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Myfanwy Tilley – Australian Educational Researcher, 2025
A persistent challenge for Australian higher education policymakers and researchers has been to understand why policies and practices have met with limited success in widening the participation and attainment of non-traditional students. This paper explores theorising Narrative Identity as a constructive methodological framework for understanding…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Nontraditional Students, Student Experience
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Huffman, Levi; Lefdahl-Davis, Erin M.; Alayan, Allie – Christian Higher Education, 2022
The Enneagram is an internationally used personality tool that many find effective for personal transformation and spiritual development. In recent years, the Enneagram has experienced a surge of popularity and use in the United States. Although research on its effectiveness is underway in the U.S., most is conducted in other countries.…
Descriptors: Christianity, Religious Education, Personality Traits, Spiritual Development
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Dina Amaro; Ana Maria Caldeira; Cláudia Seabra – SAGE Open, 2024
This study addresses the growing interest in transformative experiences in international academic tourism from a managerial and consumer perspective. While the managerial perspective focuses on delivering highly personalized experiences that profoundly impact each individual, the consumer perspective emphasizes inner transformation and personal…
Descriptors: Tourism, Transformative Learning, Study Abroad, Educational Experience
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Gesselman, Amanda N.; Ryan, Rebecca; Yarber, William L.; Vanterpool, Karen B.; Beavers, Karly A.; Francis, Heather; Grant, Brandon T.; Wood, Katherine; Graham, Cynthia A.; Milhausen, Robin; Sanders, Stephanie A.; Crosby, Richard A. – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: Dual use of male condoms and female contraceptives is widely advocated for unplanned pregnancy prevention, yet college students often neglect condoms. This feasibility and acceptability study assessed the efficacy of a self-guided home-based condom-promotion intervention among college students in heterosexual relationships.…
Descriptors: Contraception, Sexuality, Prevention, Pregnancy
Gross, Karen – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2020
The contents of this article and the examples given and lessons proffered boil down to this: the need to ramp up positive role modeling. Role modeling isn't a part-time activity. It is a full-time obligation. To that end, parents and educators: (1) need to come up with strategies in advance that recognize that young people need ways to engage…
Descriptors: Role Models, COVID-19, Pandemics, Student Behavior
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Robb, Elizabeth; Voorhees, Terry Tuvi – Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 2023
Colleges are currently involved in an epic struggle to keep students enrolled. One reason for student attrition involves non-academic issues such as executive functioning. In the present study, we investigated how journaling helped influence paradigm shifts in students' thinking regarding a growth mindset towards their educational performance. We…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Urban Schools, Community College Students, Journal Writing
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Wu, Meng; Zhu, Zhen; Chen, Jin; Niu, Lijuan; Liu, Chi-Chang – Environmental Education Research, 2020
In this study, we assessed how 34 young adult participants in an environmental education (EE) program from 2011 to 2014 constructed their learning outcomes through interviews and the exploration of autobiographical memory functions (AMFs) regarding program experiences. We articulated a variety of directive, social, and self AMFs, including the…
Descriptors: Memory, Environmental Education, Outcomes of Education, Autobiographies
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Antoine-Morse, Kristen – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2019
This article summarizes the results and conclusions of a study conducted in 2017 in which Kristen Antoine-Morse examined the lived experiences of four men incarcerated at the Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola) near St. Francisville, Louisiana, (referred to in this article as LSP or Angola) and one returning citizen who was previously…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Males, Postsecondary Education
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David, Oana A.; Cobeanu, Oana – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2016
Coaching has become during the past years an emergent guidance profession. Cognitive-behavioural coaching (CBC) emphasises the importance of enhancing the emotion-regulation abilities of clients and replacing their non-productive behaviours. Qualified professionals are needed in order to effectively facilitate the desired changes in their clients.…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Cognitive Restructuring, Coaching (Performance), Individual Development
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Pappas, Jesse B.; Pappas, Eric C. – International Journal of Higher Education, 2015
Meaningful societal change begins with individual change. One cannot do for a community what one cannot do for one's self. The topic of Individual Sustainability is a controversial one, as students often appear to be unable to align their demonstrated behaviors with their admirable values related to sustainability. Individual behavior creates the…
Descriptors: Individual Development, Sustainability, Personality Traits, Attitude Change
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Halkovic, Alexis – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2014
This article identifies college as the logical space for the articulation of civil rights through the complete integration of students with incarceration histories into the intellectual and social fabric of the institution. Academic institutions provide a fertile ground where possibilities for personal and social change are realized, networks are…
Descriptors: Interviews, Action Research, Participatory Research, Focus Groups
Flamer, Eric, Sr. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Establishing college-degree programs for prison inmates is an evidence-based effective instructional strategy in reducing recidivism. Evaluating academic arenas as a resource to improve behavior and levels of functioning within correctional facilities is a necessary component of inmate academic programs. The purpose of this quantitative,…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, Higher Education, Recidivism