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A Replication Study Of The Attitudes Of Selected Academics And Decision-Makers Towards Adult Students., Curtis Smeby, Burton Sisco Jul 1997

A Replication Study Of The Attitudes Of Selected Academics And Decision-Makers Towards Adult Students., Curtis Smeby, Burton Sisco

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The investigation examined the attitudes of selected academics and decision-makers towards adult students 15 years after the original study was conducted, in another rural state, and in another region of the United States. While the primary purpose was to replicate the original study, a secondary purpose was to compare and identify changes in attitude.

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"A Room Of One's Own": A Phenomenological Investigation Of Class, Age, Gender And Politics Of Institutional Change Regarding Adult Students On Campus., Peggy A. Sissel, Margaret Birdsong, Barbara Silaski Jul 1997

"A Room Of One's Own": A Phenomenological Investigation Of Class, Age, Gender And Politics Of Institutional Change Regarding Adult Students On Campus., Peggy A. Sissel, Margaret Birdsong, Barbara Silaski

Adult Education Research Conference

This collaborative phenomenological investigation reveals the experience of adult student advocates in a university setting. The setting was interpreted as being mediated by interlocking systems of oppression. Issues included concepts of class, age, gender, and institutional politics related to resource allocation and meaning about the nature and needs of adult students.

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Knowledge As "Quality Non-Conformance": A Critical Case Study Of Iso 9000 And Adult Education In The Workplace., Fred M. Schied, Vicki K. Carter, Judith A. Preston, Sharon L. Howell Jul 1997

Knowledge As "Quality Non-Conformance": A Critical Case Study Of Iso 9000 And Adult Education In The Workplace., Fred M. Schied, Vicki K. Carter, Judith A. Preston, Sharon L. Howell

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The study focused on the impact of the process seeking ISO 9000 registration and the way in which learning processes come to be defined as defective.

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A Sociocultural Perspective Of Knowing: A Grounded Theory Of Epistemological Development Of Malaysian Women., Lucy Earle Reybold Jul 1997

A Sociocultural Perspective Of Knowing: A Grounded Theory Of Epistemological Development Of Malaysian Women., Lucy Earle Reybold

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The purpose of this study was to identify and describe the epistemological development of Malaysian women in Peninsular Malaysia. Based on constant comparison analysis of 14 in-depth interviews, a substantive theory of epistemological development was identified, including the process of that development and cultural factors that promote changes in epistemology.

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Humanism And Individualism: Maslow And His Critics., Elaine Pearson, Ronald Podeschi Jul 1997

Humanism And Individualism: Maslow And His Critics., Elaine Pearson, Ronald Podeschi

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Using broad-based literature, this study explores Abraham Maslow's humanistic psychology within the contexts of ideological criticism, 20th century U.S. adult education philosophies, and the theoretical issue of philosophical categories.

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Voluntary Organizations And Nonformal Adult Education In Hungary: Professionalization And The Discourse Of Deficiency., Carol A. Pandak Jul 1997

Voluntary Organizations And Nonformal Adult Education In Hungary: Professionalization And The Discourse Of Deficiency., Carol A. Pandak

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This paper explores issues of professionalization and the discourse of deficiency in Hungarian voluntary organizations and nonformal adult education. The argument is made that transformational adult education, e.g., Freire and Mezirow would be useful to dispel the myth of individual deficiencies.

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Imagining And Critical Reflection In Autobiography: An Odd Couple In Adult Transformative Learning., Alex Nelson Jun 1997

Imagining And Critical Reflection In Autobiography: An Odd Couple In Adult Transformative Learning., Alex Nelson

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Adult education approaches to transformative learning generally emphasize the interpretive role of critical reflection and critical thinking. This explanatory understanding of transformative learning as autobiography claims that the learner composes their life, by using imagination and critical reflection to interpret their life story within the social context.

