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Stephen D. Perez – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The tragedies that befell the USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain in 2017 cost 17 service members their lives. These incidents sent shock waves through the service, with several upper-echelon officers losing their positions while temporarily halting all naval operations. Investigating the collisions, The National Transportation Safety Board…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Attitudes, Apprenticeships, Military Training
Jennifer Kate Gibson Davis – ProQuest LLC, 2022
There is a lack of published research on adult education programs in religious institutions. While religious institutions encourage their members to attend religious education opportunities, it may often be out of tradition. This study aims to begin the conversation around the tradition of Sunday School, specifically, the learning style…
Descriptors: Learning Modalities, Adult Learning, Churches, Christianity
Shalieka Tiffia Burris – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study examined adult learners' satisfaction, motivation, and engagement in online academic writing courses. Utilizing a mixed method, causal-comparative design, the study investigated the experiences of adult learners, who have distinctive characteristics from traditional learners. The findings revealed that adult learners are highly…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Online Courses, Academic Language, Writing Instruction
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Shi, Yuewei; Lin, Xi – Research in Learning Technology, 2021
Online learning has become a prevailing trend among adult learners. Therefore, this study investigated the learning time preference and the relationship between the course completion and learning activities among adult learners based on data from one online learning platform. Results indicate that a periodical fluctuation of participating online…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Electronic Learning, Online Courses
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Billett, Stephen; Le, Anh Hai; Smith, Raymond; Choy, Sarojni – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2021
The transitions adults negotiate across their working lives need to be further understood for governments, workplaces, and the community to effectively support these adults. Through analyses of worklife history interview data with 30 working age adults, distinct kinds of changes comprising these transitions have been delineated as representative…
Descriptors: Career Development, Family Work Relationship, Lifelong Learning, Adults
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Potter, Judith – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2021
This study uses the McGill Community for Lifelong Learning (MCLL) as a case study to probe issues related to seniors' learning within university contexts, including demographics, effects of learning on the lives of older adults, mutual benefits, and expectations for learners and the university community of which they are members. The intention of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Learning, Lifelong Learning, Adult Students
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Quan-Baffour, Kofi Poku – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
Decades of career in adult education confirmed the author's assumption that adult learners possess lots of lived experiences, exhibit different learning styles and have immediate learning needs to fulfil. Some learners may be slow and take time to grasp information while others might be shy, introverts, lack confidence or extroverts who like to…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Adult Learning, Foreign Countries, Adult Students
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Egure, Dominic Siami; Curry, Katherine; Fiegener, Ashlyn M.; Kim, Younglong; Akinrinmade, Bodunrin – School Community Journal, 2023
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to investigate, through the lens of Adult Learning Theory, the perceived influence of TeleNGAGE on educators' and families' capacity to collaborate in equitable and transformative ways. Findings suggest that educators' and families' capacity for collaborative problem-solving was enhanced through…
Descriptors: Family School Relationship, Equal Education, Problem Solving, Case Studies