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The Problem Of Power, Arthur L. Wilson, Tom Nesbith
The Problem Of Power, Arthur L. Wilson, Tom Nesbith
Adult Education Research Conference
The purpose of this paper is to examine various critical theoretical traditions for what power is and how it works.
Negotiating Agendas: Adult Educators & Neoliberalism In Private Training Establishments, Judith Walker
Negotiating Agendas: Adult Educators & Neoliberalism In Private Training Establishments, Judith Walker
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This study explores the impact of neoliberalism on adult education in New Zealand by examining the experiences of 14 educators and directors in four Private Training Establishments (PTEs). While the effects of neoliberal ideology and policy have been significant, the findings indicate that adult educators critically examine their practice and constantly negotiate their own agendas.
Transformative Learning: Expanding Stories Of Ourselves In Relationship With Stories Of “Others” In Dialogue, Ilene C. Wasserman
Transformative Learning: Expanding Stories Of Ourselves In Relationship With Stories Of “Others” In Dialogue, Ilene C. Wasserman
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Transformative learning has developed over the last 25 years into a leading theory of adult learning. This paper describes what we learned from an appreciative cooperative inquiry of people’s experience in groups exploring faith, race and gender diversity. The inquiry itself created transformative dialogic moments. Transformational learning is framed from a relational perspective.
Peripheral Travelers: How American Women Backpackers Participate In Two Communities Of Practice, Lesley E. Tomaszewski
Peripheral Travelers: How American Women Backpackers Participate In Two Communities Of Practice, Lesley E. Tomaszewski
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This study investigated the levels of participation women have within two communities of practice and how this participation affects learning and identity using the communities of practice model.
The Role Of Pop Culture And Entertainment Media In Adult Education Practice, Elizabeth J. Tisdell, Patricia M. Thompson
The Role Of Pop Culture And Entertainment Media In Adult Education Practice, Elizabeth J. Tisdell, Patricia M. Thompson
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After providing a framework for critical media literacy education, this paper reports on the preliminary results of a study in progress exploring adult educators’ consumption of entertainment media, how it affects their thinking about group identities, and how they draw on it in their teaching and learning.
Communities Of Practice And Situated Learning: A Theoretical Examination Of A Shift In Individual Power, Julia Storberg-Walker
Communities Of Practice And Situated Learning: A Theoretical Examination Of A Shift In Individual Power, Julia Storberg-Walker
Adult Education Research Conference
This manuscript describes a new theory of empowerment in the workplace. Unlike typical management literature dealing with empowerment, this theory uses a critical perspective to explain how communities of practice generate authentic empowerment at work. Authentic empowerment leads to higher performance, innovation, creativity, and success.
History And Hypothesis: Reflecting On The Analysis Of A National Research Agenda, Ralf St. Clair
History And Hypothesis: Reflecting On The Analysis Of A National Research Agenda, Ralf St. Clair
Adult Education Research Conference
In this presentation I discuss a review of the research sponsored by the National Literacy Secretariat (NLS) from 1998-2003, conducted during the first nine months of 2004 (St.Clair, 2004). The NLS is by far the biggest funder of research in adult literacy education in Canada, and my role was to assess the work they had recently supported and make suggestions for future directions. The review was essentially pragmatic, but raised a number of issues regarding the politics and process of meta-research. The presentation will examine these issues, as well as the concrete outcomes of the process.
Three Views Of Instrumentalism, Steven C. Shaffer
Three Views Of Instrumentalism, Steven C. Shaffer
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper first describes three different views of instrumentalism, discusses the appropriateness of each in the context of adult education, then concludes with the author's position that instrumental approaches are sometimes appropriate and should not be dismissed out of hand.
Community-Based Multicultural Immersion Programming: An Adult Learning Context, Chaunda L. Scott
Community-Based Multicultural Immersion Programming: An Adult Learning Context, Chaunda L. Scott
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This study gives voice to the learning experiences of 21 adult learners who participated in a community-based multicultural immersion program in an urban Midwestern city plagued by racial tension. Key perspectives of their learning experiences were drawn from the factors that promoted multicultural immersion learning, its uses and its value.
