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Color-Conscious Paradigms Of Adult And Educational Leadership Development Through Culturally Relevant Mentoring: Africentricity, And Critical Spirituality Explored., Phillip A. Smith Jan 2016

Color-Conscious Paradigms Of Adult And Educational Leadership Development Through Culturally Relevant Mentoring: Africentricity, And Critical Spirituality Explored., Phillip A. Smith

Adult Education Research Conference

This conceptual paper draws on the indigenous wisdoms of the African Diaspora, and critical spirituality. It strives to formulate a new definition of culturally relevant mentoring for educational leadership development as applicable to the leadership development of Black male secondary school principals and other senior educational leaders.


Learning Through Uncertainty: A Phenomenological Study Of Older, Professional Men Coping With Involuntary Job Loss, Brian Hentz Jan 2016

Learning Through Uncertainty: A Phenomenological Study Of Older, Professional Men Coping With Involuntary Job Loss, Brian Hentz

Adult Education Research Conference

This phenomenological study explores how older, professional men coped adaptively with involuntary job loss, following the global financial crisis of 2008. Participants demonstrated skillful engagement, Stoic wisdom, narrative openness, and rugged interdependence to learn through the uncertainties that accompanied this unanticipated life transition.


Uncovering Disney’S Pedagogy Of Classism In Their “Reality” Programming, Robin Redmon Wright Jan 2016

Uncovering Disney’S Pedagogy Of Classism In Their “Reality” Programming, Robin Redmon Wright

Adult Education Research Conference

Disney now saturates cable television with programs like Duck Dynasty, Swamp People, Lady Hoggers, and Appalachian Outlaws. These shows are actively promoting cultural myths that reinforce the neoliberal agenda that oppressed many adults with which we work. Our responsibility, then, is to expose those messages for what they are.


Perceptions Of Distance Education Students On How A University Education Will Help Achieve Their Career Goals, Sarah Zipf, Ramazan Gungor Jan 2016

Perceptions Of Distance Education Students On How A University Education Will Help Achieve Their Career Goals, Sarah Zipf, Ramazan Gungor

Adult Education Research Conference

Using the responses to an open-ended question on the annual web-based scholarship application on how students are planning to use their education in achieving their career goals, this study explored the intersection of educational and career goals of mostly non-traditional students.


A Case Study Of Choices Of The Host University And Decisions To Stay Or Leave The U.S. Upon Graduation Of Chinese Adult And Traditional Students, Xi Lin, Hong Shi, Mingyu Huang Jan 2016

A Case Study Of Choices Of The Host University And Decisions To Stay Or Leave The U.S. Upon Graduation Of Chinese Adult And Traditional Students, Xi Lin, Hong Shi, Mingyu Huang

Adult Education Research Conference

Chinese students are the largest group among all the international students. Many factors motivate them to study in the U.S. and their decision to stay or leave the U.S. after graduation. However, limited research investigates these aspects by differentiating students into non-traditional students and traditional student groups. As a result, this study conducted individual interviews to examine: 1) factors that influence Chinese students’ (non-traditional students vs. traditional students) choices of the host college or university in the U.S.; and 2) their decisions to stay or leave the U.S. after graduation. Eleven Chinese students participated in this study, including seven female …


Evaluating Actual Credibility Criteria Of Internet-Based Scientific Information Of Adult Learners, Angela C. Bliss Jan 2016

Evaluating Actual Credibility Criteria Of Internet-Based Scientific Information Of Adult Learners, Angela C. Bliss

Adult Education Research Conference

Self-directed adult learners access and evaluate scientific information on the Internet. This paper will discuss methodologies proposed to identify credibility criteria employed during these online learning endeavors.


Voices Of The Disenfranchised Within The Academy: Black Faculty Matter, Ruby Cain Jan 2016

Voices Of The Disenfranchised Within The Academy: Black Faculty Matter, Ruby Cain

Adult Education Research Conference

This Roundtable Session will provide an overview of the research literature on the challenges of Black faculty’s journey to promotion and tenure. The participants will be engaged in an interactive discussion of this topic


Women’S History In Education In The United States, Audrey Dentith Jan 2016

Women’S History In Education In The United States, Audrey Dentith

Adult Education Research Conference

The history of women’s education in the United States is a rich and colorful one, marked by struggle and victory against huge odds. This roundtable paper, a work in progress, highlights the remarkable efforts of specific women to achieve the right to an education for all women from the end of the Revolutionary War through the 1990s.


