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Late Transition To Technical College: Perspectives From Males Approaching Adulthood, Gary C. Lindeman
Late Transition To Technical College: Perspectives From Males Approaching Adulthood, Gary C. Lindeman
Adult Education Research Conference
This study was about the transition experiences of a sample of nine young adult males who enrolled in technical college several years after leaving high school.
University Continuing Education And Social Change: Theoretical And Methodological Points Of Departure, Scott Mclean, Bethany Beale, Silvana Romano
University Continuing Education And Social Change: Theoretical And Methodological Points Of Departure, Scott Mclean, Bethany Beale, Silvana Romano
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper explores the relationship between university continuing education and social change. It presents an example of how historical-comparative methods and sociological theory are essential for understanding this relationship.
A Pedagogy Of Provisioning: Urban Agriculture As A Mechanism For Community Renewal, Pam Karstens Ph.D.
A Pedagogy Of Provisioning: Urban Agriculture As A Mechanism For Community Renewal, Pam Karstens Ph.D.
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper explores the significance of urban agriculture as a mechanism for teaching and learning to support the collective welfare of an inner-city neighborhood.
Theorizing Adult Learning From The Postmodern Perspective: What Questions Do We Need To Ask?, Dae Joong Kang
Theorizing Adult Learning From The Postmodern Perspective: What Questions Do We Need To Ask?, Dae Joong Kang
Adult Education Research Conference
The purpose of this roundtable paper is to pose a critique to adult learning theory building and to propose different questions to explore learning activities from the postmodern perspective.
The Adult Learner’S Quest: W.E.B. Du Bois As Vicarious Mentor, Don Hofford
The Adult Learner’S Quest: W.E.B. Du Bois As Vicarious Mentor, Don Hofford
Adult Education Research Conference
The intentional adult learner is intellectually and emotionally in a perpetual “act of seeking.” The search is for purpose, meaning, humanistic dialogue, self-awareness, creative adventure, and life-affirming experiences. This act of seeking makes the on-going, existential life journey an educational commitment; a continuing involvement with both abstract ideas and concrete reality. Age dims the eyes, not visionary possibilities; slows the reflexes, not the reflective skill that helps define the person as a thinking, questioning, questing being.
The Politics Of Poverty: Higher Education And Low Income Adult Learners, Catherine A. Hansman
The Politics Of Poverty: Higher Education And Low Income Adult Learners, Catherine A. Hansman
Adult Education Research Conference
The purpose of this paper is to examine and discuss the growing trends in higher education in the United States that narrow educational opportunities for poor and working-class adult learners.
Working For It: The Other Work In Graduate School, Procuring Fellowship Funding & Designing The Research To Accompany The Funds, Dominique T. Chlup, Lisa Gardner Flores, Joellen Coryell
Working For It: The Other Work In Graduate School, Procuring Fellowship Funding & Designing The Research To Accompany The Funds, Dominique T. Chlup, Lisa Gardner Flores, Joellen Coryell
Adult Education Research Conference
Two current fellows at a state literacy center with University affiliations and a former doctoral fellow at a national center will discuss their experiences procuring a major fellowship to help pay for their graduate studies. How these fellowships allowed them to participate in the design and implementation of research are also discussed.
Towards A Gender-Sensitive Model For Distance Education Planning, Koyali Burman
Towards A Gender-Sensitive Model For Distance Education Planning, Koyali Burman
Adult Education Research Conference
Development projects are vehicles for generating change. Since last century, the world has experienced unprecedented economic expansion and more interest in the development with emphasis on the capacity-building and sustainability of projects. As a result there is a considerable increase of technological progress and more intense international competition. A common refrain in many circles is that gender principles are often discussed, but seldom applied.
Overcoming Marginalization And Disengagement In Adult Education: Adult Educators’ Contributions To The Scholarship Of Engagement, Richard Kiely, Lorilee Sandmann, Susan Bracken
Overcoming Marginalization And Disengagement In Adult Education: Adult Educators’ Contributions To The Scholarship Of Engagement, Richard Kiely, Lorilee Sandmann, Susan Bracken
Adult Education Research Conference
As adult educators whose work has had an impact on shaping the discourse on scholarly engagement, service-learning and community-based education, we will describe our different approaches to this movement and share our diverse practical experiences fostering greater community engagement in the areas of teaching, research and service.
The Importance Of Learning For Changing Sexual Practices In Response To The Hiv/Aids Crisis In Ghana, Augustine M. Amenyah, Bradley C. Courtenay
The Importance Of Learning For Changing Sexual Practices In Response To The Hiv/Aids Crisis In Ghana, Augustine M. Amenyah, Bradley C. Courtenay
Adult Education Research Conference
This study examined how adults in Ghana learned to make changes in their sexual practices in response to HIV/AIDS crisis. Findings include changes made in sexual practices and a learning process that included four components: initial awareness, catalysts for further learning, engagement in learning activities, and other influential factors.
Welfare Reform And Women’S Economic Development: Expanding The Discourse Within Adult Education, Mary V. Alfred
Welfare Reform And Women’S Economic Development: Expanding The Discourse Within Adult Education, Mary V. Alfred
Adult Education Research Conference
researchers have examined adult development within the context of adult learning, but few have examined the economic development of women, particularly those caught in the cycle of welfare and low-wage employment. This paper will explore the personal and structurla barriers to economic development among former welfare recipients and broaden the discourse on women's development