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Perceptions Of Trust: Communicating Climate Change To Cattle Producers, Ricky W. Telg, Lisa Lundy, Cassie Wandersee, Saqib Mukhtar, David Smith, Phillip Stokes
Perceptions Of Trust: Communicating Climate Change To Cattle Producers, Ricky W. Telg, Lisa Lundy, Cassie Wandersee, Saqib Mukhtar, David Smith, Phillip Stokes
Journal of Applied Communications
The Cattle and Climate Conversations Workshop for Cooperative Extension and Natural Resources Conservation Service, the last activity funded through a multi-regional United States Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) grant, took place in October 2016 in Denver, Colorado, for Extension and Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) representatives in the Southwest and Mountain West who work extensively with cattle producers. The purpose of this study was to identify how Extension agents and NRCS personnel in this workshop viewed the issue of “trust,” as it relates to communicating the topic of climate change to cattle producers. Three …
A Perplexing Process: Understanding How Agricultural Producers Process Best Management Practice Information, Audrey E. H. King, Lauri M. Baker
A Perplexing Process: Understanding How Agricultural Producers Process Best Management Practice Information, Audrey E. H. King, Lauri M. Baker
Journal of Applied Communications
Best management practices (BMPs) are suggested practices that help agricultural producers optimize production while reducing pollution, soil erosion, and other environmental impacts. Many audiences, including scientists and policy makers, have expressed disappointment at the current level of BMP use. Elaboration likelihood model (ELM) is used to understand how people process messages. ELM states that people can process messages either centrally or peripherally. This study sought to understand how producers processed information related to BMP adoption in grazing systems. Researchers conducted qualitative, in-depth interviews with 42 beef-cattle producers in Kansas and Oklahoma. It was found producers process information both centrally and …
Move Over, Descartes! Neuroscience Says You’Re Wrong., Kathleen Taylor, Catherine Marienau
Move Over, Descartes! Neuroscience Says You’Re Wrong., Kathleen Taylor, Catherine Marienau
Adult Education Research Conference
Recent discoveries in neuroscience—“we feel, therefore we learn”—contradict Descartes’ rejection of the body’s role in thinking. This presentation examines implications for adult learning.
Older Adults’ Informal Learning Using Mobile Devices: A Review Of The Literature, Bora Jin
Older Adults’ Informal Learning Using Mobile Devices: A Review Of The Literature, Bora Jin
Adult Education Research Conference
This literature review will examine and critique literature concerning older adults’ use of mobile devices for informal learning. Findings have implications for adult educators and the barriers to the mobile device adoption among older adults for informal learning.
In Support Of Teacher Transformation: Emotions As Pedagogy, Jude Walker
In Support Of Teacher Transformation: Emotions As Pedagogy, Jude Walker
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper explores the role of emotions in the classroom as a form of pedagogy for potential transformative learning of the adult educator.
Resisting The Pressures Of Academia: The Importance Of Including Care In Doctoral Study, Carol Rogers-Shaw, Davin Carr-Chellman
Resisting The Pressures Of Academia: The Importance Of Including Care In Doctoral Study, Carol Rogers-Shaw, Davin Carr-Chellman
Adult Education Research Conference
This study examines the effects of caring relationships in doctoral study. An exploration of the experiences of first year female students showed care facilitated learning.
The Social Networks Of Korean Female Adult Learners In A Middle School, Keunho Kim, Hyewon Park, Hyunah Yang
The Social Networks Of Korean Female Adult Learners In A Middle School, Keunho Kim, Hyewon Park, Hyunah Yang
Adult Education Research Conference
This study investigates the social networks of Korean female adult learners in middle school through social network analysis and examines the development of these networks by interviewing the main actors involved.
Gendered Stereotyping In Career And Technical Education: The Lived Experience Of Female Students, Kim Lorraine Smith, Junghwan Kim
Gendered Stereotyping In Career And Technical Education: The Lived Experience Of Female Students, Kim Lorraine Smith, Junghwan Kim
Adult Education Research Conference
This phenomenological study aims to explore the lived experience of gendered stereotyping in career and technical education from voices of female adult students.
Operationalizing And Researching Cosmopolitan Adult Education: Collaborative Inquiry Frameworks For Adult Educators’ International Cross-Cultural Study Of Learning And Knowing, Joellen E. Coryell
Operationalizing And Researching Cosmopolitan Adult Education: Collaborative Inquiry Frameworks For Adult Educators’ International Cross-Cultural Study Of Learning And Knowing, Joellen E. Coryell
Adult Education Research Conference
A discussion on cosmopolitan adult development and research in progress on the use of comparative, collaborative inquiry as a method to enhance adult educators’ cosmopolitan worldviews.
