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Human Sustainability: Collaborative Learning For Health And Well-Being In The Academy, Edith Gnanadass, Wendy Griswold, Donna Menke
Human Sustainability: Collaborative Learning For Health And Well-Being In The Academy, Edith Gnanadass, Wendy Griswold, Donna Menke
Adult Education Research Conference
This roundtable will help educators develop a holistic focus on their mental, physical, and spiritual well-being to engage fully with learners (hooks, 1994). Faculty affected by the global pandemic and stressors of academia took control of their work-life balance crucial to human sustainability (Sheared, 2019). Researcher One participated in a diabetes prevention program, experienced improved health and overall well-being, then used a community education model to share her learning with colleagues. The researchers are exploring their informal self-directed learning process using Prochaska and DiClemente’s (1982) transtheoretical model, Lave and Wenger’s (1991) community of practice, and Kolb’s (1984) experiential learning model.
Do I Enact What I Learn?: Examining Novice Science Teachers Approximations Of Practice, Helene Pollins
Do I Enact What I Learn?: Examining Novice Science Teachers Approximations Of Practice, Helene Pollins
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
The purpose of this study was to examine novice secondary science teachers’ enactment of their teaching philosophies in their lesson planning and teaching. The framework was based on three theories: approximations of practice, teachers’ knowledge of content and students (KCS), and experiential learning. The design for this research used a qualitative case study design. The participants were three novice science teachers in a large school district in the Southwestern United States. Data sources included teaching philosophies, three semi-structured interviews, lesson plans, and observations. Three research questions were: what are novice science teachers’ major philosophies at the entry level of teaching; …
Program Evaluation: A Federal Agency's Air Traffic Control Train-The-Trainer Program, Lisa Marie Mercer
Program Evaluation: A Federal Agency's Air Traffic Control Train-The-Trainer Program, Lisa Marie Mercer
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
In 2014, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) highlighted to the U.S. Senate the need to focus on air traffic control (ATC) training to meet job qualification and attrition rates within the career field. One U.S. Department of Defense military service assists the FAA in providing worldwide ATC services. This service is referred to as the agency throughout this paper to ensure confidentiality. The agency's ATC career field manager echoed the FAA's call for action in his 2014 Strategic/Action Plan. In August 2013, the agency's ATC trainer program was published. As of December 2015, the program had not been evaluated. The …
Fourth Year Teachers' Perceptions Of The Student Teaching Practicum In Abu Dhabi, Kabrina Rochelle Johnson
Fourth Year Teachers' Perceptions Of The Student Teaching Practicum In Abu Dhabi, Kabrina Rochelle Johnson
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
A local college in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates began a Bachelor of Education program in 2008 to train prospective teachers to deliver a bi-literate education in Arabic and English to students in Abu Dhabi schools. Because there had been no examination of preservice teachers' perceptions of their practicum experience, a project study was designed to analyze the perceptions of a group of preservice teachers regarding the final practicum and whether that experience enhanced their ability to deliver educational practices to better serve students. This phenomenological study was guided by experiential learning theory, as preservice teachers learned from their experiences …
Development Of Peer Educators Within Paraprofessional Community-Based Adult Education Models: An Experiential Learning Perspective, Megan M. Seibel, Kim L. Niewolny
Development Of Peer Educators Within Paraprofessional Community-Based Adult Education Models: An Experiential Learning Perspective, Megan M. Seibel, Kim L. Niewolny
Adult Education Research Conference
In community-based peer education models, it is necessary to understand the relationship between learning, context and paraprofessional identity construction. Social relations are important in community education program implementation (Merriam, Caffarella, & Baumgartner, 2007); impacting power structure within communities and organizations (Cervero & Wilson, 1994, 2006). Drawing upon a current research project of community-based nutrition education, we explore the conceptual and practical role of experience in paraprofessional educator models and focus on the situated, contextual experiences of paraprofessionals in the communities they work and live as unique, challenging, and potentially positive for learning outcomes.
Using A Student-Centered Approach To Feedback That Fosters Active Learning And Knowledge Construction, M. Carolina Orgnero, Sandy Bell
Using A Student-Centered Approach To Feedback That Fosters Active Learning And Knowledge Construction, M. Carolina Orgnero, Sandy Bell
Adult Education Research Conference
The purpose of this roundtable is to invite participants to examine the ways and extent to which their methods of engaging students in feedback processes support a student-centered approach to feedback. The authors will introduce a research-based model of feedback that analyzes how college students apply feedback to their writing.
Case Writing: Learning Through Constructive Reflection, Rosemary B. Closson, Carmeda Stokes
Case Writing: Learning Through Constructive Reflection, Rosemary B. Closson, Carmeda Stokes
Adult Education Research Conference
Abstract: Case-based and problem-based learning are seldom discussed in regard to their use in adult education practitioner preparation. Here researchers discuss a process called “case construction” as a means for master’s students to learn effective management principles.