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Dual Language Effectiveness To Narrow Achievement Gaps: A Quantitative Correlational Study, Belinda Reyes Ed.D.

Journal of English Learner Education

An increase in the English learner (EL) population is evident in public schools throughout the United States. Academic achievement gaps between ELs and non-EL peers persist from early childhood through the post-secondary level (Florida Department of Education, 2019c). The gap in the literature is the lack of studies analyzing the language acquisition of ELs enrolled in dual language programs to narrow the achievement gap of ELs. Transformative Learning Theory and the Dynamic Systems Theory are the foundation of the theoretical framework. Key research questions seek data on the relationship between standardized assessments measuring language acquisition and academic performance of third-grade …

Action Is Demonstrative Of Critical Reflection And “Disorienting Dilemma” Is Démodé, Carol A. Olszewski, Catherine A. Hansman

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper explores transformative learning and 1) roles of decision-making and actions as outward expressions of critical reflection and 2) vocabulary that encapsulates the essence of the “disorienting dilemma.”

Toward A Culturally Inclusive Canon Of Multimodal Picture Books: Developing Multiliteracies Practices And Assessments For Ontario’S Classrooms, Arwa Jammali

Major Papers

Multimodal picture books are a critical component of children’s literacy development, and in a multicultural province such as Ontario, it is vital that literacy development include cultural literacy. The demographics of the province’s classrooms are increasingly diverse; however, minoritized cultures are underrepresented among teachers, and there are sparse training mandates related to cultural inclusion. Thus, Ontario’s culturally diverse student body is encountering a number of barriers related to gender, ethnicity, perceived race, sexual identity, ability, class, and other social markers. To provide teachers with the tools needed to support their students, the current study utilizes a theoretical framework derived from …

Profound Learning And Transformative Learning: Characteristics And Comparisons, Davin J. Carr-Chellman, Michael Kroth, Carol Rogers Shaw

Adult Education Research Conference

This exploratory, theoretical study develops the concept of profound learning through a mutual interrogation of the literature and research of transformative learning.

Transitioning To A Personalized Learning Environment Leveraging One-To-One Devices, Rebecca G. Myers

Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership Dissertations

Today’s educational blueprint is evolving from the traditional teacher-directed model into a student-driven curriculum approach. Specifically, education is experiencing a paradigm shift from the long-established one-size-fits-all model to a customized learning process known as personalized learning. Personalized learning aims at engaging students in more relevant and rigorous learning and turns them into co-designers as the curriculum becomes tailored to their individual learning needs, skills, and interests. Additionally, when coupled with educational technology, personalized learning will provide the teacher with the tools to individualize, differentiate, and accommodate multiple student learning styles and preferences. Indeed, as personalized learning increases in popularity the …

Discovering The Self That Teaches: Multimedia Reflective Journaling And The Education Stories Of Beginning Preservice Teachers, Meredith Paula Allard

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Who is the self that teaches (Palmer, 1998)? One way of uncovering a teacher’s self may be to allow beginning preservice teachers the opportunity to share their education stories, which may then allow them to explore their initial self-concepts of their roles as future teachers. This study used narrative inquiry and the arts-based activities of a multimedia reflective journal and a memoir reflective assignment as tools to help beginning preservice teachers discover and learn from their education stories. The frameworks of arts-based education research, transformative learning, and transformative teaching provided a unique lens through which to explore the education stories …

Critical Reflection And Imaginative Engagement: Towards An Integrated Theory Of Transformative Learning, John M. Dirkx, Benjamin D. Espinoza, Steven Schlegel

Adult Education Research Conference

Based on a review of the literature, we propose an integrated approach to transformative learning that recognizes the importance of both the rational and affective, as well as the personal and the social dimensions in fostering self-understanding.

Career Construction As A Way To Promote Self-Determined Vocational Choices Of People With Disabilities, Chang-Kyu Kwon

Adult Education Research Conference

The purpose of this round table is to discuss how transformative learning theory can be utilized to increase the quality of career development and vocational rehabilitation of people with disabilities.

Adult Learning In Social Innovation, Cheryl K. Baldwin, Rachel Lander

Adult Education Research Conference

A qualitative study of practitioner learning in a multi-year, cross-sector, social innovation project indicated that team-based learning associated with the collaborative program model was expansive in character and influenced organizational learning beyond the project.

Learning Agility: The Nexus Between Learning Organization, Transformative Learning, And Adaptive Performance, Doo H. Lim, Min Hee Yoo, Junghwan Kim, Spencer A. Brickell

Adult Education Research Conference

The purpose of this study is to establish a model of learning agility that is connected with transformative learning and the double-loop learning of organizational learning. Also, this study aims to identify the mediating role of learning agility on the relationship between learning organization, transformative learning, and adaptive performance.

