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Lynch, Shrehan; Kuntz, Aaron – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2019
What is missing in present-day physical education teacher education research is the individual female doctoral student perspective and how individuals come to understand academic research culture within the neoliberal university. Through a critical autoethnography, this paper uncovered a transformative learning journey of one doctoral student as…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, Transformative Learning, Females, Neoliberalism
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Kovacs, Helena – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2018
In its essence, transformative learning is a dynamic and ever-emerging process, according to the core literature that deals with it. As such, when examined from the perspective of teacher professional development, transformative learning ceases being solely related to an individual and becomes a composition within which the individual creates and…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Foreign Countries, Teacher Collaboration, Educational Change
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Kiili, Rebecca Kapolei – Educational Perspectives, 2017
The author's introduction to the field of qualitative research in the EdD program began with analyzing the artistry of a practitioner researcher. Arriving in the space of an emerging artist practitioner researcher has been soulfully synchronistic and life affirming because of the magic the author has experienced in the convergence and alignment of…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Doctoral Programs, Stereotypes, Self Concept
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Jenkins, China; Alfred, Mary – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2018
The purpose of this study was to examine the motivation for White professors in higher education to become culturally inclusive in their teaching practices and the transformational experiences that created this motivation and shaped their development. The findings revealed personal convictions that centred on moral obligations towards teaching was…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Whites, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Motivation
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Ali, Radwan; Wright, James – International Journal on E-Learning, 2017
Distance learning has altered the landscape of higher education, and the rapid proliferation of online courses and programs present new challenges for both faculty and administrators. The literature suggests that faculty must have a wide range of technical and pedagogical skills to be successful online teachers (Betts, 2009; Koehler, Mishra, &…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Models, Distance Education, Online Courses
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Meijer, Marie-Jeanne; Kuijpers, Marinka; Boei, Fer; Vrieling, Emmy; Geijsel, Femke – Professional Development in Education, 2017
This study explores the specific characteristics of teacher-educator professional development interventions that enhance their transformative learning towards stimulating the inquiry-based attitude of students. An educational design research method was followed. Firstly, in partnership with five experienced educators, a professional development…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teacher Educators, Transformative Learning, Qualitative Research
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Mitchell, Lynne; Paras, Andrea – Intercultural Education, 2018
Why do some study abroad students improve their intercultural skills, while others revert to less sophisticated ways of making sense of cultural difference? Both intercultural competence theory and transformative learning theory attempt to explain why student intercultural learning occurs, but they only provide partial answers. Building on our…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Study Abroad, Cultural Differences, Transformative Learning
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Bahgat, Mohamed; Elsafty, Ashraf; Shaarawy, Ashraf; Said, Tamer – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2018
Over the past decades, Learning & Development has become an area of growing interest and constant research. As a result, there is an abundance of studies and models that target the development of educators. However, the professional development of educators should be built on a comprehensive framework of research-based instructional strategies…
Descriptors: Models, Active Learning, Adult Students, Learning Theories
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Lohr, Kathy D. – Educational Gerontology, 2018
Adversity has always been a part of life, however, today's hurricanes and earthquakes in increasingly populated areas, violent unrest creating a global refugee crisis, battlefield stress and work-place harassment, and the challenges of aging populations are demanding a better understanding of how individuals cope with adversity regardless of the…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Adult Education, Adult Educators, Transformative Learning
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Bazzul, Jesse – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2017
This paper outlines a theoretical context for research into "the subject of ethics" in terms of how students come to see themselves as self-reflective actors. I maintain that the "subject of ethics," or ethical subjectivity, has been overlooked as a necessary aspect of creating politically transformative spaces in education. At…
Descriptors: Ethics, Educational Research, Educational Philosophy, Moral Values
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Jeannin, Loïse – Journal of Research in International Education, 2017
Teaching in a new country initiates a process of adaptation requiring emotional, cognitive and behavioural adjustments. This qualitative study explores international lecturers' perceptions of their adaptation process in a South African university. The findings, based on semi-structured interviews with six lecturers from six different countries,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Collegiality, Interviews
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Twomey, Sarah J.; Lambrev, Veselina; Leong, Kari; Watanabe, Jerelyn; Baxa, Gari-Vic; Noh, Ed; Hampton, Camille – Educational Perspectives, 2017
The purpose of this research was to conduct a feasibility study for the establishment of a Micronesian culture-based charter school or other educational program in the state of Hawai'i. Community partners representing four organizations came together with this common goal. There are a growing number of Micronesian families living abroad,…
Descriptors: Consultants, Qualitative Research, Questionnaires, Doctoral Programs
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Hillman, Jennifer L.; Wentzel, Michele C.; Anderson, Connie M. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2017
Limited information is available regarding the first person perspective of grandparents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). In the present study, 1870 grandparents of a child with ASD participated in a nationwide, online, anonymous, 30-minute survey and responded to open-ended questions including their "greatest challenges and…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Online Surveys, National Surveys
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Martin, Jason M.; Strawser, Michael G. – Journal of Faculty Development, 2017
This study emphasizes the importance of faculty development and training as a means to prepare faculty to design the capstone course as a high-impact educational practice. Specifically, this research explores transformative learning in the capstone class as a vehicle for reflection on personal and professional ethics. Students enrolled in a…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Faculty Development, Reflective Teaching, Ethics
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Tsakeni, Maria – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2018
The realisation that education may, in part, have contributed to non-sustainable environmental practices warrants rethinking about what learners experience at school. One approach could involve the promotion of education for sustainable development (ESD). This study analysed the opportunities to integrate ESD presented by the chemistry component…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Sustainable Development, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction
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