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Participation And Learning In Community Organizations: A Theoretical Framework, Hleziphi Naomie Nyanungo
Participation And Learning In Community Organizations: A Theoretical Framework, Hleziphi Naomie Nyanungo
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper describes a theoretical framework for examining the behavior of community organizations as social actors that shape the participation and learning of their members. The voices of adult educators are among the many scholars and activists calling for local residents to come together to collectively define and address their community concerns. Accompanying the call for participation in collective action is the assumption that through participation, individuals learn to be empowered citizens. Learning in communities is a major focus in adult education (Cunningham, 1996; Hamilton & Cunningham, 1989). However, much of this focus is on the behavior of individuals and …
What Do You Do When The Law Doesn’T Work? Adult Educators’ Role In Fighting Workplace Discrimination, Ann Brooks, Tamara Clunis
What Do You Do When The Law Doesn’T Work? Adult Educators’ Role In Fighting Workplace Discrimination, Ann Brooks, Tamara Clunis
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An analysis of research suggests that ethnic/racial group members lack informal access to developmental opportunities in the workplace. Legal scholars critique Title VII law as ineffective in current organizations. Research shows the work of adult educators is critical in fighting discrimination in the absence of effective legal protection.
Critical Adult Learning Of Immigrant Workers: A Social Network Perspective, Moosung Lee
Critical Adult Learning Of Immigrant Workers: A Social Network Perspective, Moosung Lee
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Why does one immigrant worker get involved in critical learning whereas another does not? This study attempted to answer the question by revealing how social ties of immigrant workers play a key role in mediating critical learning to a particular political attitude. The results of the study suggested that immigrant workers who showed a resistant political attitude, which is linked to the process of critical learning, tended to have more social ties and occupy more important socio-structural positions in their network than other peer workers.
Novice Physician-Scientists’ Learning In Communities Of Practice, Min-Fen Wang, Lori L. Bakken
Novice Physician-Scientists’ Learning In Communities Of Practice, Min-Fen Wang, Lori L. Bakken
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This study drew from sociocultural theory to understand novice physician-scientists’ (PSs) clinical research learning experience in the workplaces. The findings suggest that there are various forms of research participation marginalized in the PS-communities. The structural dimension of workplace learning context, such as gender, culture, power, and access needs more attention.
A Holistic Conceptualization Of Adult Learning And Its Critiques Of Selected Concepts And Theories, Baiyin Yang
A Holistic Conceptualization Of Adult Learning And Its Critiques Of Selected Concepts And Theories, Baiyin Yang
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This paper critically evaluates several contemporary concepts and theories of adult learning. Most of existing adult learning theories and conceptualizations tend to narrowly define knowledge and learning. Holistic learning theory provides an integrative framework that can be used adequately explain many propositions of major contemporary theories and concepts of adult learning.
Establishing A Lifelong Learning System By Developing Higher Vocational Education: A Case Of China, Jie Xiong
Establishing A Lifelong Learning System By Developing Higher Vocational Education: A Case Of China, Jie Xiong
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This paper reveals that higher vocational education (HVE) is playing a key role for establishing a lifelong learning system in China. Discussions are based on the theory that higher education is at the core to build a lifelong learning system with a focus on the concept of vertical integration.
Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 34, No. 1, Fall 2006, Festus E. Obiakor
Table Of Contents And Editorial Information For Vol. 34, No. 1, Fall 2006, Festus E. Obiakor
Educational Considerations
Table of contents and editorial information for Vol. 34, no. 1, Fall 2006
Beyond Narrow Confines: Special Education Leadership For Ethnically Diverse Urban Learners, Gathogo Mukuria, Festus E. Obiakor
Beyond Narrow Confines: Special Education Leadership For Ethnically Diverse Urban Learners, Gathogo Mukuria, Festus E. Obiakor
Educational Considerations
Human frailties exist in everyone. There are some things that we know and some that we do not know.
Changing Roles Of Special Education Administrators: Impact On Multicultural Learners., Jeffrey P. Bakken, Mary O'Brian, Debra L. Shelden
Changing Roles Of Special Education Administrators: Impact On Multicultural Learners., Jeffrey P. Bakken, Mary O'Brian, Debra L. Shelden
Educational Considerations
The standards movement has been a part of education for almost the last half century.
Managing Transition And Student Support Services For Ethnically Diverse College Students With Learning Disabilities, Sunday O. Obi
Managing Transition And Student Support Services For Ethnically Diverse College Students With Learning Disabilities, Sunday O. Obi
Educational Considerations
Postsecondary transition for students with disabilities continues to be challenging.
