Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Discipline
-
- Adult and Continuing Education Administration (58)
- Educational Administration and Supervision (58)
- Social and Behavioral Sciences (7)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development (6)
- Higher Education (5)
-
- Online and Distance Education (4)
- Higher Education Administration (3)
- Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education (3)
- Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching (2)
- Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education (2)
- Community College Leadership (2)
- Developmental Psychology (2)
- Educational Leadership (2)
- Educational Methods (2)
- Educational Psychology (2)
- Elementary and Middle and Secondary Education Administration (2)
- Higher Education and Teaching (2)
- International and Comparative Education (2)
- Medicine and Health Sciences (2)
- Psychology (2)
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (2)
- Sociology (2)
- Urban Education (2)
- Accessibility (1)
- Applied Behavior Analysis (1)
- Arts and Humanities (1)
- Biological Psychology (1)
- Biology (1)
- Business (1)
- Keyword
-
- Transformative learning (5)
- Adult education (4)
- Adult learning (4)
- Higher education (3)
- Online (3)
-
- Adult Learning (2)
- Faculty (2)
- Identity (2)
- Intersectionality (2)
- Mentoring (2)
- Microaggressions (2)
- Popular culture (2)
- Social justice (2)
- AERC (1)
- Academic entitlement (1)
- Academic journal (1)
- Academics (1)
- Accelerated courses (1)
- Active duty military (1)
- Adaptive change; transitional learning; adult development; gerontology (1)
- Adult Literacy; Women; Critical Literacy; Trauma; Critical Consciousness (1)
- Adult and continuing education (1)
- Adult identity (1)
- Adult learner (1)
- Adult learners (1)
- Adult participation (1)
- Adult students (1)
- Aesthetics (1)
- African American grandmothers (1)
- African-American Education Communication (1)
Articles 1 - 30 of 64
Full-Text Articles in Education
Eating Fire While Walking On Broken Glass: An Auto-Ethnography Of One Adult Educator's Tenure Process, Dianne Ramdeholl
Eating Fire While Walking On Broken Glass: An Auto-Ethnography Of One Adult Educator's Tenure Process, Dianne Ramdeholl
Adult Education Research Conference
This autoethnography documents the journey of one female academic of color through her tenure process, outlining the landmines embedded within the tenure process for women of color. It offers recommendations for new faculty of color.
Literacy, Technology, And First Year Teachers: A Case Study, Emily Kearns Burke
Literacy, Technology, And First Year Teachers: A Case Study, Emily Kearns Burke
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper examines how first year teachers describe their preparation and use of technology to teach literacy. Findings indicate teachers feel confident but unsupported in their efforts.
Adult Entrances And Exits: What Does Retention Literature Inform Us About Urban Adult Higher Educational Participants And Student Success?, Debra Fenty, Jonathan Messemer, Elice Rogers
Adult Entrances And Exits: What Does Retention Literature Inform Us About Urban Adult Higher Educational Participants And Student Success?, Debra Fenty, Jonathan Messemer, Elice Rogers
Adult Education Research Conference
This research purpose, derived from a larger study shares findings which help explain retention and, success outcomes associated with Urban adult learners in a 4 year higher educational setting. A critical analysis of the literature reveals in retention, understanding barriers is a key indicator of an institution's effectiveness.
Paving The Way Toward Faculty Careers In Higher Education: Student Mentoring Relationship Experiences While Completing Doctoral Degrees Online, Norina Columbaro, Catherine A. Hansman
Paving The Way Toward Faculty Careers In Higher Education: Student Mentoring Relationship Experiences While Completing Doctoral Degrees Online, Norina Columbaro, Catherine A. Hansman
Adult Education Research Conference
The purpose of this study was to explore the existence and nature of mentoring relationships within online doctoral degree programs. Further, it sought to determine how these relationships prepared online doctoral degree graduates for full-time, tenure-track employment in four-year, land-based higher education institutions.
Women’S History In Education In The United States, Audrey Dentith
Women’S History In Education In The United States, Audrey Dentith
Adult Education Research Conference
The history of women’s education in the United States is a rich and colorful one, marked by struggle and victory against huge odds. This roundtable paper, a work in progress, highlights the remarkable efforts of specific women to achieve the right to an education for all women from the end of the Revolutionary War through the 1990s.
