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Who Volunteers To Provide Reading Instruction For Adults And What Do They Know?, Mary Ziegler, Steve Mccallum, Sherry Mee Bell
Who Volunteers To Provide Reading Instruction For Adults And What Do They Know?, Mary Ziegler, Steve Mccallum, Sherry Mee Bell
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Volunteer instructors make a substantial contribution to adult literacy, yet little research has been conducted to better understand not only who the volunteers are but what they know about reading instruction. This study describes a national sample of 124 volunteer instructors and their knowledge of providing reading instruction for adults.
You Are What You Eat!?: Television Cooking Shows, Consumption, And Lifestyle Practices As Adult Learning, Robin Redmon Wright, Jennifer A. Sandlin
You Are What You Eat!?: Television Cooking Shows, Consumption, And Lifestyle Practices As Adult Learning, Robin Redmon Wright, Jennifer A. Sandlin
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A discussion of the public pedagogy of “celebrity chef” cooking shows, their promotion of consumer life-styles, and alternative cooking shows as sites of resistance to those lifestyles.
Creating Learning: A Critical Program Planning Praxis For Collaborative Knowledge Construction And Social Change, Colleen Aalsburg Wiessner
Creating Learning: A Critical Program Planning Praxis For Collaborative Knowledge Construction And Social Change, Colleen Aalsburg Wiessner
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Positing an alternate program planning perspective, this paper explores the possibility of viewing planning as a critical praxis. It blends theory and practice in development, content, and research approach; explores meanings and functions of praxis as a rationale for this perspective; and outlines purposes, principles and practices of the approach.
Adult Learning In Ecotourism: The Current State Of Research, Pierre Walter
Adult Learning In Ecotourism: The Current State Of Research, Pierre Walter
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This paper reviews research on adult learning in nature, adventure and community-based ecotourism. Aims, learning activities, outcomes and philosophical orientation of each type of ecotourism are analyzed, and areas in need of further research identified.
The Supreme Court Follows, It Does Not Lead: Adult Education And American Popular Constitutionalism, Wayland Walker
The Supreme Court Follows, It Does Not Lead: Adult Education And American Popular Constitutionalism, Wayland Walker
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The theory of Popular Constitutionalism posits that American social change precedes legal change. Utilizing data from the fight for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered and Queer (“LGBTQ”) social and legal rights, this paper explores evidence supporting the theory of Popular Constitutionalism and its implications for adult education research.
Are Transformation And Power Shifts All Or Nothing Events?, Jacqlyn S. Triscari
Are Transformation And Power Shifts All Or Nothing Events?, Jacqlyn S. Triscari
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This paper represents a qualitative case study conducted in one organization. It examines the role of power and shifts of power in an organization during an organizational transformation, a very specific form of change in which the center core or the worldview of the organization is altered.
Critical Public Pedagogy And Michael Moore’S Film Sicko: Creating A National Dialogue For Changing Health Care, Elizabeth J. Tisdell, Karin Sprow
Critical Public Pedagogy And Michael Moore’S Film Sicko: Creating A National Dialogue For Changing Health Care, Elizabeth J. Tisdell, Karin Sprow
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This paper discusses a qualitative study exploring how health care workers view Michael Moore’s film Sicko and its role in national discussions of health care.
The Sacred Cow: Understanding The Role Of Culture In The Health-Related Behaviors Of Older Asian Indian Immigrants, Swathi Nath Thaker
The Sacred Cow: Understanding The Role Of Culture In The Health-Related Behaviors Of Older Asian Indian Immigrants, Swathi Nath Thaker
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In today’s society, life expectancy continues to increase as advances in technology continue to encourage the development and implementation of new medical treatments and solutions. For example, within the United States, persons over age 65 currently represent approximately 13% of the population (Bee, 2000). As the baby boomer generation enters retirement, this number will continue to increase. In addition to this growth, the rise in immigration continues to change the demographics within the United States, thus impacting the composition of the elderly population. As individuals within these minority populations age, their use of health services will continue to increase. Although …
The “Many Faces” And Complexities Of Continuing Education Units Within Today’S Higher Education Organizations: An Empirical Study, Sandria Stephenson
The “Many Faces” And Complexities Of Continuing Education Units Within Today’S Higher Education Organizations: An Empirical Study, Sandria Stephenson
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A qualitative methodology was used to identify higher education leaders’ understanding of continuing education units’ organization and program development. Using various metaphors, the study reveals that the way administrators conceptualize their units symbolically often determine their administrative strategies relative to organizational development and program planning issues within their parent organization.
