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Rochelle N. Jackson-Smarr – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The increasingly diverse student population serves as a motivating factor for colleges to reimagine both their academic pedagogy and curriculum to be more inclusive of diverse student learners' needs. Service-learning is a high-impact practice that positively influences students' academic success, and student engagement on- and off-campus, along…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Student Diversity, African American Students, Undergraduate Students
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Yen, Chia-Ming – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2021
This study explored the transformative outcomes of programmes and activities for family caregivers of people with dementia in Taiwan. Transformative learning theory was used to examine the relationship between participation and positive outcomes. A group of nonparticipants was included to provide a complete picture of the transformative learning…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Program Effectiveness, Caregiver Training, Caregivers
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Prandini, Manuela; Baconguis, Rowena D. T. – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2021
Faced with impoverishment after the financial crisis of 2008, Filipino women migrants in Italy struggle to sustain their financial commitments to their families in the Philippines. Research shows that financial literacy and entrepreneurship (FLE) education can improve financial management and decision-making processes. Spanning a period of…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Entrepreneurship, Money Management, Multiple Literacies
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Rocha, Janet – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2021
Postsecondary institutions do not typically recognize or utilize students' cultural wealth, yet cultural practices can significantly affect college persistence. In this longitudinal study, seven Mexican American low-income college students attending a large public research institution participated in in-depth interviews to examine the types of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Resilience (Psychology), Cultural Capital, Academic Persistence