A Field In Search Of Theory And Respect: Ae In The Mid-20th Century, Catherine A. Hansman, Amy D. Rose
A Field In Search Of Theory And Respect: Ae In The Mid-20th Century, Catherine A. Hansman, Amy D. Rose
Adult Education Research Conference
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the development of an adult education professoriate and adult education programs in higher education in the 1950s and 1960s, as well as to examine the development of AERC as a means to advance and enhance theoretical knowledge related to the field.
Nannie Helen Burroughs: Lamplighter Of The Impossible, Lakrista L. Page
Nannie Helen Burroughs: Lamplighter Of The Impossible, Lakrista L. Page
Adult Education Research Conference
Adult Facilitators have limited resources highlighting exceptional Black women of our disciple. The purpose of this historical analysis will uncover why Nannie Helen Burroughs was ostracized by the Black intellectuals.
The Religious, Social, And Cultural Constraints On Adult Education Research And Practices In Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Awad Alasmrai 8881102
The Religious, Social, And Cultural Constraints On Adult Education Research And Practices In Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Awad Alasmrai 8881102
Adult Education Research Conference
Adult educational research and practices in Saudi has faced a number of challenges. These challenges emanate from the environment that surrounds the education sector. Thus, this essay will discuss the constraints in adult education research and practice with special focus on gender-oriented. The purpose of this study will be to explore the impact of the Saudi culture on feminist research in adult education and as well as adult education practices. This paper will answer the following questions: 1) What are the constraints for adult education research and educational planning based on feminist perspectives in Saudi context? 2) How can …
Voices Of The Disenfranchised Within The Academy: Black Faculty Matter, Ruby Cain
Voices Of The Disenfranchised Within The Academy: Black Faculty Matter, Ruby Cain
Adult Education Research Conference
This Roundtable Session will provide an overview of the research literature on the challenges of Black faculty’s journey to promotion and tenure. The participants will be engaged in an interactive discussion of this topic
Using Radical Adult Education To Map Change In A Globalized World, Michelle Glowacki-Dudka, Amy Ward, Stephen Whikehart, Cathy Mullett, Jennifer Warrner, Heidi Burkett, Antonette Payne, Mary E. Borst
Using Radical Adult Education To Map Change In A Globalized World, Michelle Glowacki-Dudka, Amy Ward, Stephen Whikehart, Cathy Mullett, Jennifer Warrner, Heidi Burkett, Antonette Payne, Mary E. Borst
Adult Education Research Conference
Radical adult education using a sociological frame can support adult educators to see their roles as change agents within their spheres of influence. Using cultural mapping, adult educators define these spheres, stake claims, set benchmarks, grow networks, or develop participatory action research within the identified community.
Women's Leadership Development Programs, Shatrela Washington-Hubbard
Women's Leadership Development Programs, Shatrela Washington-Hubbard
Adult Education Research Conference
Women continue to hold low percentages of leadership positions in several industries. Although women may seek leadership opportunities, women still face workforce barriers that their male counterparts do not encounter. This discussion will focus on the need for leadership development programs designed specifically for women in order to improve the percentages of women in leadership positions.
The Relationship Between Instrumental And Transformative Learning In Structured Workplace Learning Programs: Insights From Embedded Formative Assessment, Cheryl K. Baldwin
The Relationship Between Instrumental And Transformative Learning In Structured Workplace Learning Programs: Insights From Embedded Formative Assessment, Cheryl K. Baldwin
Adult Education Research Conference
A grounded theory study of tacit knowledge elicited in workplace learning programs examined instrumental and transformative elements. Observational, reflective and interview data indicated that learner beliefs about work challenged content legitimacy. Low levels of reflective dialogue were associated with immediate application or quieting reactions. Instrumental content helped prompt perspective shifts.
