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Baumgartner, Lisa M. – Adult Education Quarterly, 2002
Narrative analysis of interviews with 11 HIV-positive adults in 1995, 1998, and 1999 found the following: (1) perspective transformation remained stable; (2) changes in meaning schemas in 1998 had been acted on; (3) new meanings included increased appreciation for the human condition and an expanded view of intimacy; and (4) social interaction was…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adult Education, Change, Chronic Illness
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Baumgartner, Lisa M. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2005
This chapter examines how HIV-positive adults made sense of their diagnosis. Individuals experienced a perspective transformation or change in worldview, which was found to hold over time. Changes in meaning schemes or individual beliefs and assumptions occurred over time.
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Adults, Clinical Diagnosis, Patients
Baumgartner, Lisa M. – 2001
The incorporation of human immune deficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) into identity over time was examined by collecting data from the same 11 HIV-positive individuals at 3 points in time (in 1995, early 1998, and late 1999). By the time of their semi-structured interviews in late 1999, the seven men and four women…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Attitude Change, Change Agents, Coping
Merriam, Sharan B.; Caffarella, Rosemary S.; Baumgartner, Lisa M. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2006
In this updated landmark book, the authors have gathered the seminal work and most current thinking on adult learning into one volume. This book addresses a wide range of topics including: Who are adult learners? How do adults learn? Why are adults involved in learning activities? How does the social context shape the learning that adults are…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students