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Academic Vs. Integrated Functional-Context Literacy Programs: Responding To The Needs Of Low Literate Clients Of Welfare., Larry G. Martin Jun 1997

Academic Vs. Integrated Functional-Context Literacy Programs: Responding To The Needs Of Low Literate Clients Of Welfare., Larry G. Martin

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The "Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996" promises to usher in a new era of literacy programming as practitioners attempt to design short-term programs that address the academic and employment needs of low-literate welfare recipients. A comparative analysis of academic and integrated literacy/occupational skills programs is presented.

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Factors That Affect The Epistemology Of Group Learning: A Research-Based Analysis., Victoria Marsick, Elizabeth Kasl Jun 1997

Factors That Affect The Epistemology Of Group Learning: A Research-Based Analysis., Victoria Marsick, Elizabeth Kasl

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This examination of factors that affect group learning is a first step toward developing a pedagogy of group learning, in contrast to individual learning.

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The Interconnecting Web: Adult Learning Cohorts As Sites For Collaborative Learning, Feminist Pedagogy And Experiential Ways Of Knowing., Randee Lipson Lawrence Jun 1997

The Interconnecting Web: Adult Learning Cohorts As Sites For Collaborative Learning, Feminist Pedagogy And Experiential Ways Of Knowing., Randee Lipson Lawrence

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This paper describes research conducted to understand and given meaning to the experience of adults learning in cohort groups, in non-traditional graduate and undergraduate degree programs in higher education. The researcher sought to enter into the lived world of the learners to view the experience from their perspective.

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How Adult Experience As A Supervising Decision-Maker Can Inhibit Learning: An Examination Of Undergraduate Senior Projects., Elliott Lauderdale Jun 1997

How Adult Experience As A Supervising Decision-Maker Can Inhibit Learning: An Examination Of Undergraduate Senior Projects., Elliott Lauderdale

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This paper reports on a preliminary investigation of a hypothesis generated from an ongoing examination of the senior research projects of a interdisciplinary adult degree program at an urban university. A review of adult education writing addressing the work of Chris Argyris reveals a tendency to overlook its application to this research problem. Does positive supervisory experience inhibit adult learning?

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A Researcher And Activist In The Mexican Borderlands., Deborah W. Kilgore Jun 1997

A Researcher And Activist In The Mexican Borderlands., Deborah W. Kilgore

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Dual roles of activist and researcher in a collective social movement highlight conflicting research needs for objectivity and subjectivity that may be reconciled through self-conscious critique. This was demonstrated during a study of a collective workers' rights movement on the U.S.-Mexico border in 1996.

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Radical Pedagogy In Action: A Case Study Of A Chicano/A Autobiography Class., Jodi Jan Kaufmann Jun 1997

Radical Pedagogy In Action: A Case Study Of A Chicano/A Autobiography Class., Jodi Jan Kaufmann

Adult Education Research Conference

This ethnographic case study explored, from the perspective of the participants, the instructional experience in an adult higher education ethnic literature course taught through the lens of radical pedagogy.

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Participation And Retention Factors Relating To Black Reentry Graduate And Undergraduate Women In The College Of Education., Juantia Johnson-Bailey, Angela Humphrey Brown Jun 1997

Participation And Retention Factors Relating To Black Reentry Graduate And Undergraduate Women In The College Of Education., Juantia Johnson-Bailey, Angela Humphrey Brown

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This qualitative study, which focused on participation and retention factors, examined the educational experiences of nine reentry Black women who were students at a predominately White research university. The research centered on extracting common themes and on identifying factors that influenced or hindered their educational tenure.

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Antecedents Of Intercultural Adjustment Of American Expatriates In The People's Republic Of China., Hallet Hullinger, Robert Nolan Jun 1997

Antecedents Of Intercultural Adjustment Of American Expatriates In The People's Republic Of China., Hallet Hullinger, Robert Nolan

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A greater understanding of the antecedents of intercultural adjustment of Americans working in China can assist organizations in selecting, training and supporting employees who work in this country. Interviews with forty Americans and seven Chinese living in Beijing yielded seven categories of adjustment factors labeled as personality, expectations, prior overseas experience, motivation, language skills, intra- and intercultural relationships, preparation and training. Four categories could be classified as endogenous, that is originating within the person, and three could be considered exogenous, that is originating within the environment.