Autonomy And Autogenesis: Practitioner Research And The Self-Made Literacy Tutor, Ralf St. Clair, Kathy Maclachlan
Autonomy And Autogenesis: Practitioner Research And The Self-Made Literacy Tutor, Ralf St. Clair, Kathy Maclachlan
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Examines the conduct of a practitioner-led action research program in Scottish literacy, and challenges the extent to which PLAR can be adopted as a professional development strategy. Expresses caution about the potential for PLAR to reinforce individualized and managerial approaches to the field as promoted by new public management.
Adult Learning Communities: Does Self-Efficacy Pre-Determine Participation?, Jennifer Smolka, Stacey Johnson, Thomas A. Glover, Heather Dodds
Adult Learning Communities: Does Self-Efficacy Pre-Determine Participation?, Jennifer Smolka, Stacey Johnson, Thomas A. Glover, Heather Dodds
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In a voluntary online community structure, Western Governors University seeks to find correlations between adult learners’ self-efficacy, community participation and academic success. Based on surveys of 164 new Education students, self-efficacy was not correlated with either participation measures of interaction or academic measures of success.
From High Skill To High School: The Social Organization Of “Canadian Work Experience”, Immigration, And Volunteer Work, Bonnie Slade
From High Skill To High School: The Social Organization Of “Canadian Work Experience”, Immigration, And Volunteer Work, Bonnie Slade
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This thesis addresses the labour market integration of new immigrant professionals to Ontario, and critically examines the role that formal education plays in this process. Employing Smith’s (2006) institutional ethnography, I examine the social organization of adult co-op programs offered by Ontario District School Boards.
Adult Education & Participant Empowerment For Organizational Transformation: A Learning Organization Case Study Introducing An Integration Model & A Strategic Empowerment Tool, Soni Simpson, Elizabeth Londo
Adult Education & Participant Empowerment For Organizational Transformation: A Learning Organization Case Study Introducing An Integration Model & A Strategic Empowerment Tool, Soni Simpson, Elizabeth Londo
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Aligned organizations of empowered, diverse learners are positioned to achieve shared objectives while responding to marketplace changes. Two models, the Integration Model & Annual Strategic Empowerment Tool, encourage systemic transformations. Using these models, engaged employees co-create and achieve strategic objectives through full integration with the annual performance management system.
Older Baby Boomers Seeking Collegiate Degrees: Developmental Influences On Educational And Vocational Aspirations, Jane L. Schaefer
Older Baby Boomers Seeking Collegiate Degrees: Developmental Influences On Educational And Vocational Aspirations, Jane L. Schaefer
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This paper summarizes findings from a phenomenological study designed to explore the experiences of degree-seeking, adult learners – specifically, Older Baby Boomers (OBB) born between 1946 and 1958. Findings seek to understand how adult development—psychosocial, cognitive, and spiritual dimensions—influences older adult students’ future aspirations, both career and retirement, and their transformational learning experiences within the context of higher education.
Unethical Behavior, Academic Misconduct, & Incivility: Does It Occur In Adult Education Classrooms?, Michael L. Rowland
Unethical Behavior, Academic Misconduct, & Incivility: Does It Occur In Adult Education Classrooms?, Michael L. Rowland
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The purpose of this research was to survey members of the CPAE listserv regarding personal experiences with ethical issues and dilemmas in the adult education classroom and to also obtain their perceptions of the most critical ethical issues adult educators encounter in the classroom.
