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Higher Education Learning Experiences among Vietnamese Immigrant Women in Taiwan
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Wu, Ya-Ling; Wu, Hsing-Chen – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2015
Based on a sociocultural approach to adult learning and poststructural feminist theories, this study draws on interviews with 11 married Vietnamese women to explore the higher education learning experiences of Vietnamese immigrant women in Taiwan. On the basis of their husbands' permission and support, Vietnamese immigrant women embraced the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Womens Education, Females, Higher Education
Revealing the Effectivenesses of Communication Strategies
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Lin, Grace Hui Chin – Online Submission, 2013
The purpose of this study is to report the history of communication strategy and highlight the importance of strategic competence. It provides the histories and characterizations of communication strategy. Besides, it presents from which perspectives these definitions of communication strategies were developed. Various earlier and latter…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Adult Learning, Adult Students, English (Second Language)
Factors Influencing Women's Attitudes towards Computers in a Computer Literacy Training Program
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Chang, Sung-Lu; Shieh, Ruey S.; Liu, Eric Zhi-Feng; Yu, Pao-Ta – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2012
In the "Digital Divide" research, adult women have generally been found to be the weakest group when compared with others. There is thus a need to provide this particular group with computer literacy training, and to give them opportunities to learn about using computers. In such training, women not only need to learn computer skills,…
Descriptors: Females, Access to Computers, Computer Literacy, Performance Factors
Secondary School Teachers' Perceptions of Interactive Whiteboard Training Workshops: A Case Study from Taiwan
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Lai, Horng-Ji – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2010
The purpose of this study was to explore secondary school teachers' perceptions of interactive whiteboard (IWB) training workshops in Taiwan. This study also sought to identify potential problems associated with the design of IWB training workshops in order to improve their effectiveness. This research employed observations and interviews to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Theories, Junior High Schools, Adult Learning
Does Andragogy Work in Taiwan? An Analysis from Eastern Cultural Perspective
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Ray, Carl W., Jr.; Chu, Hui-chin – Online Submission, 2005
This study was to examine the teaching styles and the student preferences for teaching styles of adult educators in Taiwan. This research is a case study utilizing statistical analysis, interviews, and classroom observation. The findings indicated that although the instructors tended toward the andragogical, there was still a significant…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Statistical Analysis, Observation, Cultural Influences
A Research on Learner Retention and Learning Support
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Tzu, Judy Huang – Online Submission, 2005
Why do some of adult learners successfully accomplish their learning while the others drop out? This has been an important question in the field of adult learning. For a long time researchers have been exploring this subject around learning barriers as well as motivations. Not until lately did some of the adult and distance scholars start to pay…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Adult Students, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning