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Xi Lin – Adult Learning, 2024
This qualitative study examines student learning experiences toward a student-developed case study activity for online discussion guided by a three-tier case method model. Forty-five students were recruited from four online adult education courses. Analysis of students' feedback shows that this activity leads to students' positive learning…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, Adults, Adult Education, Adult Learning
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Bogusia Gierus; Ting Du; Aloysius N. Maduforo; Brian Gilbert; Kim Koh – SAGE Open, 2025
This study examines the prevalence and quality of mixed methods research (MMR) in educational journals, highlighting its growing acceptance yet emphasizing the need for enhanced methodological rigor. Although MMR has become popular across education sub-disciplines, its specific use in educational research is underexplored. This study aims to…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Mixed Methods Research, Periodicals, Incidence
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Mohammad Ali Heidari-Shahreza – Adult Learning, 2025
This article, a conceptual and theoretical piece, opens a window on "playful learning" as a philosophy of education and a suite of diverse pedagogical approaches, methods, and techniques. The paper criticizes the serious ambience of adult education with its high levels of instrumentalism and performativity. It argues for playful learning…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Play, Ideology, Adult Learning
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Meenakshi Sharma – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2025
This study examines the effect of nature journaling on engagement patterns among non-traditional adult learners enrolled in an elementary science methods course. The research aims to bridge a gap in the existing literature by investigating the effectiveness of nature journaling in enhancing learning experiences for this specific demographic.…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Journal Writing, Adult Learning, Theory Practice Relationship
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Jade G. Winn; Melissa L. Miller; Jane J. Kim; Robert A. Rosas; Ashley R. Temm; Ruth Wallach – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2025
With 22 states recently passing legislation attacking diversity programs and initiatives on college campuses, it is now, more than ever, important for educators to find a way to protect and foster Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Anti-Racism (DEIA+AR) in postsecondary education in order to prepare graduates to participate in a…
Descriptors: Library Education, Competence, Diversity, Inclusion
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Livingston, Manuel; Cummings-Clay, Denise – International Journal of Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Higher Education, 2023
Community-college professors possess knowledge in distinct disciplines and have varied experiences that they encompass in their college classrooms. Additionally, creating effective environments for teaching and learning require these assets from instructors to fulfill their curriculum needs. Teaching is a multidimensional and complex activity that…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Andragogy, Teaching Methods, Community Colleges
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Nicole R. Baker – Journal of Effective Teaching in Higher Education, 2024
In higher education institutions, many faculty members are hired because they are experts in their field of study, but not necessarily individuals who are trained in how to teach. This quantitative quasi-experimental study examined college faculty member's level of methodology training in relation to student satisfaction, current course…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Education, Faculty Development, Teaching Methods
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Aidan A. Ruth – Advances in Physiology Education, 2024
Mnemonic devices are memory aids that make it easier to recall information and are widely used by students studying anatomy and physiology. Simple musical instruments and toys can serve as mnemonic devices for students learning the functional anatomy of the larynx: balloons can help learners understand and recall how sound is produced; tuning pegs…
Descriptors: Mnemonics, Physiology, Music, Adult Learning
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Stepanek Lockhart, Ashley – International Review of Education, 2022
This article critically examines how monitoring strategies currently track progress on country commitments to adult learning and education (ALE). These commitments are laid out in three main international initiatives and policy tools: (1) the Belém Framework for Action (BFA); (2) the 2015 Recommendation on Adult Learning and Education (RALE); and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Sustainable Development, Objectives, Policy
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Kalpana Gupta – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2024
The purpose of this study is to understand the ways in which meditation practice can be used as an online pedagogical method based on adult learners' experiences with various forms of meditation practices. To arrive at this purpose, the researcher found it necessary to gather data about frequency of use, preferences, and related transformative…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Teaching Methods, Adult Learning, Biofeedback
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Irida Tsevreni – Journal of Environmental Education, 2024
The present study attempts to answer if yoga practice belongs to environmental education and how it can contribute to the development of ecological consciousness in the framework of a holistic pedagogical paradigm. Twenty-three post-graduate students participated in an environmental education activity based on performing yoga postures inspired by…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Environmental Education, Intersectionality, Ecology
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Qianying Xuan; Alan Cheung; Hongbiao Yin; Xiaoxiao Yu; Ruifang Huang – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2024
The production-oriented approach (POA) is a nascent language-teaching approach that considers the aptitudes of Chinese learners. This study compared POA with task-based language teaching (TBLT) and presentation-practice-production (PPP) theoretically and empirically. A four-quadrant model and a theoretical comparison table are proposed to clarify…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Second Language Learning
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Julie M. Galliart; Kevin M. Roessger – Adult Learning, 2024
Practitioners of adult education have a long history of teaching for social change. They may, however, be uncomfortable using quantitative methods to assess the impact of their learning activities, or they might lack access to statistical analysis software. Quantitative methods help the practitioner determine whether behavioral or attitudinal…
Descriptors: Social Change, Adult Learning, Statistical Analysis, Methods
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Annamarie Elisabet Wyngaard; Catharina Jacoba Elizabeth Uys – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2025
Background: When supporting learners with severe intellectual disabilities, teaching methods needs to be adapted. Vona du Toit Model of Creative Ability (VdTMoCA) aims to enhance participation and facilitate adaptive responses through targeted intervention principles. This study aimed to develop and evaluate the impact of an intervention programme…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Independent Living, Severe Intellectual Disability, Students with Disabilities
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Tarbutton, Tanya M.; Doyle, Lori B. – Athens Journal of Education, 2023
Higher education institutions must recognize the responsibility to support online adult learners as members of a larger global community and technological advancements have made this a reality. COVID-19 restrictions to in-person learning highlighted the need for online learning platforms that promote the benefits of teacher presence, consider the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Higher Education, Technology Uses in Education, Global Approach
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