Passionate Scholars: Reforming Doctoral Education: A Research Project On Educational Outcomes And Processes, Steven Schapiro, Judith Stevens-Long, Charles Mcclintock
Passionate Scholars: Reforming Doctoral Education: A Research Project On Educational Outcomes And Processes, Steven Schapiro, Judith Stevens-Long, Charles Mcclintock
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In this exploratory study, alumni of an innovative PhD program completed an open-ended self-administered questionnaire. They were asked to describe the intellectual, personal, and behavioral developments that they attributed to their graduate school experience, and aspects of their experience that they believed to have affected those changes. Findings indicated a wide array of changes in all areas.
Do As We Say: Funders’ Invisible Hold Over Research, Roemer M.S. Visser, Lesley E. Thomaszweki
Do As We Say: Funders’ Invisible Hold Over Research, Roemer M.S. Visser, Lesley E. Thomaszweki
Adult Education Research Conference
This roundtable is an open discussion of the commercialization of academic work, namely how funders’ expectations have the possibility of driving research outcomes. By exploring the possible ramifications the expectations funders have of our research outcomes, we can avoid contributing to the increasing commercialization of research
Connections Between Organizational Culture And Knowledge Management, Elisabeth E. Bennett
Connections Between Organizational Culture And Knowledge Management, Elisabeth E. Bennett
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In the present knowledge economy, Adult Education (AE) plays an important role in creating, distributing, and applying knowledge through research and practice. AE programs are considered to be political and ethical activities (Cervero & Wilson, 1995; Wlodkowski & Ginsberg, 1995) that often occur in organizational contexts, including academic, for-profit, and non-profit groups. Organizations tend to have a predominant outlook on knowledge that is part of organizational culture (OC) (Wikstrom & Normann, 1994). A new line of inquiry, Knowledge Management (KM), focuses on how knowledge is acquired, created, and distributed (Alvesson & Karreman, 2001; Lengnick-Hall & Lengnick-Hall, 2003) within organizations. Alavi …
Take A Good, Long Look In The Mirror: Adult Education, Praxis, And The Scholarship Of Engagement, Susan J. Bracken
Take A Good, Long Look In The Mirror: Adult Education, Praxis, And The Scholarship Of Engagement, Susan J. Bracken
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The scholarship of engagement is seemingly congruent with adult education disciplinary values yet few adult education scholars appear to be actively shaping the discourse and practice of the scholarship of engagement. This preliminary work explores the reasons why adult education scholars may not be involved, and suggests reasons to consider more visible adult education participation.
Teachers’ Responses To Accountability In Abe Practice, Kimberly R. Burgess
Teachers’ Responses To Accountability In Abe Practice, Kimberly R. Burgess
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Accountability policies in most states strongly shape how adult education literacy is defined and delivered in adult education programs. This paper examines how teachers in this study respond to the pressure and demands of a performance-based education system.
Workplace Learning For International Humanitarian Assistance Corps, Wei-Wen Chang
Workplace Learning For International Humanitarian Assistance Corps, Wei-Wen Chang
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In the past decades, while global industrial progress has generally improved people’s life, poverty, plague, and scarcity of resources are still major challenges for residents in many areas. Even in a modern society, catastrophe caused by a war or weather also often impacts its security and stability. In nations faced with such humanitarian challenges, many voluntary groups have been formed to assist hard-pressed governments in mitigating various crises. The purpose of this session is to discuss my current research project on workplace learning for those people who provide humanitarian assistance internationally.
Persistent Challenges In Cross Cultural Quantitative Research: Measuring Classroom Dynamics In Adult Learning In Ireland And The Usa, Máirtín Ó. Fathaigh, Thomas Valentine
Persistent Challenges In Cross Cultural Quantitative Research: Measuring Classroom Dynamics In Adult Learning In Ireland And The Usa, Máirtín Ó. Fathaigh, Thomas Valentine
Adult Education Research Conference
This research roundtable will explore some of the conceptual and methodological considerations that underpin high-quality cross-cultural quantitative research. The core problem to be addressed can be best exemplified by real-world vignettes drawn from our own experiences.
