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Short-Duration Mindfulness Training with Adult Learners
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Crumley, Gene; Schutz, Howard – Adult Learning, 2011
The adult learner is typically a motivated student who comes to class prepared to pay attention. They also come with cognitive and emotional stimuli not related to the course's content, which can be distracting especially at the start of a class or following a break. Ways of dealing with the problem of start-of-class attention, and for that…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Student Motivation, Perception
From Swampy Lowlands to Giddy Heights: A Case Study of Leadership Development in a Mental Health Setting
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Storr, Lorna; Trenchard, Steve – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this case study is to describe the design and delivery of a leadership programme for a diverse group of clinicians and middle managers within a British mental health organisation. Design/methodology/approach: This paper shows how the course was co-designed between managers, clinicians and higher education, specifically to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Leadership, Management Development, Courses
Changing Configurations of Adult Education in Transitional Times. Conference Proceedings of the Triennial European Research Conference of the European Society for Research on the Education of Adults (ESREA) (7th, Berlin, Germany, September 4-7, 2013)
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Käpplinger, Bernd, Ed.; Lichte, Nina, Ed.; Haberzeth, Erik, Ed.; Kulmus, Claudia, Ed. – Online Submission, 2014
This book assembles over 50 papers from the 7th Triennial European Research Conference of the European Society for Research on the Education of Adults (ESREA), which was held from the 4th to the 7th of September 2013 at Humboldt-University in Berlin. The title of the conference was "Changing Configurations of Adult Education in Transitional…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Higher Education, Nontraditional Students
A Qualitative Study of Managerial Coaching: How Critical Reflection and Experiential Learning Are Facilitated within a Multi-National Pharmaceutical Company
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Herrera, Tony Isaac – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This qualitative case study was designed to explore whether and how a sample of domestic and international managers use two key adult education concepts--critical reflection and experiential learning--to influence changes in individual employees whom they coach. The study is based on the primary assumption that although managers do not…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Focus Groups, Learning Strategies, Adult Education
The Study of Workplace Learning and Performance Competencies among Pakistani Practitioners
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Sherwani, Naseem Saeed – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to investigate Pakistani Workplace Learning and Performance (WLP) practitioners' perceptions of the importance of WLP competencies at the present time and in the next five years. The goals were to: (1) identify and characterize a profile of Pakistani WLP practitioners; (2) analyze perceptions of the current and future…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Workplace Learning, Expertise, Learning Theories
Teaching Management: A Field Guide for Professors, Consultants, and Corporate Trainers
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Clawson, James G. S.; Haskins, Mark E. – Cambridge University Press, 2006
How can every management class be a dynamic, unforgettable experience? This much-needed book distills over half a century of the authors' combined experience as university professors, consultants, and advisors to corporate training departments. In a lively, hands-on fashion, it describes the fundamental elements in every learning situation,…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Learning Theories, Consultants, Training