Ghost And The Machine: Bringing Untold Personal Spiritual And Cultural Experiences To Life Through The Medium Of Digital Storytelling., Ingrid Andersen, Elizabeth J. Tisdell

Adult Education Research Conference

This study examines learners’ perceptions of the experiences of transformation from the storytelling experience of digital stories within a graduate class on spirituality and culture, by means of the lenses of both transformative learning theory and storytelling theory.

Personal Growth, Social Change Or Human Capital: A Document Analysis Of An Online Education Program For Adult Learners, Nakita Dolet, Maeghen L. Macdonald

Adult Education Research Conference

This document analysis interrogates how one institution balances classically competing objectives of emancipatory learning, personal growth, and human resource development in an online adult education program.

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.

The Relationship Between Instrumental And Transformative Learning In Structured Workplace Learning Programs: Insights From Embedded Formative Assessment, Cheryl K. Baldwin

Adult Education Research Conference

A grounded theory study of tacit knowledge elicited in workplace learning programs examined instrumental and transformative elements. Observational, reflective and interview data indicated that learner beliefs about work challenged content legitimacy. Low levels of reflective dialogue were associated with immediate application or quieting reactions. Instrumental content helped prompt perspective shifts.

The Role Of Transformative Learning In Fostering Identity Development Among Learners In Professional Education Programs Of Study, Elizabeth P. Marlowe, Teresa J. Carter

Adult Education Research Conference

This roundtable discussion engages participants in exploring how professional identity develops for learners engaged in advanced professional education and how they experience the meaning of what it is to become a professional.

Mediating Teachers As Learners: Conversations From Shared Experience, Paul Watkins

Administrative Issues Journal

Race to the Top mandates, much like other comprehensive reforms before, focuses on teacher quality and student outcomes. Measuring teacher quality, under Race to the Top reforms, remains a subject of uncertainty, particularly measuring for improvement. This article argues that a central purpose of classroom evaluation is to provide supportive, targeted feedback by differentiating teachers as learners. Drago-Severson and Mezirow offer a framework for adult learning that overlays this theoretical analysis. The three cases explored for this article demonstrate levels of adult learning among teachers, directing the novice to addressing the fully formed transformational learner. The cases promote professional learning …

Broadening Students’ Perceptions Of Conflict: The Challenge Of Metaphorical Change, Justin D. Walton

Administrative Issues Journal

This qualitative investigation examined the semester long effects of a critical transformative pedagogy on students’ metaphorical understandings of conflict interaction. The study included five university conflict management seminars taught over a four year period. Findings revealed that (a) while most students entered the course with predominantly negative and oppositional perceptions of conflict, the use of a critical transformative pedagogy did indeed (b) help support new metaphorical understandings of conflict interaction and (c) supported instances of personal empowerment and expanded self-knowledge. Implications and suggestions for future research are considered.

“The Best Place We Can Learn From Is Ourselves”The Development, Implementation And Use Of An Online Patient-Based Community Of Practice For People With Type 2 Diabetes, Glenn Mason

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper reports on the development, implementation and use of a patient-centred online community of practice for people with type 2 diabetes mellitus. In this qualitative study, the theoretical framework of activity theory is adopted to describe the complexity of the use of the system and to frame the evaluation of the use of the learning environment.

All You Need Is Love: The Role Of Relationships In Transformative Learning As Seen In Contemporary Fiction, Randee Lipson Lawrence

Adult Education Research Conference

Fiction is the major source of research data in this study of transformative learning. Personal relationships are highlighted as being pivotal to the transformative learning process. Relationships both facilitate and inhibit transformation.

Bringing Clarity To Transformative Learning Research, Chad Hoggan

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper presents the results of a review of the literature on transformative learning theory that focused on transformational outcomes. The wide variety of outcomes present in the research literature are organized into a typology, and recommendations are made for future scholarly work using the theory.

A Tree Growing Amidst An Orchestraautoethnographic Practice In Transformative Learning, David T. Culkin

Adult Education Research Conference

How can an adult make meaning from complex transformative learning experiences in order to become a self-authored learner? This autoethnography explores how a male in the general population describes his transformative learning experiences and identity development over 23 years. The author illustrates the value of authoethnographic practice by illustrating how it has promoted his transformation over three decades.