Using Radical Adult Education To Map Change In A Globalized World, Michelle Glowacki-Dudka, Amy Ward, Stephen Whikehart, Cathy Mullett, Jennifer Warrner, Heidi Burkett, Antonette Payne, Mary E. Borst Jan 2016

Using Radical Adult Education To Map Change In A Globalized World, Michelle Glowacki-Dudka, Amy Ward, Stephen Whikehart, Cathy Mullett, Jennifer Warrner, Heidi Burkett, Antonette Payne, Mary E. Borst

Adult Education Research Conference

Radical adult education using a sociological frame can support adult educators to see their roles as change agents within their spheres of influence. Using cultural mapping, adult educators define these spheres, stake claims, set benchmarks, grow networks, or develop participatory action research within the identified community.


I'Ll Ride The Wave Where It Takes Me: A Cyberethnography Of Pearl Jam Fan Communities, Peter Hornberger Jan 2016

I'Ll Ride The Wave Where It Takes Me: A Cyberethnography Of Pearl Jam Fan Communities, Peter Hornberger

Adult Education Research Conference

This roundtable explores the learning processes of adult fans of the music group Pearl Jam and their potential development of critical consciousness. The confluence of popular culture, music, fan culture, and digital media that occurs within these fan spaces is rich for exploration of contemporary forms of critical public pedagogy.


The Use Of Arts Based Projects In Clinical Education, Stacy L. Lutter, Carrie L. Pucino, Jodi Jarecke Jan 2016

The Use Of Arts Based Projects In Clinical Education, Stacy L. Lutter, Carrie L. Pucino, Jodi Jarecke

Adult Education Research Conference

The purpose of this research roundtable is to explore the use of arts-based pedagogies in the clinical post-conference setting.


Discovering The Discourse Of Internet Political Memes, Brian Mcclure Jan 2016

Discovering The Discourse Of Internet Political Memes, Brian Mcclure

Adult Education Research Conference

With more adults engaging in political activity on social media sites such as Facebook, one popular form of communicating ideas--memes--has emerged. This form contributes to a particular discourse that has yet to be identified, examined, and clarified, the purpose of this paper.


Questioning Privilege: Tools For Research And Teaching, Sarah Ray, Jill Zarestky Jan 2016

Questioning Privilege: Tools For Research And Teaching, Sarah Ray, Jill Zarestky

Adult Education Research Conference

Privilege and bias are important concepts for researchers and educators to examine, as part of doctoral training and as professional experiences develop. In this session, we explore tools and strategies for furthering awareness of privilege and bias for academics at all stages and for personal, research, and instructional use.


Synergetic Learning Model: The Sum Is Greater, Kevin Thompson Jan 2016

Synergetic Learning Model: The Sum Is Greater, Kevin Thompson

Adult Education Research Conference

Scholars study a variety of factors that improve adult education outcomes. Academic research is typically focused on a single factor. There is a lack of guidance on combining research findings to create synergy. The opportunity exists to create a synergetic learning model that combines the work of many scholars.


Theorizing From The Literature: Rural Nc African American Males Who Fail To Complete Early College, Joyce B. Valentine Jan 2016

Theorizing From The Literature: Rural Nc African American Males Who Fail To Complete Early College, Joyce B. Valentine

Adult Education Research Conference

The African American male dropout rate remains horrific. Educational institutions need to revise their curriculum design and retention strategies. This study examines rural African American males who fail to complete high school using intersectionality and ecological systems theory.


Women's Leadership Development Programs, Shatrela Washington-Hubbard Jan 2016

Women's Leadership Development Programs, Shatrela Washington-Hubbard

Adult Education Research Conference

Women continue to hold low percentages of leadership positions in several industries. Although women may seek leadership opportunities, women still face workforce barriers that their male counterparts do not encounter. This discussion will focus on the need for leadership development programs designed specifically for women in order to improve the percentages of women in leadership positions.


Building Online Learning Communities Utilizing Adult Learning Andragogical Principles, Yaxin Zheng, Susan J. Barcinas Jan 2016

Building Online Learning Communities Utilizing Adult Learning Andragogical Principles, Yaxin Zheng, Susan J. Barcinas

Adult Education Research Conference

This exploratory practice-based project considers how current online pedagogical practices centered on creating a learning community (Palloff & Pratt, 2007) integrate with principles of designing and implementing adult learner friendly learning experiences (Knowles, 1984) in online courses.


The Relationship Between Instrumental And Transformative Learning In Structured Workplace Learning Programs: Insights From Embedded Formative Assessment, Cheryl K. Baldwin Jan 2016

The Relationship Between Instrumental And Transformative Learning In Structured Workplace Learning Programs: Insights From Embedded Formative Assessment, Cheryl K. Baldwin

Adult Education Research Conference

A grounded theory study of tacit knowledge elicited in workplace learning programs examined instrumental and transformative elements. Observational, reflective and interview data indicated that learner beliefs about work challenged content legitimacy. Low levels of reflective dialogue were associated with immediate application or quieting reactions. Instrumental content helped prompt perspective shifts.