Building Successful Multicultural Special Education Programs Through Innovative Leadership, Festus E. Obiakor, Floyd D. Beachum, Darrell Williams, Carlos R. Mccray
Building Successful Multicultural Special Education Programs Through Innovative Leadership, Festus E. Obiakor, Floyd D. Beachum, Darrell Williams, Carlos R. Mccray
Educational Considerations
Across America’s schools, administrators are faced with various educational challenges.
Abusive Administration: A Case Study, Anne L. Jefferson
Abusive Administration: A Case Study, Anne L. Jefferson
Educational Considerations
In the academic world, there is an assumption of reasonable administrative conduct. In fact, to ensure such conduct, universities, like other public institutions, may have collective agreements to reinforce this assumption.
Educational Considerations, Vol. 34(1) Full Issue, Festus E. Obiakor
Educational Considerations, Vol. 34(1) Full Issue, Festus E. Obiakor
Educational Considerations
Educational Considerations, vol. 34(1)-Fall 2006-Full issue
Valuing Exceptional Ethnic Minority Voices: New Leadership For A New Era, Festus E. Obiakor
Valuing Exceptional Ethnic Minority Voices: New Leadership For A New Era, Festus E. Obiakor
Educational Considerations
Educators and school leaders have continued to look for new ways of thinking and doing as they confront changes and shifts in paradigms and power. [Introduction to this special issue.]
The Role Of Administrators In Paraprofessional Supervision To Support Ethnic Minority Students With Special Needs, Betty Y. Ashbaker, Jill Morgan
The Role Of Administrators In Paraprofessional Supervision To Support Ethnic Minority Students With Special Needs, Betty Y. Ashbaker, Jill Morgan
Educational Considerations
The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 provided a clear mandate to school administrators to provide additional training for professional and paraprofessional staff.
Social Studies Methods Students Engaged In Service-Learning: Reciprocity Is The Key, Saundra Wetig
Social Studies Methods Students Engaged In Service-Learning: Reciprocity Is The Key, Saundra Wetig
Educational Considerations
As a social studies educator, I have found myself at the end of each semester reflecting on my preservice teachers’ practicum experiences.
A Different Definition Of “Boob-Tube”: What Dr. Catherine Gale, Of The Avengers, Taught Women, Robin Redmon Wright
A Different Definition Of “Boob-Tube”: What Dr. Catherine Gale, Of The Avengers, Taught Women, Robin Redmon Wright
Adult Education Research Conference
This paper summarizes a qualitative research project exploring the impact of the first feminist television character, Cathy Gale, of the 1962-64 British television program, The Avengers. Contemporaneous British women viewers reveal how Gale’s character helped them reject traditional roles, incorporate the character’s strengths, and seek out other feminist role models.
D Intellectual Resistance As Impetus For Lifelong Learning For Social Justice, Kristopher Wells
D Intellectual Resistance As Impetus For Lifelong Learning For Social Justice, Kristopher Wells
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This paper employs critical social learning perspectives to investigate the themes of emotional resilience, intellectual resistance, and lifelong learning evident in the experiences of three gay male young adults whom I situate as activist-educators. I discuss how these young adults integrate emotional labour and social learning into resistance work to create counterpublics, which lay challenge to exclusionary heteronormative educational spaces.
The Value Of Immigrant Parents, The Power Of Effective Adult Education: Fueling Viable Parent Involvement Through School-Based Adult Esl Classes, Robin A. Waterman
The Value Of Immigrant Parents, The Power Of Effective Adult Education: Fueling Viable Parent Involvement Through School-Based Adult Esl Classes, Robin A. Waterman
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This quasi-experimental study compares school-based adult ESL classes intentionally focused on parent involvement with those that are not. It addresses the need for empirical research of adult ESL instruction that integrates the most compelling goal of vast numbers of adult ESL students: supporting their children’s school success.
How Adults Learn About Multicultural Diversity Through Participating In The Arts, Sherre Wesley
How Adults Learn About Multicultural Diversity Through Participating In The Arts, Sherre Wesley
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This paper explores the ways in which participating in the arts – through creating, attending or organizing – helps adults learn about multicultural diversity. Learning methods, environments, and key experiences are discussed.
Measuring Social Capital In Adult Education Projects, Jeff Zacharakis
Measuring Social Capital In Adult Education Projects, Jeff Zacharakis
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This theoretical research analyzes the measurement of social capital in adult education and community development projects that seek to strengthen democratic processes and develop local leadership. It analyzes two different methodologies—in depth interviews and Web-based questionnaires—used to measure social capital.
