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A Phenomenological Study Of College Faculty Experiences Derived From Teaching In A Computer-Mediated Environment When There Is An Absence Of Physical Presence, Simone Conceicao-Rulee
A Phenomenological Study Of College Faculty Experiences Derived From Teaching In A Computer-Mediated Environment When There Is An Absence Of Physical Presence, Simone Conceicao-Rulee
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This phenomenological study investigated the meaning of the online teaching experiences of college faculty when there was an absence of physical presence. Findings suggest that teaching online is work intensive because of the length of engagement before and during instruction and the depth of engagement during the delivery of a course; however, it is also rewarding when the instructor experiences satisfaction throughout the process of design and delivery of instruction.
Adult Learning In The Context Of The Interreligious Dialogue Process: A Collaborative Research Study Involving Christians, Jews And Muslims, Nadira K. Charaniya, Jane West Walsh
Adult Learning In The Context Of The Interreligious Dialogue Process: A Collaborative Research Study Involving Christians, Jews And Muslims, Nadira K. Charaniya, Jane West Walsh
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This paper reports on a collaborative qualitative research study where the purpose was to explore the nature of the learning that occurs in the interreligious dialogue process. Participants were 20 Christian, Jewish and Muslim adults who have participated in interreligious dialogue, for a period of more than a year.
Are Women-Targeted Programs Women-Positive?, Jane Castle, Gillian Attwood, Suzanne Smythe
Are Women-Targeted Programs Women-Positive?, Jane Castle, Gillian Attwood, Suzanne Smythe
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The authors distinguish between women-targeted and women-positive programs, citing examples of unsuccessful education programs in South Africa that were targeted at women. They question the educational and political aims of these initiatives and suggest that women-positive programs foreground gender within a broader context of transformation involving both men and women.
Education As Function Of Productivity: An Hermeneutic Study Of Standards On Ethics And Integrity In Human Resource Development Texts, Vicki K. Carter, Sharon L. Howell, Fred M. Schied
Education As Function Of Productivity: An Hermeneutic Study Of Standards On Ethics And Integrity In Human Resource Development Texts, Vicki K. Carter, Sharon L. Howell, Fred M. Schied
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This critical hermeneutic analysis of the AHRD Standards on Ethics and Integrity and six HRD textbooks identifies unexamined assumptions and silences related to the practice of HRD.
Adult Education As Snake Oil Under The Guise Of Democracy, Alison A. Carr-Chellman, Davin J. Carr-Chellman
Adult Education As Snake Oil Under The Guise Of Democracy, Alison A. Carr-Chellman, Davin J. Carr-Chellman
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Based on initial content analysis research into the semiotics of advertising for online learning, this paper extends our understanding of the commodification of education via the web by carefully examining the implications of this marketing on the goals of democracy, the just distribution of education and knowledge as resources, and the consequent impact on social justice and equity.
When Resistance Becomes Reproduction: A Critical Action Research Study, Gary Cale
When Resistance Becomes Reproduction: A Critical Action Research Study, Gary Cale
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This paper explores how adult learners in a college composition course resisted pedagogies and teaching strategies designed to critically examine student and teacher assumptions about classism, racism, and sexism as well as other oppressive structures and discourses.
Learning In Context: Women In Transition From Situations Of Domestic Violence, Margaret L. Cain, Elizabeth Kjar
Learning In Context: Women In Transition From Situations Of Domestic Violence, Margaret L. Cain, Elizabeth Kjar
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This empirical study explores learning among women in a transitional housing program for women and children who have experienced domestic violence. It situates this learning in the context of the women's lives, the program structure, and larger socioeconomic factors.
We've Got Nothing/Everything To Lose: Lessons Learned From An Anti-Poverty Action Research Project, Shuana Butterwick
We've Got Nothing/Everything To Lose: Lessons Learned From An Anti-Poverty Action Research Project, Shuana Butterwick
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This paper explores my efforts as a feminist activist scholar working with a group of poor women engaged in creating, on their own terms, a viable economic venture. Negotiating through this landscape marked by different class, race, status and institutional locations illuminates the challenges to conducting research and establishing relationships of solidarity.
Narrative Dimensions Of Transformative Learning, Annie Brooks, Carolyn Clark
Narrative Dimensions Of Transformative Learning, Annie Brooks, Carolyn Clark
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The concept of narrative is useful for theorizing transformative learning. Three characteristics are that it (a) moves from past to future, (b) spans the psychological, social, cultural, and historical dimensions in content and form, and (c) includes cognitive, affective, spiritual, and somatic dimensions. Narrative analysis of data suggests insights unavailable with other analytic approaches.
Research To Practice, Research In Practice: Disseminating Results Or Supporting Change?, Mary Beth Bingman, Christine Smith
Research To Practice, Research In Practice: Disseminating Results Or Supporting Change?, Mary Beth Bingman, Christine Smith
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This roundtable will provide an opportunity to discuss what the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy has been doing to connect research and practice and to explore how to facilitate collaborative associations between practitioners and researchers.