Adult Learner Perceptions And Experiences In A Community College Engaged In Intensive Student Success Reforms, Susan J. Barcinas, Tracy A. Kachur, Duane Akroyd, Heidi N. Mccann, Yaxin Zheng
Adult Learner Perceptions And Experiences In A Community College Engaged In Intensive Student Success Reforms, Susan J. Barcinas, Tracy A. Kachur, Duane Akroyd, Heidi N. Mccann, Yaxin Zheng
Adult Education Research Conference
This qualitative study is based upon 200 hours of observation and 30 participant interviews aiming to deeply describe and analyze adult learner perceptions of community college intensive student success reform initiatives.
Fragile States: Beyond International Borders And Into U.S. Communities, Debra J. Bolton Phd, Francisco M. Hernandez Major
Fragile States: Beyond International Borders And Into U.S. Communities, Debra J. Bolton Phd, Francisco M. Hernandez Major
Adult Education Research Conference
“Fragile States Indicators”, used worldwide, were applied to U.S. communities with high poverty. Theories, literature and data gave rise to a model that could be applied to families and institutions with implications for adult education.
Conscientization Through The Context Of A Book Club: Adults’ Experiences Of Consciousness-Raising, Rachel M. Cassity
Conscientization Through The Context Of A Book Club: Adults’ Experiences Of Consciousness-Raising, Rachel M. Cassity
Adult Education Research Conference
The purpose of this qualitative study is to understand the lived experiences of consciousness-raising for adults through the context of book clubs. Research about adult participation in book clubs remains scarce. Therefore, this study seeks to highlight how these contexts might promote adult learning and Conscientization.
Ghost And The Machine: Bringing Untold Personal Spiritual And Cultural Experiences To Life Through The Medium Of Digital Storytelling., Ingrid Andersen, Elizabeth J. Tisdell
Ghost And The Machine: Bringing Untold Personal Spiritual And Cultural Experiences To Life Through The Medium Of Digital Storytelling., Ingrid Andersen, Elizabeth J. Tisdell
Adult Education Research Conference
This study examines learners’ perceptions of the experiences of transformation from the storytelling experience of digital stories within a graduate class on spirituality and culture, by means of the lenses of both transformative learning theory and storytelling theory.
Adult Learning And Pragmatic Identity Theory, Davin J. Carr-Chellman, Joseph Levitan
Adult Learning And Pragmatic Identity Theory, Davin J. Carr-Chellman, Joseph Levitan
Adult Education Research Conference
The interaction between identity and learning has been under theorized. American Pragmatism offers important insights into identity and learning. With new educational experiences, adults take on new identities. Pragmatic Identity Theory will be an analytical lens allowing us to better understand the identity negotiation within learning experiences.
African American Women’S Experiences As Teen Mothers And Their Persistence In Higher Education, Tamara Coats
African American Women’S Experiences As Teen Mothers And Their Persistence In Higher Education, Tamara Coats
Adult Education Research Conference
The purpose of this pilot study is to explore the African American mother-daughter communicative relationship about teen pregnancy and the effects on one’s college degree attainment. A research study of narratives was used to explore the teen pregnancy experience of three African American adult women who are pursuing graduate degrees.
Social Justice Education And U.S. Military Adult Learners, Royce Ann Collins, Susan Yelich Biniecki, Cheryl Polson
Social Justice Education And U.S. Military Adult Learners, Royce Ann Collins, Susan Yelich Biniecki, Cheryl Polson
Adult Education Research Conference
The purpose of this paper is to examine the Veteran or active duty military adult learner in higher education through the lens of social justice education, intersectionality, and microaggressions.
Using Spiral Dynamic Theory For Adult Civic Engagement Research And Social Justice Education, Lisa R. Brown
Using Spiral Dynamic Theory For Adult Civic Engagement Research And Social Justice Education, Lisa R. Brown
Adult Education Research Conference
Empirical civic engagement research based in a South American context. Participants included adult learner populations engaged in revolutionary protests that opposed private for-profit education in Chile. Findings were higher order Spiral Dynamic Theory thinking at the for-profits and lower civic engagement.