Social Institutions As Sites Of Learning For Older Adults: Opportunities And Constraints, Brian Findsen Dr.
Social Institutions As Sites Of Learning For Older Adults: Opportunities And Constraints, Brian Findsen Dr.
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This paper focuses on the environments of social institutions in which seniors do most of their learning - the family, the church, the workplace, the community, the media. Older adults are portrayed as active contributors where learning is usually less intentional, non-hierarchical and associated with daily living
Women Of Color On Teaching Race, Doris Flowers, Vanessa Sheared, Lee Martin, Ming-Hey Lee
Women Of Color On Teaching Race, Doris Flowers, Vanessa Sheared, Lee Martin, Ming-Hey Lee
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Women of color discuss issues of race in a teaching and learning context. In doing so we will include discussion of the differences in the philosophical approaches to teaching about race in academe and the barriers encountered in the classroom.
Becoming A (Virtual) Skateboarder: Communities Of Practice And The Design Of E-Learning, Hayes R. Hayes
Becoming A (Virtual) Skateboarder: Communities Of Practice And The Design Of E-Learning, Hayes R. Hayes
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An analysis of a popular video game is used to illustrate how digital technologies can be used to provide learners with an experience of moving from novice to expert in a distinctive, though virtual, community of practice.
Gender Difference In Online Discussions: What’S Happening In That Space, Jusung Jun
Gender Difference In Online Discussions: What’S Happening In That Space, Jusung Jun
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The purpose of this paper was to examine the nature of the online discussion that male and female adult learners created in a specific online learning setting. This purpose was guided by the following research question: To what extent can manifestations of power be explained by personal characteristics of students?
Making Sense Of Participatory Action Research Approaches: Mapping The Territory, Richard Kiely
Making Sense Of Participatory Action Research Approaches: Mapping The Territory, Richard Kiely
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This roundtable discusses the historical, political and cultural contexts from which different approaches to Participatory Action Research have emerged. A typology will be provided that differentiates dimensions of various PAR approaches
Learning And Education Of Marginalized Women In The United States, Deborah Kilgore, Ana Guisela Chupina, M. Carolyn Clark, Jennifer A. Sandlin, Barbara Sparks
Learning And Education Of Marginalized Women In The United States, Deborah Kilgore, Ana Guisela Chupina, M. Carolyn Clark, Jennifer A. Sandlin, Barbara Sparks
Adult Education Research Conference
What do we ‘know’ about marginalized women’s learning and educational experiences and how can this knowledge positively inform educators and researchers? All interested scholars are invited to share their research methodologies, experiences, and findings in this roundtable as we begin to develop a collective understanding.
Adult Education And The Arts: A Marriage Of Mind, Body, Heart And Soul, Randee Lipson Lawrence, Keith Armstron, Bette Donoho, Kristin Lems, Steven Noble, Kevin Olsen, Anne Mccrary Sullivan
Adult Education And The Arts: A Marriage Of Mind, Body, Heart And Soul, Randee Lipson Lawrence, Keith Armstron, Bette Donoho, Kristin Lems, Steven Noble, Kevin Olsen, Anne Mccrary Sullivan
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The authors of an upcoming publication on artistic ways of knowing share their findings through poetic expression.
Perpetuating Racism In The Adult Education Professoriate: A Liberatory Process For White European American Professors, Carole L. Lund
Perpetuating Racism In The Adult Education Professoriate: A Liberatory Process For White European American Professors, Carole L. Lund
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The purpose of this case study research was to identify attitudes and analyze the behaviors of White European American members of the Adult Education professoriate to determine how and in what ways racism is perpetuated in their profession and practice.
