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Evaluating Actual Credibility Criteria Of Internet-Based Scientific Information Of Adult Learners, Angela C. Bliss Jan 2016

Evaluating Actual Credibility Criteria Of Internet-Based Scientific Information Of Adult Learners, Angela C. Bliss

Adult Education Research Conference

Self-directed adult learners access and evaluate scientific information on the Internet. This paper will discuss methodologies proposed to identify credibility criteria employed during these online learning endeavors.


Paving The Way Toward Faculty Careers In Higher Education: Student Mentoring Relationship Experiences While Completing Doctoral Degrees Online, Norina Columbaro, Catherine A. Hansman Jan 2016

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.


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 Jan 2016

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.


I'Ll Ride The Wave Where It Takes Me: A Cyberethnography Of Pearl Jam Fan Communities, Peter Hornberger Jan 2016

I'Ll Ride The Wave Where It Takes Me: A Cyberethnography Of Pearl Jam Fan Communities, Peter Hornberger

Adult Education Research Conference

This roundtable explores the learning processes of adult fans of the music group Pearl Jam and their potential development of critical consciousness. The confluence of popular culture, music, fan culture, and digital media that occurs within these fan spaces is rich for exploration of contemporary forms of critical public pedagogy.


Nannie Helen Burroughs: Lamplighter Of The Impossible, Lakrista L. Page Jan 2016

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.


Questioning Privilege: Tools For Research And Teaching, Sarah Ray, Jill Zarestky Jan 2016

Questioning Privilege: Tools For Research And Teaching, Sarah Ray, Jill Zarestky

Adult Education Research Conference

Privilege and bias are important concepts for researchers and educators to examine, as part of doctoral training and as professional experiences develop. In this session, we explore tools and strategies for furthering awareness of privilege and bias for academics at all stages and for personal, research, and instructional use.


Synergetic Learning Model: The Sum Is Greater, Kevin Thompson Jan 2016

Synergetic Learning Model: The Sum Is Greater, Kevin Thompson

Adult Education Research Conference

Scholars study a variety of factors that improve adult education outcomes. Academic research is typically focused on a single factor. There is a lack of guidance on combining research findings to create synergy. The opportunity exists to create a synergetic learning model that combines the work of many scholars.


Learning Happens: Incorporating A Rhizomatic Perspective Into Teaching And Learning, Michael Dillon Jan 2016

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.


It's The Right Thing To Do: The Voices Of Seven White Culturally Responsive Professors Of Education, China M. Jenkins Jan 2016

It's The Right Thing To Do: The Voices Of Seven White Culturally Responsive Professors Of Education, China M. Jenkins

Adult Education Research Conference

This study explored the motivation of White educators to become culturally responsive, their processes of transformation and how they transformed self and pedagogy as a result.


“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 Jan 2016

“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.


How Can We Know Each Other When We Are So Different? Untangling The Complexity Of Diverse Life Experience And Interconnection—A Model For Navigating The Paradox Of Diversity To Create Empathic Learning Space, Elizabeth S. Kasl, Lyle Yorks Jan 2016

How Can We Know Each Other When We Are So Different? Untangling The Complexity Of Diverse Life Experience And Interconnection—A Model For Navigating The Paradox Of Diversity To Create Empathic Learning Space, Elizabeth S. Kasl, Lyle Yorks

Adult Education Research Conference

We propose a model that describes how diversity, dialogue, emotion, and empathy interact in learning environments. The model provides guidance for addressing emotionally charged topics in highly diverse groups.


Adult Learning Principles And Processes And Their Relationships With Learner Satisfaction: Validation Of The Andragogy In Practice Inventory (Api) In The Jordanian Context, Sunyoung Park, Petra Robinson, Reid Bates Jan 2016

Adult Learning Principles And Processes And Their Relationships With Learner Satisfaction: Validation Of The Andragogy In Practice Inventory (Api) In The Jordanian Context, Sunyoung Park, Petra Robinson, Reid Bates

Adult Education Research Conference

This study aimed to assess the validity of the Andragogy in Practice Inventory (API) and to examine the relationships among adult learning principles and processes and learner satisfaction in Jordan. The results indicated that the API is a valid instrument and its components and learner satisfaction are positively related.


Academic Concerns Of International Students In The Us, Cody J. Perry, Jennifer Weatherford, David Lausch Jan 2016

Academic Concerns Of International Students In The Us, Cody J. Perry, Jennifer Weatherford, David Lausch

Adult Education Research Conference

Our purpose was to identify specific academic concerns among international students. Sixty-three international students completed the self-report survey. It was found that most academic concerns centered on faculty and advisers.


Theorizing Transformative Education: An Exploration Into Marcuse’S Aesthetic Dimension, Adrienne Pickett Jan 2016

Theorizing Transformative Education: An Exploration Into Marcuse’S Aesthetic Dimension, Adrienne Pickett

Adult Education Research Conference

In this paper, I propose that the underlying quality of transformation is what Herbert Marcuse calls the aesthetic dimension. I use aesthetic language to understand better the nature of transformative education.