Self-Directed Advising For Online Graduate Students, Kalpana Gupta
Self-Directed Advising For Online Graduate Students, Kalpana Gupta
Adult Education Research Conference
Self-directed advising provides advisees and advisors to take active roles in the advising process. During this roundtable session, the use of self-directed advising will be discussed to consider future implications.
Perspectives On Informal Learning: Cross-Disciplinary Concepts And A New Venue For Adult Education, Jill Zarestky, Rhonda Struminger, Jeffrey Rodriguez, Rachel A. Short, A. Michelle Lawing
Perspectives On Informal Learning: Cross-Disciplinary Concepts And A New Venue For Adult Education, Jill Zarestky, Rhonda Struminger, Jeffrey Rodriguez, Rachel A. Short, A. Michelle Lawing
Adult Education Research Conference
Informal learning is a canonical concept in adult education but is used differently in other disciplines. We explore those differences and describe a new opportunity for adult education.
Bullied, Hawked, And Scrutinized: Adult Literacy Practitioners’ Affective Reactions To State And Institutional Power, Amy Pickard
Bullied, Hawked, And Scrutinized: Adult Literacy Practitioners’ Affective Reactions To State And Institutional Power, Amy Pickard
Adult Education Research Conference
This study explores adult literacy practitioners’ affective responses to contemporary policy regimes, in order to inform efforts to improve working conditions for practitioners and, by extension, the educational experiences of learners.
Body, Social And Material Connections As Ways Of Knowing: A Reflection Of The Adult Smoker’S Experiences When Learning About And Using An Electronic Cigarette, Shari Hrabovsky
Adult Education Research Conference
This study explores the body, as a site of learning and the impact of social, and material networks by investigating the lived experiences of adult smokers who use an electronic cigarette device to reduce or quit cigarette smoking.
"Similar Souls On The Journey": Meaning-Making In A Contemplative Community Of Faculty Of Color, Jennifer L. Pemberton
"Similar Souls On The Journey": Meaning-Making In A Contemplative Community Of Faculty Of Color, Jennifer L. Pemberton
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper highlights the meaning, both personal and professional, made by participants in a community of faculty of color, with a focus on contemplative practices and pedagogy.
The Impact Of Colors On Learning, Bo Chang, Renmei Xu, Tiffany Watt
The Impact Of Colors On Learning, Bo Chang, Renmei Xu, Tiffany Watt
Adult Education Research Conference
The purpose of this review paper is to find out how colors can impact leaners’ learning by manipulating their cognition and emotions.
Career Pathways Programming For Adult Learners In Three U.S. Cities, Esther Prins, Carol Clymer, Sheri Suarez Foreman, Mark Needle, Becky Raymond, Blaire Willson Toso
Career Pathways Programming For Adult Learners In Three U.S. Cities, Esther Prins, Carol Clymer, Sheri Suarez Foreman, Mark Needle, Becky Raymond, Blaire Willson Toso
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper presents key findings from a researcher-practitioner partnership that examined career pathways programming among adult education providers in Chicago, Houston, and Miami.
Collaboration And Cognitive Skills In The Workplace: Results From The Piaac Survey, Joshua Collins, Jill Zarestky, Ellen Scully-Russ, Tobin Lopes
Collaboration And Cognitive Skills In The Workplace: Results From The Piaac Survey, Joshua Collins, Jill Zarestky, Ellen Scully-Russ, Tobin Lopes
Adult Education Research Conference
Using the PIAAC survey, this study examined social characteristics of work and cognitive skills. Results negatively associated collaboration at work and PIAAC scores, contradicting current thinking on workplace interactions.
Living And Studying In The Us: An Ecological Systems Perspective, Simone C. Conceiçao, Liliana Mina, Todd Southern
Living And Studying In The Us: An Ecological Systems Perspective, Simone C. Conceiçao, Liliana Mina, Todd Southern
Adult Education Research Conference
International students encounter many issues when living and studying in the United States. It is essential to understand how these adult students make meaning of these experiences. The purpose of this study was to gain insights into the meaning of the lived experiences of international students living and studying in the U.S. six months after returning to their home country. Phenomenology was the research approach used to explore participants’ perspectives of their lived experiences. Findings show how the interactions between participants’ development and the multiple systems they lived through influenced their experiences and perspectives and contributed to their identity development. …
Examining The Relationships Between Student Veterans And Faculty Members, Sierra C. Sullivan, Peggy Ann Everett
Examining The Relationships Between Student Veterans And Faculty Members, Sierra C. Sullivan, Peggy Ann Everett
Adult Education Research Conference
The researchers conducted a pilot study to guide a doctoral student in her dissertation topic. They conducted interviews with faculty members and student servicemembers/veterans to explore their experiences inside and outside the classroom.
