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Literacy, Learning And ‘Participatory Parity’, Lyn Tett
Literacy, Learning And ‘Participatory Parity’, Lyn Tett
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This paper investigates if participation in literacy programs contributes to alleviating social injustice using the lens of ‘participatory parity’ (Fraser, 2008). It argues that using this lens enables a focus on how social structures operate to deny social justice to some and so challenges an individual deficit approach to learners.
Becoming Systems Thinkers: Increasing Social Capital Through Network Weak Links, Ann L. Swartz
Becoming Systems Thinkers: Increasing Social Capital Through Network Weak Links, Ann L. Swartz
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The purpose of this study was to describe the emerging patterns of connection between students and complexity science concepts as learning occurred.
Reconnecting With Your Passion: Story And Professional Nursing, Melissa J. Snyder
Reconnecting With Your Passion: Story And Professional Nursing, Melissa J. Snyder
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This action research study examines how nurses engage in a professional development program that draws on reading and creative narrative writing strategies focused upon professional values and ideals.
Teaching Simulation Literacy In Adult Healthcare Education: A Qualitative Action Research Study, Elizabeth Sinz, Sally Rudy, Margaret Wojnar, Tammi Bortner
Teaching Simulation Literacy In Adult Healthcare Education: A Qualitative Action Research Study, Elizabeth Sinz, Sally Rudy, Margaret Wojnar, Tammi Bortner
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Teaching and learning with simulation is an increasingly important strategy of adult education in healthcare. This paper discusses the process and results of an action research study on developing a simulation instructor program where experiential learning was not only the topic, but the tool by which the learners received instruction.
An Adult Cohort Success Model Proposal: From Crying Shame Governance Toward Collaborative Community, Soni Simpson, Wendy Yanow, Tania Giordani
An Adult Cohort Success Model Proposal: From Crying Shame Governance Toward Collaborative Community, Soni Simpson, Wendy Yanow, Tania Giordani
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This exploratory study compares governance efficacy in two adult graduate program cohorts to understand whether the introduction of skill development within the curriculum might be beneficial in learning to manage shared governance. A Cohort Governance Curriculum Model is introduced.
Making Meaning Of The Retirement Portfolio And Its Impact On Learning In The Third Age, Darcia L. Simpson, Elice E. Rogers, Catherine A. Hansman, Jonathan E. Messemer
Making Meaning Of The Retirement Portfolio And Its Impact On Learning In The Third Age, Darcia L. Simpson, Elice E. Rogers, Catherine A. Hansman, Jonathan E. Messemer
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This roundtable examines relevant literature concerning the impact of one’s retirement portfolio and the economic self-sufficiency essential for learning and living in the Third Age of life. Third Agers are conceptualized as active retirement aged individuals, in good health with possibly 20+ years of life ahead of them.
Critical Pedagogy, Discourse Tensions, And The Basic Writing Classroom: A Critical Action Research Study, Alfred A.Z. Siha
Critical Pedagogy, Discourse Tensions, And The Basic Writing Classroom: A Critical Action Research Study, Alfred A.Z. Siha
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This paper discusses a critical action research study in a basic writing classroom, which made use of critical pedagogy as its theoretical framework, as it relates to one of the findings in relation to fostering writing competency and critical consciousness.
Transactional Distance In Moocs: A Critical Analysis Of Dialogue, Structure, And Learner Autonomy, Rick Shearer, Andrea Gregg, K. P. Joo, Kimberly Graham
Transactional Distance In Moocs: A Critical Analysis Of Dialogue, Structure, And Learner Autonomy, Rick Shearer, Andrea Gregg, K. P. Joo, Kimberly Graham
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Drawing upon a content analysis of students’ postings on CourseTalk.org, this study presents preliminary findings of analyzing transactional distance in xMOOCs in order to elucidate the educational exchange facilitated or restricted with reference to the three variables of transactional distance theory.
Adults Learning About Shale Gas Development: Information Sharing, Community Engagement, And Critical Science Literacy, Colleen Shaughnessy, Esther Prins, Margaret Hopkins
Adults Learning About Shale Gas Development: Information Sharing, Community Engagement, And Critical Science Literacy, Colleen Shaughnessy, Esther Prins, Margaret Hopkins
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This paper examines how rural adults in a non-formal education class on Marcellus Shale gas development developed and applied critical science literacy. Through expanding their scientific knowledge, adults shifted how they learned about and shared information with others, their relationship with science, and their self-perceptions as scientifically knowledgeable citizens.
Institutional Ethnography, Adult Education And Program Planning: A Contribution To Critical Research, Shivaani A. Selvaraj
Institutional Ethnography, Adult Education And Program Planning: A Contribution To Critical Research, Shivaani A. Selvaraj
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Many adult educators approach education as a vehicle for social change in a politically contested environment. In this paper, I introduce institutional ethnography’s analytic contribution to critical research in program planning, particularly in expanding our understanding of the mechanisms of power that operate in educational programs.