The Career Paths Of African Americans In The Corporate And Political Arenas, Dionne Rosser-Mims, Glenn A. Palmer
The Career Paths Of African Americans In The Corporate And Political Arenas, Dionne Rosser-Mims, Glenn A. Palmer
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This paper compares the career development experiences of African Americans in the areas of politics and corporate America. The authors aim to identify congruencies in the career development experiences of African Americans in both fields.
Personal Transformations: Changes In Self & Literacy Engagement Through Even Start Family Literacy Program Participation, Petra A. Robinson
Personal Transformations: Changes In Self & Literacy Engagement Through Even Start Family Literacy Program Participation, Petra A. Robinson
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Illiteracy is a major social dilemma facing countries in the developed and underdeveloped world. The problem has far-reaching implications as it threatens the economic and social vitality of a country. Within this globalized world, a country’s competitiveness depends on the resources within that country and, in particular on its social and human capital. Indeed, the human capital indicators of a country, particularly, those based on literacy rates affect the country’s labor productivity and (GDP) Gross Domestic Product (Coulombe, Tremblay & Marchland, 2004). Elish-Piper (2007) draws attention to the increasing expectations for adult literacy in the United States over the last …
Oral Histories To Support Growing Democracy: Stories From The Nyc Adult Literacy Community, Dianne Ramdeholl
Oral Histories To Support Growing Democracy: Stories From The Nyc Adult Literacy Community, Dianne Ramdeholl
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This oral history project chronicled narratives from the NYC adult literacy community in an attempt to preserve the field’s public collective historical memory. These narratives, countering dominant ideologies, explicitly connect adult literacy to human rights struggles, can support the field in a larger collective conversation rooted in sustainable democratic practices.
Is There A Technology Bias Against Adult Learners?, Adnan Qayyum
Is There A Technology Bias Against Adult Learners?, Adnan Qayyum
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Students’ communication and study habits outside of class were analyzed using grounded theory. Results indicate that factors other than age informed students’ communication patterns, including their use of ICTs. The research calls into question assumptions that adult learners are less inclined and able to use ICTs for education.
Learning To Unlearn: A Case Study Of The Initial Rejection And Subsequent Acceptance Of Homosexuality By Heterosexuals, Tamara Priestley
Learning To Unlearn: A Case Study Of The Initial Rejection And Subsequent Acceptance Of Homosexuality By Heterosexuals, Tamara Priestley
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This research sought to gain an understanding of the learning heterosexuals engage in while coming to acceptance of homosexuality and to examine their understandings of heterosexism, power and positionality that might be at the base of such learning. Transformative learning theory was used as a lens to understand the learning and its process.
Online Learning Effectiveness And Instructor Resistance In Adult Learner Centered Extension Programs, Ernie Post
Online Learning Effectiveness And Instructor Resistance In Adult Learner Centered Extension Programs, Ernie Post
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This paper reports the preliminary results of an ongoing mixed methods study to determine if the integration of online learning modules can help entrepreneurs accomplish business planning and elicit business start-up behavior. Insight is shared about why some adult learners and instructors are reluctant to migrate to online learning.
The Life Story Of President Barack Obama: Using Critical Race Theory To Analyze Life Experience, Elizabeth A. Peterson, Wendy B. Yanow
The Life Story Of President Barack Obama: Using Critical Race Theory To Analyze Life Experience, Elizabeth A. Peterson, Wendy B. Yanow
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Using Critical Race Theory (CRT) as a lens and interest convergence and color-blind ideology as foci to explore the life experience of President Barack Obama, this study provides a framework for using CRT as a lens for examining life experience.