Perceptions Of Live Experiences Of Clinical Pastoral Education Students, Brenda Perry Wallace

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

This qualitative case study addressed the problem at a West Indies theological college that lacked the ability to provide courses for spiritual care training by using the teaching methodology of clinical pastoral education (CPE). CPE is an experiential process using a clinical method of learning to interpret human conditions. Spiritual care training through CPE teaches clerics how to help persons find meaning in life's situations and make connections with their God. Guided by the frameworks of transformative learning and critical theological reflection, this study explored the lived experiences of 5 purposefully selected CPE students who participated in 1 unit of …

Exploring The Educational Value Of The Undergraduate Teaching Apprentice (Uta) Experience, Molly Reynolds, Deanna Sellnow, Katharine Head, Kathryn E. Anthony

Journal of the Association for Communication Administration

Employing graduate students as teaching assistants (GTAs) is a common practice in universities across the United States. Using undergraduate students as teaching assistants/apprentices (UTAs), however, is not only less common but also often sparks debate among various stakeholder groups (e.g., teachers, administrators, community members). Moreover, relatively little empirical research has been published to support arguments on either side of the issue. The present study extends research by providing evidence to support the educational value of employing UTAs as teaching apprentices. More specifically, researchers conducted a grounded theory qualitative analysis of free-write essay responses collected from 33 UTAs throughout the course …

The Human And The Divine - Factors That Mediate Forgiveness Through Sacred Relationships, Perdeta L. Bush

Adult Education Research Conference

The purpose of this review is to explore the research literature surrounding forgiveness and its potential contribution to adult learning. The implications could inform new directions of study for transformative learning theory and spirituality in adult education.

Teaching With New Eyes: Transformative Faculty Professional Development For Online Teaching, Carol A. Mcquiggan

Adult Education Research Conference

This qualitative action research study explored the changes in teaching assumptions and beliefs and face-to-face teaching practices fostered by transformative learning among higher education faculty as a result of participating in a blended professional development program to prepare them to teach online. Keywords: transformative learning, faculty development, action research

A Holy Curiosity: Transformative Self-Directed Learning To Breakthrough New Knowledge In The Case Of Einstein, Deanna Lynn Vogt

Dissertations

The case of Einstein’s discovery of the relativity theory, explored with grounded theory methodology, illustrates a type of self-directed learning characterized by personal and non-personal, or technical, transformative learning, the result of which is iconic original, breakthrough learning. This dissertation explores three aspects of adult learning which are novel in adult education.

First, this study of breakthrough process, for which there is only one apparent precedent in adult education, considers how an individual goes about a self-directed learning project that revolutionizes a field. In this regard, the concept of original learning, as opposed to transmitted learning, presents itself as a …

Transformative Learning And The Ecological Crisis: Insights From The Tao Of Liberation, Mark Hathaway

Adult Education Research Conference

The complexity and scale of the ecological crisis poses unique challenges to transformative learning. To address these, The Tao of Liberation (Hathaway & Boff, 2009) offers insights to reconceptualize transformative learning from an ecological perspective, including new ways of framing learning goals, the nature of liberation, and the process of worldviews transformation. The Tao also provides analysis addressing some of the key psychological obstacles impeding transformative learning related to the ecological crisis. Finally, The Tao outlines four “paths to liberation” that suggest concrete processes that can foster integral transformative learning.

Catalysts For Transformative Learning In The Making Of Scientist- Environmentalists: A Consideration Of The Lives Of Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, And David Suzuki1, Pierre Walter

Adult Education Research Conference

This is a study of the role of transformative learning in the lives of three well-known scientist-environmentalists. It identifies catalysts for transformative learning in their life transitions from positivist-scientists to scientist-environmentalists. The paper concludes that transformative learning was not only an individual process, but also that each scientist helped provoke a collective process of transformative learning and social change.

Theological Education In Action: A Study Of Racial Perspective Change Among Participants In The Student Interracial Ministry Of Union Theological Seminary (1960-1968), Kirk A. Moll

Adult Education Research Conference

This qualitative research study investigated the role played by white theological seminary student participation in the Student Interracial Ministry (1960-1968) in the transformation of the participants’ racial perspectives. The central theoretical framework was transformative learning. The role of racism as a disorienting dilemma; interpersonal, affective, and spiritual/religious factors, and transformative learning across the lifespan were explored.

A Transformative Dance Through “Language Mountains” And “Blind Spots”: Park Educators Learn Responsiveness To Immigrant Newcomers, Elizabeth Lange, Peter Vogels, Zenobia Jamal

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper describes a project Learning Language, Learning the Land, created to enhance park accessibility and social belonging for immigrant newcomers by combining language learning and environmental literacy in a city park and provincial park setting. This paper reports on the dialectics of transformative learning for parks staff as they discovered the inappropriateness of didactic methods and how effective adult learning emerges from rapport, educational responsiveness and ethnocultural knowledge. Second, through informal learning, staff became allies in these traditionally white, middle class spaces, helping build a sense of place and social belonging.