Business Education For Corporate Social Responsibility And Social Justice, Shannon Deer, Jill Zarestky
Business Education For Corporate Social Responsibility And Social Justice, Shannon Deer, Jill Zarestky
Adult Education Research Conference
Social justice and corporate social responsibility are concepts business schools struggle to incorporate into curriculum at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Using qualitative methods, this study explored the impact adult education principles and practices had on business students’ beliefs, assumptions, and values towards social justice and corporate social responsibility.
Active Knowledge Sharing In Online Group Work, Bo Chang
Active Knowledge Sharing In Online Group Work, Bo Chang
Adult Education Research Conference
The purpose of this paper is to explore how to support active knowledge sharing and creation in an online group work which both encourages collaboration and motivates individual effort.
Personal Growth, Social Change Or Human Capital: A Document Analysis Of An Online Education Program For Adult Learners, Nakita Dolet, Maeghen L. Macdonald
Personal Growth, Social Change Or Human Capital: A Document Analysis Of An Online Education Program For Adult Learners, Nakita Dolet, Maeghen L. Macdonald
Adult Education Research Conference
This document analysis interrogates how one institution balances classically competing objectives of emancipatory learning, personal growth, and human resource development in an online adult education program.
10 Years Of Adult Learning (2006-2015): Content Analysis Of A Journal, Catherine A. Cherrstrom
10 Years Of Adult Learning (2006-2015): Content Analysis Of A Journal, Catherine A. Cherrstrom
Adult Education Research Conference
Academic publications provide insight into a discipline’s history, knowledge base, and research norms, and analyzing a journal’s publication activity provides learning about the field of study. This study examines 10-year trends (2006-2015) in Adult Learning to learn and inform the field of adult and continuing education.
Exploring The Relationship Between Religious Faith And Persistence Through Intertextuality, Brendaly E. Drayton
Exploring The Relationship Between Religious Faith And Persistence Through Intertextuality, Brendaly E. Drayton
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper draws upon intertextuality to explore how an African American male adult learner uses his religious faith as a resource for persisting in an adult literacy program. The findings indicate that religious faith was not simply a coping mechanism but a resource for redefining learner identity.
Dancing Between Neoliberal And Nordic: Lifelong Learning In South Korea, Jinhee Choi, Fred M. Schied
Dancing Between Neoliberal And Nordic: Lifelong Learning In South Korea, Jinhee Choi, Fred M. Schied
Adult Education Research Conference
The paper argues that the South Korean model is neither Nordic nor Neoliberal as many have claimed. The South Korean model may serve as a model for other Asian countries.
Learning Happens: Incorporating A Rhizomatic Perspective Into Teaching And Learning, Michael Dillon
Learning Happens: Incorporating A Rhizomatic Perspective Into Teaching And Learning, Michael Dillon
Adult Education Research Conference
This session will review a rhizomatic perspective of teaching and learning. Data from research regarding a community leadership program will be utilized as an example of applying this perspective.
Beyond Ngoization: Challenging Neoliberalism In A Chilean Trade Union School, John Holst, Maria Alicia Vetter
Beyond Ngoization: Challenging Neoliberalism In A Chilean Trade Union School, John Holst, Maria Alicia Vetter
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper presents the results of a descriptive case study of an NGO-based trade union school in Chile. The NGO is called the Alejandro Lipschutz Institute of Science (ICAL-Spanish acronym).
“We’Re All On The Same Journey, But [Are Taking] Different Paths:” Relational Connection, Critical Consciousness And Visions Of Possibility Among Female Adult Literacy Learners, Jaye Jones
Adult Education Research Conference
Women Reading for Education, Affinity & Development (WREAD) is a literacy-focused reading and discussion group for African American women with self-defined histories of trauma. The following paper focuses on the links between relational connections in the group and the development of a collective critical consciousness.
We Shall Not Be Moved: Adult Learners’ Intransigent Attitudes About Group Projects, Judy K. Favor, Mark Harvey
We Shall Not Be Moved: Adult Learners’ Intransigent Attitudes About Group Projects, Judy K. Favor, Mark Harvey
Adult Education Research Conference
This study explored the effectiveness of a structured group project planning process designed to improve accountability, communication, satisfaction, and attitudes about group projects with adult learners.