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Olsen, Sheila Eileen – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study has a focus on understanding the doctorate of business administration (DBA) intention to participate in mandatory online continuing education. Previous research has noted that DBA's entering the professional environment may need additional knowledge and training to made aware of, and keep up with "uniform standards" in the…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Doctoral Students, Electronic Learning, Mandatory Continuing Education
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Jenkins, Andrew – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2021
The literature on educational choices and participation has tended to focus on youth and to some extent on older adults, with little attention to the group in between. This paper therefore analyses participation in various types of learning by people in their 30s and 40s. This group are often juggling career and family life commitments meaning…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Student Participation, Adults, Predictor Variables
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Brooke Ingersoll; Kyle M. Frost; Diondra Straiton; Anamiguel Pomales Ramos; Mya Howard – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Although there is growing interest in telehealth to deliver parent-mediated intervention for autistic children, empirical evaluations are limited, and little is known regarding the relative benefits of self-directed and therapist-assisted telehealth interventions. This study examined the effect of self-directed and therapist-assisted ImPACT Online…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Videoconferencing, Parent Education, Well Being
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Nathanson, Emma W.; Rispoli, Kristin M.; Piper, Rachel; Naguib, Suzi – Journal of Early Intervention, 2023
Despite substantial empirical support, correlates of retention and success in community-based parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT) implementation are not well defined. Widespread application of PCIT necessitates improved understanding of intervention components relating to family outcomes beyond highly controlled research trials. Using data…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Parent Participation, Parent Child Relationship, Intervention
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Karacabey, Mehmet Fatih; Bozkus, Kivanc – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2019
The purpose of this research was to determine the effect of psychological factors on Syrian refugees' participation in lifelong education. The ex post facto co-relational causal design was employed in this research. A questionnaire form consisted of four scales was used to collect data from 297 refugees participated in lifelong education. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychological Patterns, Refugees, Lifelong Learning
Yamashita, Takashi; Zhang, Jing; Sun, Na; Cummins, Phyllis A. – Grantee Submission, 2021
Despite increasing demand in distance education, relatively little is known about the demographic and socio-economic characteristics as well as basic skill levels of adult distance education participants at the national level in the U.S. This study analyzed the U.S. data from 2012/2014 and 2017 Program for International Assessment of Adult…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Adults, Adult Education, Distance Education
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Dou, Remy; Cian, Heidi – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2022
Identity development frameworks provide insight into why and to what extent individuals engage in STEM-related activities. While studies of "STEM identity" often build off previously validated disciplinary and/or science identity frameworks, quantitative analyses of constructs that specifically measure STEM identity and its antecedents…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Self Concept, Sex, Ethnicity
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Lamm, Kevan W.; Lamm, Alexa J. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2019
A census of 23 adult leadership development programs including 2,200 individuals from 262 classes investigated the influence of the group level (class) elements on individual intentions to participate in alumni programming. Individual and group level effects were evaluated, specifically, level of individual and group satisfaction as well as level…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Alumni, Intention, Comparative Analysis
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Roth, Beate Buanes; Asbjørnsen, Arve; Manger, Terje – Journal of Prison Education and Reentry, 2016
Prison education is an important aspect of adult education. This study investigated current participation in prison education, as well as previous convictions, sentence length, and the portion of sentence served as predictors of academic self-efficacy. Survey data derived from prisoners in all Norwegian prisons provided the empirical evidence for…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Self Efficacy, Correctional Education, Adult Education
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Schmidt-Hertha, Bernhard; Müller, Margaretha – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2017
The adult cohort of the German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) provides data from six sets of longitudinal data derived from 11,932 German adults. We used the NEPS data to look at the effects of formal education in adulthood and occupational changes on participation in further vocational education and training in order to gain a better…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Biographies, Older Workers, Adult Education
Shah, Chandra – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2017
This report provides an analysis of employer-supported training in Australia. Employer-supported training is the largest share of adult education and training in all Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. It has benefits for individuals, firms, and society. Cross-country studies have shown a positive association…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, On the Job Training, Employers, Supply and Demand
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Yu, Chong Ho; Lee, Hyun Seo; Lara, Emily; Gan, Siyan – International Education Studies, 2019
Skeptics of Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and Trend for International Math and Science Study (TIMSS) argue that while US elementary and high school students are behind their peers in other nations, the US workforce is still excellent because of the high quality post-secondary educational institutions in the US. However, the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Foreign Countries, Scores
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Kyndt, Eva; Baert, Herman – Review of Educational Research, 2013
Involvement in work-related learning seems to be more complex than a simple supply-demand fit. An interplay of several factors can influence this involvement at different stages of the decision-making process of the employee. The aim of this systematic review is to examine which antecedents of work-related learning have been identified in previous…
Descriptors: Employees, Workplace Learning, Participation, Decision Making
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Köpsén, S.; Andersson, P. – Journal of Education and Work, 2017
This study investigates continuing professional development (CPD) of vocational teachers, with a focus on recurrent participation. Vocational teachers need to be competent as teachers and in relation to their vocational teaching subject. Reformation of Swedish vocational education in order to strengthen the working-life connection imposes demands…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Sociocultural Patterns, Foreign Countries, Faculty Development
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Brosens, Dorien; De Donder, Liesbeth; Dury, Sarah; Verté, Dominique – Journal of Prison Education and Reentry, 2015
This study investigates the barriers to prisoners' participation in vocational orientation programmes, as well as the predictors of different types of barriers. Survey data derived from a project in a remand prison in Belgium (N = 468) provided the empirical evidence for the analyses. The results indicate that facing situational and informational…
Descriptors: Barriers, Participation, Vocational Education, Predictor Variables
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