Ghost And The Machine: Bringing Untold Personal Spiritual And Cultural Experiences To Life Through The Medium Of Digital Storytelling., Ingrid Andersen, Elizabeth J. Tisdell Jan 2016

Ghost And The Machine: Bringing Untold Personal Spiritual And Cultural Experiences To Life Through The Medium Of Digital Storytelling., Ingrid Andersen, Elizabeth J. Tisdell

Adult Education Research Conference

This study examines learners’ perceptions of the experiences of transformation from the storytelling experience of digital stories within a graduate class on spirituality and culture, by means of the lenses of both transformative learning theory and storytelling theory.


Using Spiral Dynamic Theory For Adult Civic Engagement Research And Social Justice Education, Lisa R. Brown Jan 2016

Using Spiral Dynamic Theory For Adult Civic Engagement Research And Social Justice Education, Lisa R. Brown

Adult Education Research Conference

Empirical civic engagement research based in a South American context. Participants included adult learner populations engaged in revolutionary protests that opposed private for-profit education in Chile. Findings were higher order Spiral Dynamic Theory thinking at the for-profits and lower civic engagement.


Adult Learning And Pragmatic Identity Theory, Davin J. Carr-Chellman, Joseph Levitan Jan 2016

Adult Learning And Pragmatic Identity Theory, Davin J. Carr-Chellman, Joseph Levitan

Adult Education Research Conference

The interaction between identity and learning has been under theorized. American Pragmatism offers important insights into identity and learning. With new educational experiences, adults take on new identities. Pragmatic Identity Theory will be an analytical lens allowing us to better understand the identity negotiation within learning experiences.


Conscientization Through The Context Of A Book Club: Adults’ Experiences Of Consciousness-Raising, Rachel M. Cassity Jan 2016

Conscientization Through The Context Of A Book Club: Adults’ Experiences Of Consciousness-Raising, Rachel M. Cassity

Adult Education Research Conference

The purpose of this qualitative study is to understand the lived experiences of consciousness-raising for adults through the context of book clubs. Research about adult participation in book clubs remains scarce. Therefore, this study seeks to highlight how these contexts might promote adult learning and Conscientization.


10 Years Of Adult Learning (2006-2015): Content Analysis Of A Journal, Catherine A. Cherrstrom Jan 2016

10 Years Of Adult Learning (2006-2015): Content Analysis Of A Journal, Catherine A. Cherrstrom

Adult Education Research Conference

Academic publications provide insight into a discipline’s history, knowledge base, and research norms, and analyzing a journal’s publication activity provides learning about the field of study. This study examines 10-year trends (2006-2015) in Adult Learning to learn and inform the field of adult and continuing education.


Learning Happens: Incorporating A Rhizomatic Perspective Into Teaching And Learning, Michael Dillon Jan 2016

Learning Happens: Incorporating A Rhizomatic Perspective Into Teaching And Learning, Michael Dillon

Adult Education Research Conference

This session will review a rhizomatic perspective of teaching and learning. Data from research regarding a community leadership program will be utilized as an example of applying this perspective.


Personal Growth, Social Change Or Human Capital: A Document Analysis Of An Online Education Program For Adult Learners, Nakita Dolet, Maeghen L. Macdonald Jan 2016

Personal Growth, Social Change Or Human Capital: A Document Analysis Of An Online Education Program For Adult Learners, Nakita Dolet, Maeghen L. Macdonald

Adult Education Research Conference

This document analysis interrogates how one institution balances classically competing objectives of emancipatory learning, personal growth, and human resource development in an online adult education program.


Exploring The Relationship Between Religious Faith And Persistence Through Intertextuality, Brendaly E. Drayton Jan 2016

Exploring The Relationship Between Religious Faith And Persistence Through Intertextuality, Brendaly E. Drayton

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper draws upon intertextuality to explore how an African American male adult learner uses his religious faith as a resource for persisting in an adult literacy program. The findings indicate that religious faith was not simply a coping mechanism but a resource for redefining learner identity.


The Career Advancement Experiences Of Female Faculty Of Color In Athletic Training Education Programs, Carrie Graham, Alexandra Bell Jan 2016

The Career Advancement Experiences Of Female Faculty Of Color In Athletic Training Education Programs, Carrie Graham, Alexandra Bell

Adult Education Research Conference

Healthcare professions are currently experiencing increased professional member diversity, necessitating an investigation of employee workplace experiences and career advancement. Yet, the rate of female faculty of color in athletic training education programs is inconsistent with athletic training membership diversity rates. This study explores their career advancement and mentoring experiences.


Millennial-Aged Adults Learning Online: Factors Impacting Academic Success, Sarah J. Herchel Jan 2016

Millennial-Aged Adults Learning Online: Factors Impacting Academic Success, Sarah J. Herchel

Adult Education Research Conference

This quantitative study of 118 Millennial-aged learners enrolled in online courses administers a pre and post survey to measure self-directed learning readiness, academic achievement, and other factors related to these variables.