Hrd On The Margins: Exploring Resistance To Hrd In Adult Education, Alisa Belzer, Laura L. Bierma, Maria Cseh, Andrea Ellinger, Wendy Ruona, Karen Watkins
Hrd On The Margins: Exploring Resistance To Hrd In Adult Education, Alisa Belzer, Laura L. Bierma, Maria Cseh, Andrea Ellinger, Wendy Ruona, Karen Watkins
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This paper examines the debates and critiques surrounding HRD and confronts myths about HRD philosophy and practice. We argue that the HRD field is "marginalized" in adult education and reflect on both the problems this situation creates and the possibilities of ever bridging these two fields.
Shaping Practice From The Top Down: The Impact Of Federal Legislation On Abe Practice, Alisa Belzer
Shaping Practice From The Top Down: The Impact Of Federal Legislation On Abe Practice, Alisa Belzer
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Through case descriptions of twenty-four programs in six states, this study documents the ways in which policy-oriented federal legislation, namely the Workforce Investment Act and Welfare Reform, influences the day to day practices of program administrators and instructors.
Teaching In Adult Literacy Education: Learner-Centered Intentions, Teacher-Directed Instruction, Hal Beder
Teaching In Adult Literacy Education: Learner-Centered Intentions, Teacher-Directed Instruction, Hal Beder
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This paper describes and attempts to explain an apparent contradiction noted in a study of classroom dynamics in adult literacy education: while in interviews adult literacy teachers expressed the intention of being learner centered, when classes were observed it was found that instruction was highly teacher-directed.
The Incorporation Of Hiv/Aids Into Identity Over Time: Transformational Tales, Lisa M. Baumgartner
The Incorporation Of Hiv/Aids Into Identity Over Time: Transformational Tales, Lisa M. Baumgartner
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Using data collected from the same individuals at three points in time, this qualitative study explored the incorporation process of HIV/AIDS into identity. In addition, the nature of learning that occurred was investigated. A six-component incorporation process emerged. Transformative learning occurred and new meaning schemes were uncovered.
Learning-Within-Relationship As Context And Process In Adult Education: Impact On Transformative Learning And Social Change Agency, Carole Barlas
Learning-Within-Relationship As Context And Process In Adult Education: Impact On Transformative Learning And Social Change Agency, Carole Barlas
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This paper presents one major finding from a broader set of findings encompassed in a doctoral dissertation. The study describes the learning experiences of twenty adults who identified themselves as significantly transformed by their participation in a doctoral program in transformative learning. This result describes and explores the impact of learning within the context of relationship on how adults changed their basic assumptions about themselves and the way they act in their social worlds.
Anatomy Of Adults' Learning Experiences: A Phenomenological Inquiry, Ian Baptiste, Kristine Lalley, Fred Milacci, Honoratha Mushi
Anatomy Of Adults' Learning Experiences: A Phenomenological Inquiry, Ian Baptiste, Kristine Lalley, Fred Milacci, Honoratha Mushi
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Phenomenology is concerned with understanding phenomena from the perspective of those who have experienced them. From an interpretivist standpoint, the researchers set out to construct a plausible understanding of the phenomenon adult learning. The researchers sought to find out how adults describe their learning experiences and what meanings adults attach to those descriptions. Respondents revealed three interconnecting components of their learning experiences: content (CT), context (CX), and con-fects (CF). Rather than sustaining the notion of "adult learning", the researchers found that the more expansive concept "the learning experiences of adults" provided a more appropriate vehicle to highlight not only the …
Evolution Of Activists: Prison Women's Writings As Change Agent For Their Communities, Irene C. Baird
Evolution Of Activists: Prison Women's Writings As Change Agent For Their Communities, Irene C. Baird
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Within the context of a Freirian/humanities adult education program for incarcerated women, 1972 militant women's poetry serendipitously precipitated the emergence of an activist perspective among "repeaters" for effecting change within their community, confirming theoretical constructs regarding the development of a confident, meaningful "voice" for social engagement.
Collaborative Learning From The Participants' Perspective, Joseph L. Armstrong
Collaborative Learning From The Participants' Perspective, Joseph L. Armstrong
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Collaborative learning is generally reviewed in the literature and researched from the perspective of the facilitator. This study looks at the phenomena of collaborative learning from the perspective of the participants. This results in a different understanding of the collaborative learning process.
Lifelong Learning: A Debate Regarding The Appropriateness Of Adult Education Faculty's Participation In Teacher Preparation Programs, Donna D. Amstutz, Scipio A.J. Colin Iii, Fred Schied, Vanessa Sheared
Lifelong Learning: A Debate Regarding The Appropriateness Of Adult Education Faculty's Participation In Teacher Preparation Programs, Donna D. Amstutz, Scipio A.J. Colin Iii, Fred Schied, Vanessa Sheared
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The academic study of adult education remains in a precarious position in schools of education because adult education is often viewed as neither necessary nor integral to the colleges' main mission: usually the preparation of beginning teachers.
Epistemology, Learning, And Self-Development Among Immigrant Women Of Color: The Case Of The British Caribbean Women In The United States, Mary V. Alfred
Epistemology, Learning, And Self-Development Among Immigrant Women Of Color: The Case Of The British Caribbean Women In The United States, Mary V. Alfred
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This study examined how British Caribbean women construct knowledge from their transcultural experiences and how they use their acquired knowledge to facilitate their learning and development. The women have endured the challenges of their cross cultural transitions because they learned how to work, how to learn, how to overcome silence and marginality, and how to negotiate their way through the American cultural systems.