Stories Of Agency In The Lives Of Incarcerated Women, Carolyn Sandoval, Lisa M. Baumgartner Jan 2016

Stories Of Agency In The Lives Of Incarcerated Women, Carolyn Sandoval, Lisa M. Baumgartner

Adult Education Research Conference

Researchers explored the role of agency in the lives of women offenders. Life history interviews were conducted with 13 women. Five themes emerged including (1) resourcefulness, (2) self-protection, (3) getting even, (4) resisting gendered expectations and (5) resisting stigma and valuing self. Findings have implications for educators and helping professionals.


"I Saw A Wrong And I Wanted To Stand Up For What I Thought Was Right:" A Narrative Study On Becoming A Breastfeeding Activist, Jennifer Pemberton Jan 2016

"I Saw A Wrong And I Wanted To Stand Up For What I Thought Was Right:" A Narrative Study On Becoming A Breastfeeding Activist, Jennifer Pemberton

Adult Education Research Conference

Breastfeeding women experience marginalization in a number of ways, such as sexualization of the body and systemic influences that make it difficult for mothers to successfully breastfeed. This narrative study investigates how breastfeeding women come to recognize this marginalization and the emancipatory learning process through which they become breastfeeding activists.


Continuum Of Alliance: A Proposed Model For Understanding The Relationship Between Adult Education And Human Resource Development, Jill Zarestky, Joshua Collins Jan 2016

Continuum Of Alliance: A Proposed Model For Understanding The Relationship Between Adult Education And Human Resource Development, Jill Zarestky, Joshua Collins

Adult Education Research Conference

The relationship between Adult Education and Human Resource Development has been modeled or described in various ways but continues to evolve. Building on existing conceptions, we present an alternative model for understanding the fields as distinct and yet complementary.


Voices Of The Disenfranchised Within The Academy: Black Faculty Matter, Ruby Cain Jan 2016

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


Women’S History In Education In The United States, Audrey Dentith Jan 2016

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 Jan 2016

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.


Academic Entitlement, Adults In Higher Education, And Popular Culture: An Examination Of The Potential Interface, David R. Smyth Jan 2016

Academic Entitlement, Adults In Higher Education, And Popular Culture: An Examination Of The Potential Interface, David R. Smyth

Adult Education Research Conference

This study is two-fold in nature and will investigate the nature of academic entitlement within an adult graduate-student population and in accord seeks to examine the role public pedagogy through popular culture has on adult students in respect to academic entitlement.


The Use Of Arts Based Projects In Clinical Education, Stacy L. Lutter, Carrie L. Pucino, Jodi Jarecke Jan 2016

The Use Of Arts Based Projects In Clinical Education, Stacy L. Lutter, Carrie L. Pucino, Jodi Jarecke

Adult Education Research Conference

The purpose of this research roundtable is to explore the use of arts-based pedagogies in the clinical post-conference setting.


Women's Leadership Development Programs, Shatrela Washington-Hubbard Jan 2016

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.


Building Online Learning Communities Utilizing Adult Learning Andragogical Principles, Yaxin Zheng, Susan J. Barcinas Jan 2016

Building Online Learning Communities Utilizing Adult Learning Andragogical Principles, Yaxin Zheng, Susan J. Barcinas

Adult Education Research Conference

This exploratory practice-based project considers how current online pedagogical practices centered on creating a learning community (Palloff & Pratt, 2007) integrate with principles of designing and implementing adult learner friendly learning experiences (Knowles, 1984) in online courses.


Fragile States: Beyond International Borders And Into U.S. Communities, Debra J. Bolton Phd, Francisco M. Hernandez Major Jan 2016

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.


Discovering The Discourse Of Internet Political Memes, Brian Mcclure Jan 2016

Discovering The Discourse Of Internet Political Memes, Brian Mcclure

Adult Education Research Conference

With more adults engaging in political activity on social media sites such as Facebook, one popular form of communicating ideas--memes--has emerged. This form contributes to a particular discourse that has yet to be identified, examined, and clarified, the purpose of this paper.


Assessing Training Methods To Educate Dairy Workers, L. Mendonca, B. E. Voelz, A. Scanavez Jan 2016

Assessing Training Methods To Educate Dairy Workers, L. Mendonca, B. E. Voelz, A. Scanavez

Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports

Training employees is fundamental for dairy producers to achieve efficiency in order to increase profitability. Training videos offered online are becoming more common and recommended to train employees. The goals of this survey were to evaluate the comfort level of dairy employees in using computers and tablets, and preferred training delivery methods. A total of 71 employees from 6 dairies were interviewed. Interviews were conducted in the preferred language of the interviewee – English or Spanish. Of the respondents, 52 and 65.6% of employees consider computers and tablets easy to use, respectively. More than half of the employees reported that …