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Thomas Howard Morris – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2024
Self-directed learning is a core theoretical construct of adult learning. Importantly, self-directed learning represents a fundamental meta-competence for living and working in our increasingly complex and unpredictable world. Nonetheless, the construct of self-directed learning has become obfuscated. In order to redress this concern, this…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Learning Processes, Adult Education, Student Characteristics
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Youde, Andrew – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2018
The article proposes a new way of analysing and understanding blended learning and contributes to current debates about adult learner motivations for study. It argues that, whilst the validity of the Andragogical Model has been criticised, it has provided a useful framework of analysis in the context of blended learning to meet the needs of adult…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Blended Learning, Tutoring, Adult Learning
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Jones, Janice E., Ed.; Baran, Mette L., Ed.; Cosgrove, Preston B., Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
The definition of education and learning has been changing in recent years, as the field experienced, and is still experiencing, many changes. One of those changes is a rise in adult learners in higher education. In order to cope with this particular change and set their classrooms up for success, it is vital for educators to be aware of and…
Descriptors: Outcome Based Education, Adult Learning, Higher Education, Nontraditional Students
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Roulston, Kathryn; Jutras, Peter; Kim, Seon Joo – International Journal of Music Education, 2015
This article reports findings from a qualitative study of adults' perceptions and experiences of learning musical instruments. Conducted in the south-east United States, 15 adults who were learning instruments were recruited via community music groups and private instrumental teachers. Analysis of transcripts of semi-structured interviews…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Learning Experience, Adult Students, Musical Instruments
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Castaño Muñoz, Jonatan; Redecker, Christine; Vuorikari, Riina; Punie, Yves – Open Learning, 2013
Adult learning and open education have become key elements on the European Agenda. This paper presents the first results of a foresight activity that aims to contribute to an understanding of how "Opening up Education" can improve adult learning in Europe in the future. It argues that to open up adult learning two main challenges must be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Education, Adult Learning, Educational Planning
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Ord, Jon – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2009
Experiential learning has explicitly, since the publication of the Kolb "treatise" been a cornerstone of youth work practice in the UK. It is the contention of this paper that there is a significant misinterpretation of Kolb's theory by those who have applied his theory to youth work. Not least that experience is framed as:…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Experiential Learning, Learning Processes, Youth Programs
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Margaryan, Anoush; Littlejohn, Allison; Milligan, Colin – International Journal of Training and Development, 2013
The research reported here is an exploratory qualitative study aimed at identifying professionals' self-regulatory strategies underpinning the planning and attainment of learning goals in the workplace and showing how a number of organizational factors affect these strategies. The rationale for the study is that existing research tells us…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Independent Study, Professional Personnel, Semi Structured Interviews
Pearce, Vanessa – Online Submission, 2012
Staff of the National Weather Service Offices should be able to understand interpersonal communication and public relations in order to better serve their mission to "protect lives and property" as well as work with their internal and external partners (NWS Internet Services Team). Two technologies have been developed to assist the integration of…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Learning Activities, Needs Assessment, Public Relations
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Pitman, Tim; Broomhall, Susan – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2009
The concept of lifelong learning implies a cycle where the learner contributes prior learning into a new learning environment and sees that learning upgraded. In recent years, a range of internal and external pressures have encouraged Australian universities to identify the meta or generic skills embedded in tertiary study. Using a content…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Prior Learning, Lifelong Learning, Content Analysis
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Popov, Nikolay, Ed.; Wolhuter, Charl, Ed.; Almeida, Patrícia Albergaria, Ed.; Hilton, Gillian, Ed.; Ogunleye, James, Ed.; Chigisheva, Oksana, Ed. – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2013
This volume contains papers submitted to the 11th Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES), held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 14-17 May 2013, and papers submitted to the 1st International Distance Partner Conference, organized by the International Research Centre "Scientific Cooperation,"…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Conference Papers, Comparative Education, Global Approach
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Reed, Virginia A.; Schifferdecker, Karen E.; Turco, Mary G. – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2012
Introduction: Although there is increasing focus on provider behavior change as an outcome of continuing medical education (CME), it has long been known that an increase in knowledge alone is rarely sufficient to induce such change. The Personal Learning Plan (PLP), designed to motivate and assess CME learning, was partly derived from SMART goals…
Descriptors: Outcome Measures, Behavior Modification, Medical Education, Behavior Change
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Cumming-Potvin, Wendy Marie; MacCallum, Judith – McGill Journal of Education, 2010
Aiming to elucidate the relationship between social capital and intergenerational practice within mentoring, this article presents data from a case study of the School Volunteer Program in Western Australia. Drawing on situated learning theory and the concept of community of practice (Lave & Wenger, 1991; Wenger, 1998; Wenger, McDermott, &…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Mentors, Intergenerational Programs, Volunteer Training
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Wang, Victor C. X.; Kania-Gosche, Beth – International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, 2011
This study investigates the andragogical and pedagogical teaching philosophies of online instructors at the California State University, Long Beach in the Spring Semester of 2010. Drawing from reflective adult education theory, this article proposes a new model for this reflective adult education theory. It is either the helping relationship…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Online Courses, Teaching Methods, College Faculty
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Torrance, Harry – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2007
The paper reports on the findings of a Learning and Skills Research Centre (LSRC) funded study investigating the impact of different modes and methods of assessment on achievement and progress in post-secondary education and training. Data were collected across Advanced-level academic and vocational preparation programmes in schools and colleges,…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Evaluation, Criteria, Learning Experience
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Rolfe, Clayton J. – College Quarterly, 2007
As online courses have become more of an alternative to the traditional classroom environment there's a need for exploring methods on how to evaluate these online courses and their learning objectives. The intent of this research paper is to determine how we can improve online student grades so that failure rates are not 100% higher when comparing…
Descriptors: Research Papers (Students), Distance Education, Dropouts, Online Courses
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