Negotiation Of Sociopolitical Issues Within Medical Education When Planning Programs To Address Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Health Care, Letha J. Mosley M.Ed., Otr/L
Negotiation Of Sociopolitical Issues Within Medical Education When Planning Programs To Address Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Health Care, Letha J. Mosley M.Ed., Otr/L
Adult Education Research Conference
The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand the issues influencing program planning designed to address racial and ethnic disparities in health care within the context of medical education. Participants will discuss the role of adult educators in facilitating responsible program planning within the venue of medical education.
The Self-Directed Learning Of Men With Prostate Cancer: A Qualitative Study, Kathleen B. Rager
The Self-Directed Learning Of Men With Prostate Cancer: A Qualitative Study, Kathleen B. Rager
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Semi structured interviews were conducted with 12 men who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer and who used self-directed learning extensively in regard to their disease. The commonalities in their motivations, learning resources, learning strategies, and outcomes are discussed as well as the common themes and recommendations emerging from their interviews.
Equitable, Not Equal: Perspectives Of Community-University Partnerships Through The Voices Of Community Stakeholders, Lorilee R. Sandmann Ph.D.
Equitable, Not Equal: Perspectives Of Community-University Partnerships Through The Voices Of Community Stakeholders, Lorilee R. Sandmann Ph.D.
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Adult and community development practitioners and scholars are frequently involved in community-university partnerships. A core premise of these partnerships is that university engagement in communities is best done via collaborative, mutually respectful, mutually beneficial partnerships (HUD, 2002). Effective partnerships take time and effort and they require mobilizing resources from diverse parties with overlapping and sometimes conflicting interests. Sustaining them requires that the parties strike a balance between the interest of communities and of higher education institutions.
The Role Of Cognitive Engagement In Adult Literacy Learning, Thomas Valentine, Judy Milton, Anastasiya A. Lipnevich, Harold Beder
The Role Of Cognitive Engagement In Adult Literacy Learning, Thomas Valentine, Judy Milton, Anastasiya A. Lipnevich, Harold Beder
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Research in adult literacy has often focused on what occurs outside of the classroom. Excellent research has been done exploring the lives of learners, their motivations to attend, and how they apply new learning. However, studies focusing on the actual process of learning in the classroom have been considered the domain of content specialists in reading and math, who pay little attention to the social context of the classroom or to the social-psychological realities of learning for marginalized adults.
Racializing The Discourse Of Adult Education, Elizabeth A. Peterson, Stephen D. Brookfield, Vanessa Sheared, Juanita Johnson-Bailey, Scipio A.J. Colin
Racializing The Discourse Of Adult Education, Elizabeth A. Peterson, Stephen D. Brookfield, Vanessa Sheared, Juanita Johnson-Bailey, Scipio A.J. Colin
Adult Education Research Conference
This symposium began in 2002 as a dialogue between Stephen Brookfield, Scipio Colin III and me. The circumstances that brought about the dialogue are indicative of the need for a symposium on race talk among educators and even more specifically among adult educators. At the time, Stephen was at Harvard and because of his work there he was asked to contribute an article to the Harvard Educational Review about racializing the discourse of adult education. As a White male Stephen felt strongly that minority voices should included and proposed inviting several African American academics as well—the topic was important enough …
Challenging The Hegemony Of Western Views Of Learning, Sharan B. Merriam, Logama Doraisamy, Brian Findsen, Mazalan Kamis, Youngwha Kee, Mazanah Mohamad, Gabo Ntseane, Swathi Nath Thaker
Challenging The Hegemony Of Western Views Of Learning, Sharan B. Merriam, Logama Doraisamy, Brian Findsen, Mazalan Kamis, Youngwha Kee, Mazanah Mohamad, Gabo Ntseane, Swathi Nath Thaker
Adult Education Research Conference
This symposium will challenge the hegemony of Western conceptions of learning through the presentation of conceptions of knowing and learning based in alternative epistemological systems. The following views of knowing and learning will be presented: Confucian, Hindu, Maori, Islamic, and African Indigenous Knowledge.