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Considering Who Has Opportunities For Training And Advancement, 21cleo Research Team
Considering Who Has Opportunities For Training And Advancement, 21cleo Research Team
21CLEO Research Project Blog Posts
The three working learners featured in this blog post represent contrasting experiences that help us to understand the level and quality of support from such mediators as has become evident in our research, and the resu Its on the careers of these learners. Al I names used are pseudonyms.
Naomi: Learning For Future Possibilities, 21cleo Research Team
Naomi: Learning For Future Possibilities, 21cleo Research Team
21CLEO Research Project Blog Posts
We've published 5 blog posts that present different personas of working learners. These personas are drawn from our interviews with frontline worker learners across the country who are participating in employer-supported learning opportunities. The personas characterize aspects of a set of real people - capturing and blending them in order to create one story that illustrates a broader representation of a participant in an employer-supported educational program or course.
Global Research On Andragogy: A Bibliometric Analysis, Shakil Ahmad, Saghir Mehar, Nadeem Siddique, Muhammad Ajmal Khan
Global Research On Andragogy: A Bibliometric Analysis, Shakil Ahmad, Saghir Mehar, Nadeem Siddique, Muhammad Ajmal Khan
Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)
This study presents an overview of the published research in the field of andragogy using bibliometric methods. Scopus database produced a list of 698 manuscripts that were cited 2383 times with an average of 3.41 citations per publication. More than 89% of Scopus-based research on andragogy was published in the English language while 61% of this research was published in form of journal articles. Proceeding papers followed the journal articles in preferred types of publication that researchers opted to published their research in. The University of Ottawa was the most active institution publishing the highest number of publications followed by …
A Journey Towards Cultural Proficiency: Lessons Learned From Africa, Corinne Brion
A Journey Towards Cultural Proficiency: Lessons Learned From Africa, Corinne Brion
Educational Leadership Faculty Publications
This autoethnography tells my story as a French American woman who lives in the United States and worked with hundreds of school leaders in five African countries over a period of six years. Using a cultural proficiency continuum, I illustrate my learning and changing frames of references pertaining to cultural differences. Movement along the continuum indicates an alteration in thinking that progresses from marginalization to inclusivity. My experiences, mistakes, and lessons learned contribute to the discourse on cultural difference. For six years, I spent more time on the African continent than in my American home. These extended stays allowed me …
So, Why Persona?, 21cleo Research Team
So, Why Persona?, 21cleo Research Team
21CLEO Research Project Blog Posts
A colleague asked us a thoughtful and compelling question - why did we create the personas and how do these personas help employers, human resources staff, people working in workforce education, and those in adult education? We wrote this blog post to address those questions.
Dani: Front-Line Supervisor Paid Hourly Seeking Certification For Advancement, 21cleo Research Team
Dani: Front-Line Supervisor Paid Hourly Seeking Certification For Advancement, 21cleo Research Team
21CLEO Research Project Blog Posts
In our final two blog posts we offer personas based on people who are working to earn a degree or certificate, including Regina: Healthcare worker seeking to establish a career and, here in our final persona to date, Dani, an hourly frontline supervisor who wants to earn a certificate and advance her career.
Regina: Healthcare Worker Seeking To Establish A Career, 21cleo Research Team
Regina: Healthcare Worker Seeking To Establish A Career, 21cleo Research Team
21CLEO Research Project Blog Posts
In this post, we share our fourth persona, this one based on people who are working to earn a degree or certificate.
Elise: Juggling Work, Required Training, And Long-Term Goals, 21cleo Research Team
Elise: Juggling Work, Required Training, And Long-Term Goals, 21cleo Research Team
21CLEO Research Project Blog Posts
In past posts we talked about how we are using persona as a research tool and our process for creating personas. In our last post we described Neberu, who is working to feel comfortable interacting with English speakers. In the next several posts we will continue to present the personas we have created.
Neberu: Working To Feel Comfortable Interacting With English Speakers, 21cleo Research Team
Neberu: Working To Feel Comfortable Interacting With English Speakers, 21cleo Research Team
21CLEO Research Project Blog Posts
In the next several biogs we will continue to present the personas we have created based on our interviews with working learners.
Alimayu: College-Educated Retail Worker Learning English, 21cleo Research Team
Alimayu: College-Educated Retail Worker Learning English, 21cleo Research Team
21CLEO Research Project Blog Posts
In past blogs we talked about how we are using persona as a research tool and our process for creating personas. In the next several biogs we will present the personas we have created based on our interviews with working learners.
When Knowing Is Not Enough: A Narrative Exploration Of How K-12 Teachers Make Decisions About The Transfer Of Critical Competencies From Professional Learning To Daily Practice, Nell E. Ballard-Jones
When Knowing Is Not Enough: A Narrative Exploration Of How K-12 Teachers Make Decisions About The Transfer Of Critical Competencies From Professional Learning To Daily Practice, Nell E. Ballard-Jones
Antioch University Dissertations & Theses
School districts spend millions of dollars each year to provide training and learning to staff working in direct and indirect service to students (National Council on Teacher Quality, 2021). This financial commitment says nothing about what is even more important: the need for school employees and the systems in which we work to serve students more effectively. Despite vast allocations of time and money and presumably best intentions for better social and academic outcomes for students, very little data exist that reflect regular transfer and application of training/learning into professional practice (Nittler et al., 2015). By and large, schools and …