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Fleming, Jean E. – Adult Learning, 2014
Adult education in healthcare comes in several forms: degree and certificate programs aimed at preparing better academic and clinical educators; and community education programs aimed at wellness, rehabilitation, or learning to live with chronic diseases. Patient-centered healthcare, however, is part of something new: coordinated and transitional…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Adult Education, Health Education, Health Services
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Piercy, Gary – Journal of Instructional Research, 2013
Spirituality is gaining popularity within academics as discussions regarding the importance of spirituality within leadership and education increases. A biblical anthropology embraces human nature as physical, emotional, cognitive, and spiritual with recognition that adults are capable of learning within each of those realms. Embracing humans are…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Learning Theories, Religious Factors, Learning Strategies
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McArdle, Karen; Mansfield, Sue – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2013
This article seeks to promote the generation of a discourse of the postmodern community work professional. A shared discourse will lead, we propose to shared capital. We argue that there is a tension between the modern and postmodern for those of us engaged in the profession of community learning and development (CL&D). We need to value…
Descriptors: Postmodernism, Community Development, Educational Philosophy, Educational Principles
Harmon, Stephen W. – Educational Technology, 2011
This article examines the affordances of virtual worlds for initiating a transformative learning experience for adults. In particular, it addresses the capacity of virtual worlds to allow creation of an alternate self which requires some level of personal self-reflection; provide atypical experiences that can initiate reflection; allow experience…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Learning Experience, Adult Education, Adult Students
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Baumgartner, Lisa M. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2011
Nearly half the U.S. population copes with a chronic disease or condition. A chronic disease is "one lasting three months or more that generally cannot be prevented by vaccines or cured by medication." Heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and obesity are the most common chronic diseases in developed countries. By 2030, it is estimated that…
Descriptors: Patient Education, Chronic Illness, Adult Learning, Coping
King, Kathleen P. – Educational Technology, 2011
In a world dominated by change and transformation, this article explores instructional technology connections to and applications of transformative learning. The author provides an overview of the theory of transformative learning, which embraces the hallmarks of 21st century learning. Rather than focusing solely on how to use technology,…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
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Galbraith, Robert M.; Hawkins, Richard E.; Holmboe, Eric S. – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2008
Self-assessment has been held out as an important mechanism for lifelong learning and self-improvement for health care professionals. However, there is growing concern that individual learners often interpret the results inaccurately. This idea has led to skepticism that self-assessment in its current form can ever be truly useful for lifelong…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Lifelong Learning, Program Improvement, Professional Continuing Education
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Olsson, Annika; Bjoorn, Urban; Jonson, Gunilla – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe a retrospective reflection over unconscious, emergent learning among employees of an organization and to suggest how to capture these moments of experiential learning for future organizational learning. Design/methodology/approach: Action research in organizations is undertaken in interaction with…
Descriptors: Action Research, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Learning Processes