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Identification Of The Workplace Basic Skills Necessary For Effective Job Performance By Entry-Level Workers In Small Businesses In Oklahoma., Gerald W. Harris Jun 1997

Identification Of The Workplace Basic Skills Necessary For Effective Job Performance By Entry-Level Workers In Small Businesses In Oklahoma., Gerald W. Harris

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A modified Delphi technique was used to identify the workplace basic skills needed by employees in small businesses employing 50 or fewer workers. Employers rated a list of 36 skills from the SCANS Report, in importance, on a scale from 1-little importance to 10-extreme importance. The ratings along with written comments and verbal responses to preplanned questions in phone interviews were used to determine if the SCANS skills could be validated for small businesses in Oklahoma.

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The Mirror Within The Mirror: Reflections On Multiculturalism, Theory And Practice., Catherine A. Hansman, Sherwood E. Smith Jun 1997

The Mirror Within The Mirror: Reflections On Multiculturalism, Theory And Practice., Catherine A. Hansman, Sherwood E. Smith

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The purpose of this paper is to explore the ways in which adult education graduate students' perceptions of race, class, gender and sexual orientation were transformed by the end of graduate adult education courses which included readings, reflection, discussions and other activities designed to foster self-awareness, critical reflection and cultural sensitivity.

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An Exploratory Study Of The Social And Personal Dynamics That Deter Underserved Women From Participating In Adult Education Activities., Abby G. Hall, Joe F. Donaldson Jun 1997

An Exploratory Study Of The Social And Personal Dynamics That Deter Underserved Women From Participating In Adult Education Activities., Abby G. Hall, Joe F. Donaldson

Adult Education Research Conference

This study explored the social and personal dynamics that deter underserved women from participating in formal adult education. From a grounded theory perspective, an inductive analysis revealed four integrated categories of deterrents that describe factors leading to nonparticipation (a) preadulthood factors; (b) patterns of nonsupport in adulthood; (c) conventional deterrents; and, (d) lack of "voice" in adulthood.

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Taking It To Practice: Building A Critical Postmodern Theory Of Adult Learning Community., Andre P. Grace Jun 1997

Taking It To Practice: Building A Critical Postmodern Theory Of Adult Learning Community., Andre P. Grace

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This paper considers research themes important to contemporary Canadian federal HRD (human resource development) policy, research, and experimentation. It takes up security, work, and learning concerns affecting today's citizen workers and learners and develops aspects of a critical postmodern theory of adult learning community.

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Participant Perceptions Of Residential Learning., Jean Anderson Fleming Jun 1997

Participant Perceptions Of Residential Learning., Jean Anderson Fleming

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This paper reviews findings from a study of participant perceptions of residential adult learning. Residential learning programs were defined as programs in which participants live and learn together, full-time, in the same location, for the full duration of their program.

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Critical Thinking, Developmental Learning And Adaptive Flexibility In Organizational Leaders., Robert Duchesne Jun 1997

Critical Thinking, Developmental Learning And Adaptive Flexibility In Organizational Leaders., Robert Duchesne

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Organizational leaders in today's global marketplace must continually make decisions, solve problems, and chart effective courses of action to ensure that their companies survive and flourish. The ability to think critically is essential for today's leaders, yet leaders are often unable to do so. This study examined how developmental learning and adaptive flexibility related to the level of critical thinking in a sample of organizational leaders. Results showed years of education to be the only significant predictor of critical thinking in the leaders studied. Adaptive flexibility scores indicate minimal levels of reflective observation suggesting automatization of decision-making. The factor analysis …

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Researching Professional Practice: The Integrated Practice Perspectives Model And Continuing Education., Joe F. Donaldson, Gary W. Kuhne Jun 1997

Researching Professional Practice: The Integrated Practice Perspectives Model And Continuing Education., Joe F. Donaldson, Gary W. Kuhne

Adult Education Research Conference

The "Integrated Practice Perspectives" model reframes previous efforts to link education with professional practice by using theories of situated cognition and learning. Reframing allows other variables in professional performance to be identified, performance to be more thoroughly linked to social and cultural contexts, and a more integrative and deeper conceptualization of professional practice and context to be developed.

