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Dorottya Demszky; Heather C. Hill; Eric S. Taylor; Ashlee Kupor; Deepak Varuvel Dennison; Chris Piech – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2025
The role of teacher agency in professional learning has been the subject of several qualitative studies but has not yet been tested in an experimental setting. To provide causal evidence of the impact of teacher agency on the effectiveness of professional learning, we conducted a preregistered randomized controlled trial in an online computer…
Descriptors: Professional Autonomy, Faculty Development, Attribution Theory, Online Courses
Xiaofang, Bi – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2021
Context: Sense-making, understood as meaning making or giving meaning to experience, is an integral part of everyday life, work and learning, and is a process critical in enabling people to recognise how and when to respond to situations appropriately so that they can resolve problems effectively. Earlier studies on sense-making in educational or…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Blended Learning, Comparative Analysis, Outcomes of Education
Anderson, Jason; Lightfoot, Amy – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2021
This paper reports on an exploratory survey investigating both translingual practices in English language classrooms in India and attitudes towards translanguaging and L1 use among teachers surveyed. 169 teachers from primary, secondary, tertiary and adult sectors responded to 33 quantitative and six qualitative items investigating nine research…
Descriptors: Native Language, Translation, Second Language Learning, Code Switching (Language)
Wahlgren, Bjarne – International Review of Education, 2016
Which competences do professional adult educators need? This research note discusses the topic from a comparative perspective, finding that adult educators' required competences are wide-ranging, heterogeneous and complex. They are subject to context in terms of national and cultural environment as well as the kind of adult education concerned…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Adult Education, Minimum Competencies, Educational Needs
Sava, Simona Lidia; Shah, S. Y. – International Review of Education, 2015
Validation of prior learning (VPL), also referred to as recognition, validation and accreditation of prior learning (RVA), is becoming an increasingly important political issue at both European and international levels. In 2012, the European Council, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Adult Educators, Guidelines, Quality Assurance
Edwards, Shanda E. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
For at least 50 years, prominent adult learning theorists have recommended that adult educators commit to a learner-centered teaching approach. Extensive teaching styles research has been conducted on face-to-face and online adult educators, albeit separately, to examine their commitment levels to the learner-centered style. In addition, there has…
Descriptors: Teaching Styles, Adult Educators, Electronic Learning, Comparative Analysis
Clover, Darlene E.; Bell, Lorraine – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2013
Public art galleries and museums have been mandated to become more relevant and useful to the lived experiences of the broad communities they claim to serve. Adult education has long been part of the work of these institutions, although historically the relationship has been uneasy, and they seldom feature in the adult education literature. To…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Interviews, Focus Groups
Itua, Imose; Coffey, Margaret; Merryweather, David; Norton, Lin; Foxcroft, Angela – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2014
Staff and student perceptions of what constitutes good academic writing in both further and higher education often differ. This is reflected in written assignments which frequently fall below the expected standard. In seeking to develop the writing skills of students and propose potential solutions to writing difficulties, a study was conducted in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Discourse, Barriers, Student Attitudes
Tanis, David J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Play and playfulness and their role in learning are researched extensively in early childhood education. However, as the child matures into an adult, play and playfulness are given less attention in the teaching and learning process. In adult education, there is very little research about play/playfulness and its significance for learning. Despite…
Descriptors: Play, Adult Education, Higher Education, Comparative Analysis
Shiffman, Catherine Dunn – School Community Journal, 2013
This article explores linkages between adult educator practices and the parent involvement needs of adult students with school-age children. A comparative case study examined the knowledge, experiential, self-efficacy, and social capital dimensions of adult educator practices that inform parent involvement efforts. One English as a Second Language…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Adult Students, Adult Educators, Comparative Analysis
Elstad, Eyvind; Christophersen, Knut-Andreas; Turmo, Are – Journal of Educational Administration, 2012
Purpose: Organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) involves discretionary behaviour advantageous to the organisation that goes beyond existing role expectations. The purpose of this paper is to explore the link between the strength of accountability and teachers' OCB within three different management systems in which teachers are working: a…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Citizenship, Structural Equation Models, Governance
Boucouvalas, Marcie, Ed.; Avoseh, Mejai, Ed. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2016
The Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) provides a forum for the discussion of international issues related to adult education in general, as well as adult education in various countries around the globe. The following purposes summarize the work of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Independent Study, Undergraduate Students
Beckloff, Randy – Convergence, 2008
Adult education efforts in Africa are dominated by Western models. One aspect of this domination is a presumption that Western models of adult development can be applied to African contexts. As perspectives on adult development affect adult education programmes, this presumption may negatively impact these programmes in Africa. This manuscript…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Adult Educators
Nechvoglod, Lisa; Mlotkowski, Peter; Guthrie, Hugh – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2010
The purpose of this report is to provide national data on the technical and further education (TAFE) workforce in 2008 and, where possible, compare this with 2002 data collected for the report "Profiling the national vocational education and training workforce" (NCVER 2004). Currently, there is no regular consistent national collection…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Labor Force
Rodriguez, Amber Gallup; McKay, Sharon – Center for Adult English Language Acquisition, 2010
Despite high staff turnover and a predominance of part-time positions in the field of adult education some adult education teachers create careers for themselves that span many years--even decades. According to the U.S. Department of Education (2007), teachers are the most important factor in improving student achievement. Knapp (2003) points out…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Teaching Experience, Experienced Teachers
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