Development Of Peer Educators Within Paraprofessional Community-Based Adult Education Models: An Experiential Learning Perspective, Megan M. Seibel, Rick D. Rudd
Development Of Peer Educators Within Paraprofessional Community-Based Adult Education Models: An Experiential Learning Perspective, Megan M. Seibel, Rick D. Rudd
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Research project of community-based nutrition education explored the conceptual and practical role of experience in paraprofessional educator models and focused on the situated, contextual experiences of paraprofessionals in the communities where they work and live as unique, challenging, and potentially positive for learning outcomes.
Understanding A Dialectical Materialist Chat Perspective On Social Movement Learning, Peter H. Sawchuk
Understanding A Dialectical Materialist Chat Perspective On Social Movement Learning, Peter H. Sawchuk
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This paper addresses adult social movement learning (SML) dynamics. Drawing on a specific dialectical materialist variation of a socio-cultural learning theory called Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) I explore findings from a large-scale research project in Toronto (Canada) called the Anti-Poverty Community Organizing and Learning (APCOL). I offer some preliminary evidence for the importance of something referred to as “object-work/skill” for discerning differences in anti-poverty activist learning lives.
Responding To Quiet Students: Implications For Educators And Advisors, Lisa A. Ruth-Sahd
Responding To Quiet Students: Implications For Educators And Advisors, Lisa A. Ruth-Sahd
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Quiet students seldom speak in class and rarely approach the instructor. Educators may find such students perplexing because it is difficult to discern if they are fostering such students’ learning. This paper compares and contrasts introversion and shyness, explores ways in which quiet tendencies influence students’ learning, and lastly, presents implications for teachers and advisors.
C.A.R.I.N.G: A Conceptual Model For Promoting Student Well-Being, Jeffrey A. Russell, Kellee R. Vess
C.A.R.I.N.G: A Conceptual Model For Promoting Student Well-Being, Jeffrey A. Russell, Kellee R. Vess
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From our own experiences as educators, we found that many college students seemed overwhelmed and stressed from a myriad of academic and personal responsibilities. The C.A.R.I.N.G. model provides a new lens for promoting student well-being through the utilization of adult learning principles.
Making A Choice? Vocational Training And Decision-Making For The Undereducated And The Unemployed In Germany And The United States, Amy D. Rose, Marion Fleige
Making A Choice? Vocational Training And Decision-Making For The Undereducated And The Unemployed In Germany And The United States, Amy D. Rose, Marion Fleige
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This paper compares the German and U.S. systems of career decision-making and re-training for the unemployed. Findings indicate similar issues in terms of pedagogy and the emphasis on development of systems, but differences in organizational specifics and the factors deemed to be important.
Entrepreneurial Learning And Innovation: Preliminary Findings From A Validation Study Of Assessment Instrument, Stacey Robbins
Entrepreneurial Learning And Innovation: Preliminary Findings From A Validation Study Of Assessment Instrument, Stacey Robbins
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While interest in entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education grows, how to develop and support entrepreneurs remains poorly understood (Heinonen & Akola, 2007). This paper explores core capacities for entrepreneurial learning and innovation through a literature review and initial validation of measures tapping behaviors and attitudes via a survey instrument.
Patients’ Mental Models And Adherence To Outpatient Physical Therapy Home Exercise Programs, Jon J. Rizzo, Alexandra Bell
Patients’ Mental Models And Adherence To Outpatient Physical Therapy Home Exercise Programs, Jon J. Rizzo, Alexandra Bell
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This qualitative study identified aspects of patients’ mental models that relate to adherence to physical therapy home exercise programs. The findings may guide clinicians in designing interventions that effectively promote adherence to home exercise programs, improving patient outcomes and reducing personal and societal costs of musculoskeletal disease.
Indonesian Pesantren And Community Social Change: Moderate Islam’S Use Of Media And Technology For Nonformal, Community-Based Education, Jeffrey A. Ritchey, Nurhaya Muchtar
Indonesian Pesantren And Community Social Change: Moderate Islam’S Use Of Media And Technology For Nonformal, Community-Based Education, Jeffrey A. Ritchey, Nurhaya Muchtar
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This study extends previous research, attempting to better understand pesantren (Indonesian, Islamic boarding schools) by examining factors facilitating the adoption and application of new media and technology in their broader, community-based educational initiatives.
Transforming Compassion: Examining The Development Of Compassion In Nursing Who Become Patients, Carrie L. Pucino
Transforming Compassion: Examining The Development Of Compassion In Nursing Who Become Patients, Carrie L. Pucino
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The purpose of the study was to examine how nurses develop greater compassion in their professional practice, and examine the role of empathy in this process. Nurses report that empathy is an essential component of developing compassion. Experiences, compassionate role modeling, and self-reflection also contribute to the development of compassion.
“A Group Of Me’S”: Learning Through Group Process For People Living With Multiple Sclerosis, Katharine Preissner, Lisa M. Baumgartner
“A Group Of Me’S”: Learning Through Group Process For People Living With Multiple Sclerosis, Katharine Preissner, Lisa M. Baumgartner
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The purpose of this study was to understand the learning process that took place during a group program for people with fatigue from multiple sclerosis (MS). Group process, acceptance, and self-compassion supported learning. Several types of learning were present. Findings have implications for health educators of people with chronic illness.