Adult Education, Assessment And The Beginnings Of The Ged, Amy D. Rose
Adult Education, Assessment And The Beginnings Of The Ged, Amy D. Rose
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This study examines the development and implementation of the General Educational Development (GED) examination in the United States. It examines the ways that the GED was initially conceptualized and how the notion of equivalence was popularized.
A Majestic Burden: Discovering The Untold Stories Of Congressional Black Caucus (Cbc) Women And Learning Through Narrative Analysis8, Elice E. Rogers
A Majestic Burden: Discovering The Untold Stories Of Congressional Black Caucus (Cbc) Women And Learning Through Narrative Analysis8, Elice E. Rogers
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The purpose of this completed research investigation is to articulate three of four final research findings as part of a larger study that investigated diverse leadership among an under-represented group and to extend current research on African American women political leaders.
Deconstructing Heterosexual Privilege With New Science Metaphors, Tonette S. Rocco, Suzanne J. Gallagher
Deconstructing Heterosexual Privilege With New Science Metaphors, Tonette S. Rocco, Suzanne J. Gallagher
Adult Education Research Conference
The purpose of the paper is to deconstruct heterosexual privilege in adult education through exploring metaphors in quantum physics and ecology. Binary heterosexist boundaries are re-envisioned and alternative adult learning and education processes are suggested.
Developing Communicative Competence: Methodological Considerations For Conducting Qualitative Research With Spanish-Speaking Adult Learners, Esther Prins, Ana Guisela Chupina
Developing Communicative Competence: Methodological Considerations For Conducting Qualitative Research With Spanish-Speaking Adult Learners, Esther Prins, Ana Guisela Chupina
Adult Education Research Conference
This article analyzes how we responded to socio-linguistic challenges in our research with Spanish-speaking adults in the U.S. and El Salvador. Our respective racial/ethnic identities, first language, and insider or outsider status created distinctive challenges and communicative strategies. We argue that cross-cultural researchers must recognize socio-linguistic variation within groups and develop communicative competence.
The Power Of One: Engagement As The Key To Highly Effective Clinical Instruction, Dan Pratt, Ric Arseneau
The Power Of One: Engagement As The Key To Highly Effective Clinical Instruction, Dan Pratt, Ric Arseneau
Adult Education Research Conference
Twenty-two medical students and forty-one clinical faculty speculated on the results of an unusual study. Their speculations resulted in fourteen factors and six propositions that describe the nature of highly effective clinical teaching.
The Nature And Archaic Origins Of Lifelong Learning Processes: The Relevance Of Anthropology To Adult Education, Donovan Plumb
The Nature And Archaic Origins Of Lifelong Learning Processes: The Relevance Of Anthropology To Adult Education, Donovan Plumb
Adult Education Research Conference
Contemporary anthropology is developing key perspectives on human learning that are very relevant for the theories and practices of adult education. This paper explores the work of Merlin Donald, Donald Mithen, Michael Tomasello and Tim Ingold to show how current thinking in anthropology challenges the cognitivist bias that currently dominates our field.
Community Economic Development Strategic Planning For Rural Communities: A Case Study Of Successful Programs, John Preissing
Community Economic Development Strategic Planning For Rural Communities: A Case Study Of Successful Programs, John Preissing
Adult Education Research Conference
This is an empirical case study which examines the extent to which extension-led community economic development strategic planning (CEDSP) programs in rural communities have been effective and why.
Integrating The ‘Other’ In Adult Education Curriculum: The Case Of An Indian Tradition, Linda Ziegahn, Beloo Mehra
Integrating The ‘Other’ In Adult Education Curriculum: The Case Of An Indian Tradition, Linda Ziegahn, Beloo Mehra
Adult Education Research Conference
In order to truly globalize the field of adult education, a de-centering of Euro-centric frameworks is needed as we simultaneously integrate non-Western knowledge systems in curricular offerings and theoretical development. This paper explores selected aspects of the philosophy and discipline of Integral Yoga, and presents an example of a curriculum innovation.
Activist Forest Monks, Environmental Adult Education And The Construction Of Civil Society In Thailand, Pierre Walter
Activist Forest Monks, Environmental Adult Education And The Construction Of Civil Society In Thailand, Pierre Walter
Adult Education Research Conference
Situated at the intersection of adult learning in social movements, the construction of civil society, and environmental adult education, the grassroots movement of Buddhist “forest monks” in Thailand has much to teach us. This paper charts the movement’s history, philosophy, and practice in the construction of Thai civil society.