming: Arts-Based Approaches To Teaching Novice Researchers, Randee Lipson Lawrence, Shauna Butterwick
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For graduate students, learning about research is often confusing and mysterious and, as a result, anxiety producing. This paper explores our experiences of using the arts and embodied creative activities to help novice researchers understand the nature of knowledge and to engage with some of the fundamentals of research, such as epistemological and ontological claims underpinning different methodologies, and in the collection and analysis of data. We suggest using arts-based pedagogical approaches provides an alternative to hyper-rationalist ways of teaching qualitative research.
Walking Against The Grain: A Case Study Of Catholic Women‟S Social Justice Discourse, Practice And Spirituality In Post-Katrina New Orleans, Sherri K. Lawless
Walking Against The Grain: A Case Study Of Catholic Women‟S Social Justice Discourse, Practice And Spirituality In Post-Katrina New Orleans, Sherri K. Lawless
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This qualitative study explored the relationship between Catholic women adult educators‘ understanding of social justice and their engagement in anti-poverty activist practice with Hurricane Katrina survivors, in the context of a religiously-affiliated organization. While the privilege discourse was predominantly used by the eight activists interviewed, analysis also revealed that they understood social justice in multiple and layered ways. Specifically, these adult educator activists‘ enacted practice has a complexity that does not conform neatly to traditional conceptualizations of social justice. Keywords: Adult educator activists, Anti-poverty activism, Catholic social thought, Catholic women, Critical theory, Economic inequality, Homeless People, Katrina, Poverty, Spirituality, Social …
Empowering Community Leadership And Learning For Immigrant Right: A Cultural-Historical Activity Theory Investigation Of An Urban Korean American Community Organization, Junghwan Kim
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This study aims to understand how a Korean American community organization‘s activists engage in learning throughout their daily activities for community leadership. For this purpose, the study uses cultural-historical activity theory as a theoretical framework and critical ethnography as a research method. I identified a community leadership network that includes three activities for community leadership and contradictions in the network as (possible) obstructions and potential driving forces for community leadership and learning. By resolving contradictions, expansive learning including individual transformation occurs. Based on the findings, conclusions and implications are discussed. Keywords: Learning in the community, Community Leadership, Community organization, Cultural-historical …
“I Hate To Be Evaluated”: A Grounded-Theory Analysis Of Adult Learners‟ Evaluation Anxiety In Korea National Open University, K.P. Joo
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Drawing upon the grounded-theory approach, this research examines how adult learners in Korea National Open University (KNOU) experience evaluation anxiety through centralized institutional examination activities. The final model categorizes conceptions of personal, institutional, and socio-cultural origins and patterns of apprehension and anxiety in relation to evaluation. Keywords: Evaluation Anxiety, Grounded-Theory, Open University.
Women Reading For Education, Affinity & Development (Wread): An Evaluation Of A Semi-Structured Reading Discussion Group For African American Female Adult Literacy Students, Jaye Jones
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Women Reading for Education, Affinity & Development (WREAD), a reading discussion group geared toward African American female adult literacy students with self-defined histories of trauma, was an outgrowth of research identifying links between trauma, women‘s struggles with literacy, and the need to be conscious of emotional health concerns in adult education classrooms. The structure of the group was grounded in theories of relational-cultural theory (RCT), critical pedagogy and black feminist theory; and combined thematically arranged literary materials (i.e., poetry, texts and films), critical group discussion and cultural activities. The use of a mixed-method, feminist qualitative analytic approach illustrated how educational …
Welfare Identity: Separating The Public From The Private, Michelle Johnson, Debbie Lechuga
Welfare Identity: Separating The Public From The Private, Michelle Johnson, Debbie Lechuga
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In 1995, Jane Goodwin wrote ―U.S. welfare policy has yet to adequately address a mother‘s two work roles - care-giving and wage-earner‖ (p. 254). The first welfare programs began in the early 1900s and the first statewide Mothers‘ Aid Law passed in 1911. In 1935, the federal government launched a program called Aid to Dependent Children, which later be changed to Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) (Cheng, 2007). Cheng (2007) noted this program was created to address the issue of poverty in the USA by assisting impoverished mothers to financially care for their children. As the welfare system …
Exploring Health And Health Education Participation Of African American Fathers, E. Paulette Isaac, Wilma J. Calvert
Exploring Health And Health Education Participation Of African American Fathers, E. Paulette Isaac, Wilma J. Calvert
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In recent years, there has been increased attention to the importance of a healthy lifestyle. However, health indicators continue to support a decline in the overall health status of African American men. Studies have adequately explained adults‘ education participation motivations; few have explored African American men‘s motivations to participate in health educational programs. The purpose of this study was to explore African American men‘s motivations for participating in health education. Using focus group interviews, we identified themes which explain their motivations for participation. We discuss three primary health education motivations of African American men. The findings can assist program planners …
Reframing The Meaning Of Self-Directed Learning: An Updated Modeltt, Roger Hiemstra, Ralph G. Brockett
Reframing The Meaning Of Self-Directed Learning: An Updated Modeltt, Roger Hiemstra, Ralph G. Brockett
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Over the past several decades, self-directed learning (SDL) has been one of the most active areas of inquiry within adult education and learning. Several studies have identified trends in this body of knowledge (e.g., Brockett, Stockdale, Fogerson, Cox, Canipe, Chuprina, Donaghy, & Chadwell, 2001; Conner, Carter, Dieffenderfer, & Brockett, 2009; Kirk, Shih, Holt, Smeltzer, & Brockett, 2012). Since 1987, an international symposium has been held annually to share the latest thinking about SDL theory, research, and practice. In 2002 the International Journal of Self-Directed Learning also began publication.