Navigating Scholarly Development Through A Cop: #Generational-Lenses, Carol A. Olszewski Ma, Toni M. Paoletta Med, Keli B. Pontikos Ma, Matthew L. Selker Mpa, Kyle A. Znamenak Ma, Catherine A. Hansman Phd
Navigating Scholarly Development Through A Cop: #Generational-Lenses, Carol A. Olszewski Ma, Toni M. Paoletta Med, Keli B. Pontikos Ma, Matthew L. Selker Mpa, Kyle A. Znamenak Ma, Catherine A. Hansman Phd
Adult Education Research Conference
CoPs provide opportunity for professional identity exploration. Extant research neglects how multiple identities, including generational memberships, influence development. This study explores professional identity development of scholars within a multigenerational CoP.
Complex Pathways – What Motivates Adults To Upgrade Their Literacy And Numeracy Skills?, Alison J. Bowe Msc (Eng), Jill Auchinachie M.Ed., Laura Kinderman Phd, Faith Shields Phd
Complex Pathways – What Motivates Adults To Upgrade Their Literacy And Numeracy Skills?, Alison J. Bowe Msc (Eng), Jill Auchinachie M.Ed., Laura Kinderman Phd, Faith Shields Phd
Adult Education Research Conference
Focusing on data from a longitudinal study of 46 adult literacy learners, this roundtable will discuss motivations for upgrading grounded in the words of participants.
Dream Psychology Of North Korean Defectors In South Korea: Implicit Learning And Social Adjustment, Jinhee Choi
Dream Psychology Of North Korean Defectors In South Korea: Implicit Learning And Social Adjustment, Jinhee Choi
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper applies the theoretical framework of Fromm’s humanistic psychology to examine the reported content of North Korean defectors’ dreams during sleep and considers what the psychological data suggests about the defectors' past social experience in authoritarian North Korea and their present social situation as adults learning to adjust to a new life in neo-liberal South Korea.
Mothers As “Others”: Identity Of Mothers Of Children With Disabilities And Adult Education Discourse, Tulare W. Park, Carol Rogers-Shaw
Mothers As “Others”: Identity Of Mothers Of Children With Disabilities And Adult Education Discourse, Tulare W. Park, Carol Rogers-Shaw
Adult Education Research Conference
This literature review will explore experiences and identity development of mothers of children with disabilities. Intersections between adult education and critical disability theory, as well as practice implications, are identified.
Road Warriors: Fostering Object-Learner Assemblages Through A Social Context Of Embodied Learning, Jonathan A. Crothers Ms
Road Warriors: Fostering Object-Learner Assemblages Through A Social Context Of Embodied Learning, Jonathan A. Crothers Ms
Adult Education Research Conference
This study investigates how adults informally learn through engaging with the object of their bicycles in the social context of the sport of amateur road racing, and explores how this learning has shaped their individual and social identities.
Women University Presidents: Learning Through Leadership Development Programs, Christiana Horn
Women University Presidents: Learning Through Leadership Development Programs, Christiana Horn
Adult Education Research Conference
Women administrators face a number of challenges in their pursuit of a university presidency. Leadership development programs provide valuable learning experiences that strengthen their potential of becoming a university president.
Finding Opportunity In Change: Community Empowerment & Metagogy, Gabriele Strohschen
Finding Opportunity In Change: Community Empowerment & Metagogy, Gabriele Strohschen
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper shares the lessons learned about university-level adult education program development in the context of a Cross-Sector Collaborative in Chicago that developed the "Metagogy Theorem"
A. Taboo Or Trivial: Women Adult Educators With Visible Tattoos And The Effect On Learners, Amanda Young
A. Taboo Or Trivial: Women Adult Educators With Visible Tattoos And The Effect On Learners, Amanda Young
Adult Education Research Conference
The purpose of this session is to discuss a future research project which examines the effect on adult learning conducted by a woman instructor with visible tattoos.