Whole-Person Learning: Lessons From Integral Health-Care Practitioners And Their Implications For Adult Education, Gabrielle Pelicci
Whole-Person Learning: Lessons From Integral Health-Care Practitioners And Their Implications For Adult Education, Gabrielle Pelicci
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For over a decade, I’ve studied the humanities, education and Complementary and Alternative Medicine. It began as a personal interest and transformed into a professional one. As an undergraduate psychology student, I explored the mind and the various methods of psychotherapy. During graduate school, I became exposed to eastern philosophies and religions, and I began practicing meditation as a means to quiet the mind and bring my life into balance. As I followed this path, it led to several trainings in holistic studies including a massage therapy program, a yoga teacher training and a certification in Healing Touch, an energy-based …
Alain Locke’S “Beloved Community:” The Notion Of Community, African And African-American Visual Art, And Locke’S Political And Educational Thought, Ann Marie O'Brien
Alain Locke’S “Beloved Community:” The Notion Of Community, African And African-American Visual Art, And Locke’S Political And Educational Thought, Ann Marie O'Brien
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This paper examines how the notion of community is embedded in Locke’s writing on visual art and is an important aspect of Locke’s political and educational thought in the context of his practice of adult and higher education.
The Quest For Peace And Justice: Examining The Nexus Between Peace Education And Adult Education, Hleziphi Naomie Nyanungo
The Quest For Peace And Justice: Examining The Nexus Between Peace Education And Adult Education, Hleziphi Naomie Nyanungo
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The author critically analyzes assumptions embedded in the two fields of practice: peace education and adult education for social change and social action. Preliminary findings from a review of literature from the two fields of practice are presented.
Non-Visibility Within Adult Education: Reading What Lies Written And Breathing Beneath, Steven E. Noble
Non-Visibility Within Adult Education: Reading What Lies Written And Breathing Beneath, Steven E. Noble
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This paper explores, briefly, the non-visible aspects of adult learners, notably multi- and bi-ethnic learners. The complexity and contradiction of ascribed (publicly read) and (internally embodied) felt ethnic identities comes under exploration.
“Social Learning” For/In Adult Education? A Discursive Review Of What It Means For Learning To Be “Social”, Kim L. Niewolny, Arthur L. Wilson
“Social Learning” For/In Adult Education? A Discursive Review Of What It Means For Learning To Be “Social”, Kim L. Niewolny, Arthur L. Wilson
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Our paper reports on a critical discourse analysis of “social learning” in the literature. We not only emphasize the kinds of investigations that have focused on social forms of adult learning but exemplify what it means for learning to be “social” in the field of adult education.
Hogwash: Coming To Terms With Critical Race Theory In Adult Education, Alberta Morgan, Andrea D. Frazier, Jeanne Fredericks, Michell Waters, Lisa R. Merriweather Hunn
Hogwash: Coming To Terms With Critical Race Theory In Adult Education, Alberta Morgan, Andrea D. Frazier, Jeanne Fredericks, Michell Waters, Lisa R. Merriweather Hunn
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Today’s adult and community education classrooms and sites of practice are increasingly diverse. As adult educators, we have a responsibility to appropriately meet each student at their level of need. Critical race theory provides a non-hegemonic lens for understanding and meeting the needs of our diverse student population.
Bereaved Elders: Transformative Learning In Late Life, Paul J. Moon
Bereaved Elders: Transformative Learning In Late Life, Paul J. Moon
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The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand older adults’ transformative learning through bereavement in late life. Nine participants were engaged in semi-structured interviews. Data analysis affirmed that perspective transformation can occur through late life bereavement characterized by an oscillatory process shaped by biographical and life stage developmental contexts.
Learning By Dispossession: Gender, Imperialism And Adult Education, Shahrzad Mojab
Learning By Dispossession: Gender, Imperialism And Adult Education, Shahrzad Mojab
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This is a Marxist-feminist theoretical study of ‘democracy training’ projects delivered among Iraqi women as part of ‘post-war reconstruction’ efforts of the US. This frame of analysis can assist us in dialectically understanding the ideological practice of these training projects and conceptualizing consciousness/praxis in order to explain adult education, gender, and imperialism.