Education As A Political Act: Community-Based Participatory Research With Union Women, Cindy Hanson
Education As A Political Act: Community-Based Participatory Research With Union Women, Cindy Hanson
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The Prairie School for Union Women (PSUW), now celebrating its fifteenth year of operation, is unique in its popular education approach while remaining the only labour school in Canada specifically for women. During the annual school, held in a retreat-like setting in Saskatchewan, groups of 60-160 women engage in a non-formal education experience that emphasizes adult learning principles of facilitation and mentoring, and support for activist practices. The embodiment and development of feminist popular education2 curricula and methodologies in the School‘s operation is central to this experience. The study, Innovations, Opportunities and Challenges: The Story of the Prairie School for …
Developing Global Workforce: An Integrative Intercultural Effectiveness Model For International Human Resource Development, Pi-Chi Han
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Globalization has a significant impact on the field of human resource development (HRD), especially on international HRD (IHRD). The challenge of developing global workforce with intercultural competencies has received extensive attention. It is necessary to reexamine the structure and content of IHRD programs that facilitate individual to be interculturally competent. This paper attempts to propose an integrative intercultural effectiveness (ICE) model, modified from Han‘s (2011) study, as the guidelines for IHRD to identify the process and content in developing intercultural competencies. Keywords: Intercultural Effectiveness (ICE) Competencies, Human Resource Development (HRD), International HRD (IHRD), Cross-cultural Learning, Transformative Learning
Re-Imagining Paulo Freire Through Rortian Neo-Pragmatism, Ramazan Gungor
Re-Imagining Paulo Freire Through Rortian Neo-Pragmatism, Ramazan Gungor
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Paulo Freire is arguably one of the most well-known educators of our time. Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Freire, 1970) is a very widely read book by an educator in the last century, and is worthy of holding a special place in the history of educational thought (Roberts, 2000). What makes Freire‘s work important is that it does not stand still. It offers itself up to different readings, audiences, and contexts (Giroux in McLaren & Leonard, 1993). This is partially because of the ingenuity of the educators who reinterpreted his work to make it better fit the times and the educational …
Continuing Professional Education Needs Assessments In Emergency Medical Services, Scott Frasard
Continuing Professional Education Needs Assessments In Emergency Medical Services, Scott Frasard
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Emergency Medical Service (EMS) educators are faced with the daunting task of providing prehospital care providers with quality continuing professional education (CPE) while meeting the needs of various stakeholders. This study sought to find how EMS educators make CPE offering decisions by examining three primary areas: the sources of information used to generate CPE topic ideas, factors that influence decision making, and strategies used to collect and analyze data. Additionally, a comprehensive list of CPE offered by study participants from the last two years was generated, which demonstrates how these three areas drive EMS CPE. Keywords: Emergency Medical Services, EMS, …
Sociocultural Perspectives In An Online Esl Professional Development Program: Are There Transformative Features?, Karin Sprow Forte
Sociocultural Perspectives In An Online Esl Professional Development Program: Are There Transformative Features?, Karin Sprow Forte
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Colleges and universities across the country are looking for ways to increase accessibility as broad of an audience of learners as possible and are expanding into online formats (Allen & Searman, 2010). This is especially useful for programs designed for both working and non-working adults, who require a more flexible schedule for coursework, or who may not be able to attend courses located at a geographic distance. These institutions of higher education also maintain the larger educational objectives of their programs, including increasing the understanding of the world by the learners and expanding their ―habits of mind‖ (Cranton & King, …
Engineers‟ Perceptions Of Diversity And The Learning Environment At Work: A Mixed Methods Study, Brenda L. Firestone
Engineers‟ Perceptions Of Diversity And The Learning Environment At Work: A Mixed Methods Study, Brenda L. Firestone
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Women and people of color are particularly underrepresented in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematic (STEM) disciplines. This mixed methods study surveyed 527 engineers and interviewed eight female engineers to examine the current culture climate for diversity in engineering worksites, and how gender, race, and age intersect and affect engineers‘ perceptions of organizational inclusiveness and the learning environment surrounding diversity. Keywords: STEM, women, race, culture climate, diversity, work, mixed methods.
