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December Agenda, Wku Graduate Council
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Meeting Minutes, Wku Graduate Council
Meeting Minutes, Wku Staff Council
October Agenda, Wku Graduate Council
Meeting Minutes, Wku Graduate Council
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Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate
Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate
Faculty Senate
Meeting regarding committee assignments, senate office, staffing plan, faculty handbook, Student Government Association, graduate council, benefits, athletics and House Bill 160.
September Agenda, Wku Graduate Council
Meeting Minutes, Wku Graduate Council
Meeting Minutes, Wku Staff Council
Meeting Minutes, Wku Staff Council
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Minutes of September 1, 2010 meeting.
Action Items, Wku Graduate Council
Action Items, Wku Graduate Council
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Overview of action items handled by the Graduate Council.
Members, Wku Graduate Council
Members, Wku Graduate Council
Graduate School
Members of WKU Graduate Council and committees.
Meeting Minutes, Wku Staff Council
Meeting Minutes, Wku Staff Council
June Agenda, Wku Graduate Council
Meeting Minutes, Wku Graduate Council
Examining The Indian Farmer Suicides Through The Social And Environmental Justice Lens, Yogita Abichandani, Juanita Johnson-Bailey
Examining The Indian Farmer Suicides Through The Social And Environmental Justice Lens, Yogita Abichandani, Juanita Johnson-Bailey
Adult Education Research Conference
Approximately 200,000 farmers have committed suicide in India over the last decade. A majority of them are the ones who have been failed by the non- yield of genetically modified cotton per hectare and are dependent on these crops for their daily livelihood. The GM cottonseeds represent the hegemony and oppression of the farmers propelled by the globalization movement. This paper provides an understanding that the social movements against the GM seeds are in fact movements pointing towards the social and environmental injustices and seeks to understand the role adult education can play in addressing the social and environmental injustice.
“It’S The Physical Versus The Emotional”: Using Poetics To Re-Present The Power Of Art In The Nursing Clinical Experience, Carrie Bailey, C. Amelia Davis
“It’S The Physical Versus The Emotional”: Using Poetics To Re-Present The Power Of Art In The Nursing Clinical Experience, Carrie Bailey, C. Amelia Davis
Adult Education Research Conference
The purpose of this exploratory qualitative study was to consider how the use of art in the post-clinical experience could broaden nursing students’ perceptions of holistic care, utilizing reflective practice and arts-based resources to increase their awareness of comprehensive patient care. Arts-based education research served as a useful curriculum tool for deep reflection in clinical nursing students’ experiences. Keeping with the tenor of arts-based research, we used poetic re-presentations as a means of maintaining students’ voices in this work. Reflections not only spanned the care provided but looked closely at patient relationships through analysis of their own clinical practice.
Laughter Doeth Learning Good Like A Medicine, Celia Farr
Laughter Doeth Learning Good Like A Medicine, Celia Farr
Adult Education Research Conference
Laughter and its significant benefits lower the affective filter in any learning environment. The release of laughter reduces perceived learning difficulties and lowers learning anxieties which are commonly found in the adult-learner classroom. With the introduction of appropriately-sensitive humor to the classroom, students forge a solid and personal foundation– upon which they can better build the scaffolding for present and future learning experiences. The role of humor and laughter in the adult-learner’s classroom not only enhances the overall learning experience, it also aids in retention of knowledge.
Meeting Minutes, Wku Staff Council
Adult Learning Models For Translational Health Research: Bench, Bedside, And Communities, Linda Ziegahn
Adult Learning Models For Translational Health Research: Bench, Bedside, And Communities, Linda Ziegahn
Adult Education Research Conference
The intent of translational health research is to bridge the longstanding gaps between laboratory research and the people who are the intended beneficiaries of the resulting discoveries. Models from the field of adult education, particularly experiential and transformative learning approaches, can be useful in developing theory for the learning processes that occur when scientists, health practitioners, and community members collaborate around the identification, implementation, and evaluation of research projects aimed at improving health for everyone.
Class, Popular Culture, And The Academy: Critical Comments Of Scholars From The Working-Class, Robin Redmon Wright
Class, Popular Culture, And The Academy: Critical Comments Of Scholars From The Working-Class, Robin Redmon Wright
Adult Education Research Conference
Twenty-five self-identified working-class scholars were interviewed about their life histories in an effort to understand their career choice. Participants credited the incidental and informal learning they received from consuming film, television shows, popular music, comic books and novels as expanding their world view and instilling a desire to succeed academically.
Math Teachers Come From The Darnedest Places: Adult Learners Becoming Adult Teachers, Gary L. Wright
Math Teachers Come From The Darnedest Places: Adult Learners Becoming Adult Teachers, Gary L. Wright
Adult Education Research Conference
In this qualitative study I sought a better understanding of the experiences of mathematics educators who, prior to engaging with their chosen profession, participated in a developmental mathematics course or program. The purpose was to learn more about (i) the impact of faculty (or institutional) attitudes and behaviors on these individuals and (ii) the factors, inside or outside the classroom, that supported their decisions to pursue careers in academia.
Educational And Mothering Discourses And Learner Goals: Mexican Immigrant Women Enacting Agency In A Family Literacy Program, Blaire Willson Toso, Esther Prins
Educational And Mothering Discourses And Learner Goals: Mexican Immigrant Women Enacting Agency In A Family Literacy Program, Blaire Willson Toso, Esther Prins
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper, using data from a qualitative study, examines how Mexican immigrant women in a family literacy program appropriated mainstream discourses of mothering and parent involvement to pursue their personal and academic goals. The paper examines notions of human agency, prevailing parenting and literacy discourses, and learner goals and subjectivities.
Hinduism And Adult Learning: Fostering A Mind-Body Connection, Swathi Nath Thaker
Hinduism And Adult Learning: Fostering A Mind-Body Connection, Swathi Nath Thaker
Adult Education Research Conference
The Western notions of learning have, and still, dominate the field of adult education, with non-cognitive forms of learning such as somatic learning and spirituality only recently emerging. While much of the Western literature on learning and knowing suggest that the mind and body are split, a number of cultures around the world do not believe in this dichotomy, and Hinduism is no exception. Hinduism, which is said to be over four thousand years old, defines itself according to the Vedas, the most ancient body of religious literature. While much of this content has long been unknown to most Hindus, …
Is Complexity Science Embedded In Transformative Learning?, Ann L. Swartz, Karin Sprow
Is Complexity Science Embedded In Transformative Learning?, Ann L. Swartz, Karin Sprow
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper discusses evidence that Jack Mezirow’s (1991) seminal work on transformative learning drew heavily from the precursors of complexity science without making the connection explicit, a trend still present in the transformative learning literature. The use of concepts from complexity theory and its interdisciplinary contributors can improve our understanding of transformative learning and its development.
Embodied Learning And Trauma In The Classroom And In Practice, Ann L. Swartz
Embodied Learning And Trauma In The Classroom And In Practice, Ann L. Swartz
Adult Education Research Conference
This study sought to understand how RN-BS clinical students learn through their bodies and how these patterns relate to trauma. Use of an experiential, embodied pedagogy led to emergence of embodied connection with self and new patterns of self-care, professional knowledge and action.