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Maraj, Arianne; Calderón-Moya, Milagros; Sherab, Domenique; Ghosh, Ratna – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
Much research focuses on schooling for refugee children in resettlement contexts; however, limited research addresses young adult refugees (YAR) between 16-24 years in the adult education (AE) system. This paper strives to fill this gap by providing the perspectives of 12 AE practitioners who welcomed and worked with Syrian YAR in Quebec, Canada.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Adults, Refugees, Experience
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Taylor, Maurice; Evans, Karen – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2009
The purpose of this exploratory study was to investigate some of the kinds of formal and informal workplace training activities that workers with low literacy engage in from different parts of Canada and the United Kingdom. The study employed a multi-site case study research design with 31 employees and 18 instructors from seven different types of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Informal Education, Workplace Learning, Workplace Literacy
Crichton, Susan; Kinsel, Ellen – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2001
Seven adult learners in a facilitated learning center appreciated the learner-centered model focused on personal empowerment, literacy development, learning to learn, mastery, and independence/inclusion. Instructional design places learners' knowledge and experience ahead of curriculum and focuses on learning for life, not work. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Empowerment, Foreign Countries