Mature Age Workers‟ Experiences Of Learning In Accredited Courses, Darryl Dymock, Gregory Martin
Mature Age Workers‟ Experiences Of Learning In Accredited Courses, Darryl Dymock, Gregory Martin
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Understanding how mature age workers come to engage with training programs has become increasingly important in sustaining their employability across lengthening working lives. This paper reports the responses to an online survey of a sample of mostly white-collar mature-age workers (45+) about their experiences in undertaking accredited work-related training in Australia. It presents and discusses their motivations for undertaking further education and training and their perceptions of its relevance to their work and of the efficacy of the teaching and learning processes. The paper concludes by identifying the implications for educational institutions and training organisations.
A Conceptual Framework On The Process Of Personal Transformation In A Primary Health Care Context For Living With A Chronic Illness, Claire-Jehanne Dubouloz, Judy King, Barbara Paterson, Brenda Ashe, Jacques Chevrier, Mirela Moldoveanu
A Conceptual Framework On The Process Of Personal Transformation In A Primary Health Care Context For Living With A Chronic Illness, Claire-Jehanne Dubouloz, Judy King, Barbara Paterson, Brenda Ashe, Jacques Chevrier, Mirela Moldoveanu
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The objective of this study is to propose a conceptual framework that could explain the process of personal transformation within a Primary Health Care context for people living with chronic illnesses.
Slow Down. Listen. Observe. Know Yourself. Understand Your Own Culture. Get Advice From Others…And Start Planning Early: Instructor Learning And Professional Development In International Field-Based Education, Joellen E. Coryell, Geleana Alston
Slow Down. Listen. Observe. Know Yourself. Understand Your Own Culture. Get Advice From Others…And Start Planning Early: Instructor Learning And Professional Development In International Field-Based Education, Joellen E. Coryell, Geleana Alston
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Educators who teach abroad participate within a variety of communities and contexts that may (or may not) help them to prepare to teach students in another culture and country. So how do instructors learn to develop the attitudes, behaviors, and values required to teach effectively in the global educational environment? The purpose of this study was to investigate the motivations, preparations, challenges, and personal learning instructors experience when preparing for and teaching in international settings. Key words: faculty professional development, study abroad, international education, international teaching.
Undergraduate Latino Men Speak "Out", Joshua C. Collins
Undergraduate Latino Men Speak "Out", Joshua C. Collins
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Rosario, Schrimshaw, and Hunter‘s (2004) study of 145 lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth (ages 14-21) revealed, ―Latino youths reported similar levels of comfort with others knowing about their homosexuality as did White youths. However, like the Black youths, Latino youths had disclosed to fewer individuals than had White youths‖ (p. 226). In Latino communities, respect for authority often keeps young LGB-identified people from coming out of the closet about their sexuality to parents or other respected individuals (Rosario et al., 2004). However, these individuals also rely heavily on family and place a high value on those relationships, knowing ―they will …
Enhancing Teaching Skills And Fostering Critical Reflective Practices In The Professional Development Of University Teachers., Mervin E. Chisholm
Enhancing Teaching Skills And Fostering Critical Reflective Practices In The Professional Development Of University Teachers., Mervin E. Chisholm
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Over the last two decades or so, important new initiatives have been introduced into undergraduate education to advance learning. These initiatives bear witness to the fact that there are higher education professionals who are intimately interested in the transformation of approaches to teaching and learning in the academy (Chisholm, 2007; Costa & Kallick, 1993; O‘Banion, 1997; Wingspread Group on Higher Education, 1993). Some are also interested in thoroughgoing transformation of the teaching and learning through faculty development initiatives. Many of these innovative practices hold out great promise for real advances in student learning and even for changing the culture of …
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
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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.
Taking Initiative And Constructing Identity: International Graduate Student Spouses‟ Adjustment And Social Integration In A University Town, Kimeka Campbell, Esther Prins
Taking Initiative And Constructing Identity: International Graduate Student Spouses‟ Adjustment And Social Integration In A University Town, Kimeka Campbell, Esther Prins
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This paper uses qualitative data to explore the social integration and adjustment of 13 international graduate student spouses (IGSSs) who attended an ESL class in a university town. We examine how IGSSs adjusted to their new community and roles, the strategies used to navigate social spaces, and the factors that shaped their integration. Keywords: adult education, informal learning, ESL, ESOL, international graduate student spouses, sojourner spouses.