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Orchestration Of Learning Style Differences And Other Variables In An Action Learning Experience., Robert L. Dilworth Jun 1997

Orchestration Of Learning Style Differences And Other Variables In An Action Learning Experience., Robert L. Dilworth

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Research centered on 31 students who participated in a two-week International Action Learning Seminar in Salford, England. International participants were assigned to action learning sets on the basis of several variables. Composition of sets (six to seven individuals) was purposely mixed to enhance diversity and promote learning.

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Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania's Ged Graduates Progress., Gary J. Dean Jun 1997

Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania's Ged Graduates Progress., Gary J. Dean

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A follow-up study of 3,099 GED graduates in Pennsylvania from 1974 through 1994 was conducted to identify changes in employment characteristics, living arrangements, and income, as well as preparation for the GED, further education, and outcomes of passing the GED. All findings indicated that GED graduates perceived obtaining the GED as extremely beneficial.

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Creating Mosaics: The Interrelationships Between Knowledge And Context., Barbara J. Daley Jun 1997

Creating Mosaics: The Interrelationships Between Knowledge And Context., Barbara J. Daley

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This qualitative study analyzed the interrelationships between knowledge gained in continuing education programs and the context in which professionals practice. Findings indicate that the process of constructing a knowledge base was affected by the structural, human resources, political and symbolic frames of the context of practice.

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Learning Within A Social Movement: The Chicago African-American Experience., Phyllis Cunningham, Regina Curry Jun 1997

Learning Within A Social Movement: The Chicago African-American Experience., Phyllis Cunningham, Regina Curry

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A study of the Empowerment Zone in which over one thousand poor residents mobilized to learn, create knowledge, and formulate a plan to reinvent government and alleviate poverty.

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Learning Strategies In The Corporate Setting., Gary J. Conti, Rita C. Kolody, Bobby Schneider Jun 1997

Learning Strategies In The Corporate Setting., Gary J. Conti, Rita C. Kolody, Bobby Schneider

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The learning strategies of financial planners with American Express were assessed with SKILLS. Results with this group of professionals confirm the distinct learning strategy groups uncovered in previous learning strategy research.

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The Measurement Of Participation In Adult Education., Mary A. Collins, J. Michael Brick, Kwang Kim Jun 1997

The Measurement Of Participation In Adult Education., Mary A. Collins, J. Michael Brick, Kwang Kim

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This paper examines the disparate rates of participation in adult education that have been reported by the Current Population Survey and the National Household Education Survey. The authors examine issues including population coverage and sampling, survey nonresponse, the use of proxy respondents, and survey context effects.

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Women's Experience Of Academic Collaboration., Carolyn M. Clark, Denise B. Watson Jun 1997

Women's Experience Of Academic Collaboration., Carolyn M. Clark, Denise B. Watson

Adult Education Research Conference

This study examines the experience of collaboration for women academics in adult education. While the women describe a range of collaborative experiences, they place the greatest value on more complex forms of collaboration in which the self, the partner(s), and the work exist in a highly dynamic and interactive relationship. This study suggests that collaboration provides one way in which women are creating life-giving spaces for themselves within the masculinist culture of the academy.

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The Myth Of The Universal Adult Educator: A Literature Review., Angela Humphrey Brown Jun 1997

The Myth Of The Universal Adult Educator: A Literature Review., Angela Humphrey Brown

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This paper critically evaluates the adult education literature with respect to how it deals with the race and the gender of the teachers as a factor in the teaching-learning environment. The mainstream literature perpetuates the myth of the universal teacher while the narratives of African American women transcend the myth.

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