Garrison’S Self-Directed Learning Model: A Qualitative Study With Nascent Entrepreneurs, Ernie Post
Garrison’S Self-Directed Learning Model: A Qualitative Study With Nascent Entrepreneurs, Ernie Post
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The qualitative phase of this study found four major themes influencing nascent entrepreneurial learning and attrition in a short-term formal learning program: 1) the entrepreneurs’ motivation, 2) the entrepreneurs’ affective experiences, 3) the entrepreneurs’ obstacles contributing to attrition, and 4) the entrepreneurs’ perceptions about the contextual congruency.
The Religious Formation Of Graduate Ministry Students In An Online Wisdom Community, Michael Porterfield
The Religious Formation Of Graduate Ministry Students In An Online Wisdom Community, Michael Porterfield
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This paper explores the formation of online wisdom communities and the experiences of doctoral students studying preaching within a hybrid theological preaching program. This study highlights how instructors can enhance the physicality in the online community experience, helping adult learners feel connected and thus have a high level of learning.
Lives Behind The Faces: Perceived Influence Of Families On Female Adult Learners, Paula Plageman
Lives Behind The Faces: Perceived Influence Of Families On Female Adult Learners, Paula Plageman
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This qualitative study explored how the perceived influence of members of both the family of origin and current family impacted adult female’s educational experiences. Findings suggest that family of origin significantly impacted attendance as traditionally aged students while supportive current family members enhanced persistence.
The Short Shrift? Policy Implications For Low-Scoring African American, Amy Pickard
The Short Shrift? Policy Implications For Low-Scoring African American, Amy Pickard
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This paper presents findings from a critical analysis of Pennsylvania adult literacy policy and program participation rates by race and educational functioning level to address the question of the provision of equitable educational services to African American participants assessed as reading at a 5th grade level equivalent and below.
The Role Of Information Communication Technologies In Adult Education Theory Building, Judith Parker
The Role Of Information Communication Technologies In Adult Education Theory Building, Judith Parker
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The role of information communication technology in the development of the field of adult education will be explored. The changing image of the field will be presented and suggest how today’s Web 2.0 technology can enhance theory building and enrich the future of the profession.
Identity Formation Among North Korean Defectors In South Korea: Implications From A Socio-Cultural Learning Theoretical Lens, Hyewon Park, Junghwan Kim
Identity Formation Among North Korean Defectors In South Korea: Implications From A Socio-Cultural Learning Theoretical Lens, Hyewon Park, Junghwan Kim
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This paper aims to analyze the present situation of North Korean Defectors (NKDs)’ adaptation in South Korea from the relationship between social adjustment and identity construction. By using a socio-cultural learning theoretical lens, it reveals structural barriers and tacit differentiations to hinder NKDs’ participation and to disturb their identity formation.
Personal Skills And Personality Development In Project Management Training: As They Apply To Germany, Beatrix Palt
Personal Skills And Personality Development In Project Management Training: As They Apply To Germany, Beatrix Palt
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The discourse on the requirements for project managers is analyzed from the perspective of personality research and some implications for evolving a theory for developing project managers’ personality and for project management training are discussed.
The Application Of Transformative Learning Theory To Online Teaching, Glenn A. Palmer, Lorenzo Bowman
The Application Of Transformative Learning Theory To Online Teaching, Glenn A. Palmer, Lorenzo Bowman
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Transformative learning has emerged as a powerful image for understanding how adults learn (Dirkx, 1998). Mezirow (1991) in explaining his theory of transformative learning, maintained that adults seem to realize personal and professional growth when confronted with dilemmas that challenge their existing views of the world. Transformative educators do not necessarily teach content that is significantly different from other educators. However, they teach the content with a different objective in mind. Transformative educators teach with the aim of consciousness-raising (Freire, 1970), critical reflection (Mezirow, 1995), development (Daloz,1986), or individuation (Boyd & Myers,1988). Many adult educators teaching in the traditional face …
Grounded (Re-)Construction Of The Self-Reflection Core Competence From Statements Of Adult Education Professionals, Anita Pachner
Grounded (Re-)Construction Of The Self-Reflection Core Competence From Statements Of Adult Education Professionals, Anita Pachner
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This article discusses the significance that is assigned to the core competence of self-reflection by adult education professionals. Therefore, a conceptual classification in connection with the research design and initial results of an empirical study will be introduced with the intention of providing a grounded (re-)construction of the self-reflection competence.
Utilisation Of Media Technologies For Distance And Lifelong Education In Africa, Chris Olusola Omoregie
Utilisation Of Media Technologies For Distance And Lifelong Education In Africa, Chris Olusola Omoregie
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Media technologies of television, radio, computer and internet offer flexible and formidable facilities for open distance education and lifelong education for Africa. Yet benefits of these media in attaining goals of distance and lifelong education face challenges of policy issues and organisation.