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Sahar Bader; Ibrahim Abotaleb; Ossama Hosny – Journal of Civil Engineering Education, 2025
Virtual reality (VR) training programs have seen substantial growth due to their ability to improve trainee learning outcomes. Despite this, there is a noticeable gap in the availability of conceptual frameworks that incorporate social learning theories as a basis for creating VR-based safety training programs. This research aims to address this…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Learning Theories, Computer Simulation, Safety Education
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Lisa Kaslon; Nathan W. Conner; Catherine Mthinda; Limson Kaluzi; Austen Moore – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2025
The effectiveness of Extension work is highly dependent on the preparedness and professional competencies of Extension practitioners. One area of training that is of importance to Extension practitioners is adult learning. According to Malcolm Knowles, andragogy is the art and science of adult learning. This study looked at the principles of adult…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Extension Education, Adult Learning, Andragogy
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Judith A. Alamprese; Kees Hoogland – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2025
Adults' development of literacy and numeracy skills that can enable them to navigate the demands of contemporary life and be prepared for the future is central to their economic, social, and personal well-being and the functioning of society. This article discusses the role of literacy and numeracy in adult learning and education, beginning with…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Literacy, Numeracy, Skill Development
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Muddassir Siddiqi – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2024
The rapid pace of technological change is revolutionizing every sector of the economy, transforming how value is created and delivered to consumers through technologies like robotics, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things. This transformation underscores the need for a diverse workforce as the new skills valued and…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Career Centers, Community Colleges, Skill Development
Kandra G. Knowles-Ferreira – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Current literature often focuses primarily on students when thinking of avenues to increase their academic achievement and/or social and emotional well-being, rather than increasing teacher professional capacity to directly impact students by developing their own social and emotional well-being. Therefore, there is a need to explore adult social…
Descriptors: Role Theory, Professional Development, Social Emotional Learning, Teacher Characteristics
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Sally Smith; Khristin Fabian; Ella Taylor-Smith; Matthew Barr; Tessa Berg; Andrew Bratton; Mario Kolberg; Jim Paterson; Mark Zarb – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2025
In the UK context of an ageing population, degree apprenticeships represent a new opportunity to study for a degree while working. Apprentices are full-time employees granted time to study for a degree with a significant workplace learning component. The aim of this study was to focus on whether degree apprenticeships are working for adult…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Apprenticeships
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Katie Brenny; Susan M. Yelich Biniecki – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2024
Rural agriculture retailers, or those engaged in the production of food, fiber, and fuel, are pressed to find just-in-time solutions for continual learning with their adult employees, specifically millennials, the generation who will assume future leadership roles. Adult educators in rural settings, or lower populated areas, are encountering rapid…
Descriptors: Generational Differences, Rural Areas, Agriculture, Technology Uses in Education
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Wilfried Admiraal – European Educational Researcher, 2024
Teaching in secondary education is mostly grounded in the practical wisdom of teachers. In general, teachers have limited knowledge of, access to, and interest in insights from scholarly work. Teacher research might be a way to move beyond practical wisdom as the only basis for good teaching. This study aimed to explore whether teacher research…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Learning Processes, Adult Learning, Professional Identity
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Angela Bate – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2024
The Labour Party's manifesto aims to reform further and higher education by integrating business, training providers and unions within a governmental effort to ensure a highly trained workforce. Skills England will align training with labour market needs, empower local leaders and enhance support for job seekers. However, the focus on young people…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Higher Education, Adult Education
Lana Munip; Rebecca Klein-Collins – Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, 2024
The Comprehensive Learner Record (CLR)--defined as a verifiable, portable, interoperable digital asset that recognizes all learning--is currently a topic of interest in the postsecondary and workplace ecosystem. The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) and The EvoLLLution conducted a survey of CAEL higher education members and The…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Digital Literacy, Competence, College Credits
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Judith A. Alamprese – Adult Learning, 2024
The pervasive role of digital technologies in adult learning and education (ALE) was a prominent theme throughout the deliberations of the Seventh International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VII) held June 15-17, 2022 in Morocco. CONFINTEA VII embodied the worldwide interest in digital technologies through the use of a hybrid format…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Education, Educational Environment, Technological Literacy
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Svetlana Surikova – Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 2024
The increasing demand for skilled employees in contemporary economies underscores the importance of effective upskilling of the low-skilled. This study addresses the significant challenge of enhancing the professional development of low-skilled workers, focusing on the factors that either facilitate or hinder their engagement in learning…
Descriptors: Unskilled Workers, Professional Development, Learning Activities, Adult Learning
Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2024
Career-connected learning is an educational strategy that combines high-quality academic instruction, skill-based learning, and real-world experiences to prepare students with the knowledge and skills that they need to pursue their college and career goals. Career-connected learning can be delivered in a variety of ways, including in core content…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Career and Technical Education Schools, Career and Technical Education