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Corinne Mikesell Smith – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of older adult students who learn in a community college academic environment. The rationale for the study stemmed from a lack of knowledge regarding this group's experiences. The research question asked in this study was the following: "How do older adult students in a community…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Adult Students, Learning Experience, Self Efficacy
Cusick, Jennie Morrell – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this Executive Position Paper was to research how to design an online, synchronous, asynchronous, or face-to-face training program for higher education instructors to serve the needs of a diverse student population of emergent learners, specifically in the community college sector. The subsequent research resulted in a faculty…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Teaching Methods, Learning Strategies, Learning Motivation
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Cave, Paul N.; Evans, Norman W.; Dewey, Dan P.; Hartshorn, K. James – ELT Journal, 2018
The present study investigated the relationship between student use of self-efficacy-building strategies through motivational partnerships and student levels of self-efficacy and motivation in an adult intensive English programme in the United States. The extent to which self-efficacy influenced motivation was also examined. After being organized…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Partnerships in Education, Intensive Language Courses, Student Motivation
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Abiog, Evalyn B. – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2017
The present study describes the experiences of adult English as a Second Language (ESL) readers in processing legal texts prior to entering a financial agreement. A preliminary survey was conducted to determine the commonly read policies and contracts of adult ESL reader-consumers, which revealed those of banks and life-insurance companies; hence,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Educational Policy, Adult Students, Qualitative Research
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Liao, Jian; Lu, Xiaofei – Language Learning & Technology, 2018
The importance of authentic communicative practices in foreign language (FL) learning has long been recognized. However, most FL learners lack adequate access to authentic communicative environments in the target language. In this article, we propose the use of telepresence robots as a potential solution to bridge this gap. Telepresence robots can…
Descriptors: Robotics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Malik, Melinda – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2016
Librarians at colleges and universities invested in graduate education must understand and incorporate adult learning theories in their reference and instruction interactions with graduate students to more effectively support the students' learning. After participating in a professional development program about adult learning theory, librarians…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Adult Learning, Learning Theories, Program Evaluation
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Kronstad, Morten; Eide, Martin – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of workplace learning, with a focus on the non-formal learning that takes place among online journalists. The focus of this article is journalists working in an online newspaper and their experiences with workplace and non-formal learning, centering on framework conditions…
Descriptors: Nonformal Education, Journalism, Workplace Learning, Electronic Publishing
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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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Barabási, Tünde – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2013
One of the most important tasks of the elementary (and not only) education we can find the teaching pupils to learn. The main topic of this paper is the presentation of the effects of teacher's experiences gotten in their own learning process as students or adults on the development of children's learning strategies. As the research was made in…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, Elementary School Teachers, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies
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Sayago, Sergio; Forbes, Paula; Blat, Josep – Educational Gerontology, 2013
A growing ageing population and an increasing reliance on information and communication technologies (ICT) to conduct activities associated with daily living means that addressing how older people learn to use ICT is timely and important. By drawing on a four-year ethnographical study with 420 older people in two different environments, this paper…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Information Technology, Technological Literacy, Daily Living Skills
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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Hodge, Steven – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2011
Transformative learning theory is a dominant approach to understanding adult learning. The theory addresses the way our perspectives on the world, others and ourselves can be challenged and transformed in our ongoing efforts to make sense of the world. It is a conception of learning that does not focus on the measurable acquisition of knowledge…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Transformative Learning, Adult Learning, Competence
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Gunton, Lyndelle – Australian Library Journal, 2011
What informs members of the church community as they learn? Do the ways people engage with information differ according to the circumstances in which they learn? Informed learning, or the ways in which people use information in the learning experience and the degree to which they are aware of that, has become a focus of contemporary information…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Information Literacy, Learning Experience, Lay People
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Russell, Helen – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2011
With an increase in life expectancy in modern complex communities, there will be a prolonged period, post-retirement, in which older adults will seek meaningful projects. Juxtaposed with the longer period after retirement is the realisation that life is nearing the end. This paper draws on research undertaken from 2003-2010. The purpose of the…
Descriptors: Retirement, Phenomenology, Older Adults, Qualitative Research
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Sullivan, Margaret – Knowledge Quest, 2009
The exhibit floor is a wealth of knowledge. One can read, view, and listen to information presented in many formats. Somewhere on the exhibit floor there are experts on every topic, ready and waiting for one's questions. But like any research topic, frequently a structured search is required to find the best answers. This article discusses how to…
Descriptors: Exhibits, Learning Experience, Conferences (Gatherings), Vendors
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