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Download full textSarah Haroon Sualehi – Commission for International Adult Education, 2024
Transformational learning theory is a cornerstone within the field of adult education. However, are all learners ready for their disorienting dilemma which instigates transformational learning? To answer this question, this autoethnographic paper unpacks an adult learner's personal journey on a research expedition to Antarctica. Using Antarctica…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Anxiety, Grief, Death
Direct linkMurrell-Abery, Vadna – Management in Education, 2005
Training for the role of police officer is not just about acquiring skills but also learning to implement them from within a framework of attitudes, values and beliefs, which are congruent with the professional culture. Thus there are implications about the selection process, the degree of change different probationers will need to undergo within…
Descriptors: Police, Coping, Adult Learning, Research and Development
Swain, Jon – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2005
This article reports research findings from a 21-month empirical project called "Making Numeracy Teaching Meaningful to Adult Learners," which was funded by the National Research and Development Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy (NRDC). It looks at motivations behind adult learners returning to study numeracy in three FE colleges, and finds…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Fellenz, Robert A., Ed. – 1988
This report contains six research papers and a summary of a panel discussion on the topic of cognition and the adult learner. The papers are as follows: "Psychology and Adult Cognition" (Wilbert J. McKeachie); "Biology and Adult Cognition" (Frank Farley); "Technology and Adult Cognition" (Barbara Grabowski); "Enhancing Cognitive Skills" (Richard…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Martin, Larry, Ed. – 1994
The conference provided a forum for practitioners and researchers to discuss practices, concepts, evaluation and research studies in order to improve practice in adult education. Included are the following: "Realizing the Potential for Grounded Theory in Adult Education" (Babchuk et al.); "Behind the Smoke and Mirrors of Reorganization" (Benson);…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Reese, Tania H. – 1994
In an effort to examine the usefulness of adult learning research for improving college teaching, this study investigated tenets of adult learning research which may be manifest in effective college teaching and sought the perceptions of administrators, faculty and students. The study incorporated a multi-site, integrated research design combining…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Learning, College Instruction, College Students
Coggins, Chere Campbell, Ed. – 1988
The following 26 papers are presented in this document: "The Relationship between the Adult's Cognitive Style and Achieving Style to Preference for Self-Directed Learning" (Bitterman); "Developing a Mentoring Program for Persons in Independent Work Sites" (De Vries); "Reflection and the Problem of Self-Deception in Adult Learning" (Dirkx); "A…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Child Abuse, Cognitive Style
Dirkx, John M., Ed. – 1996
These proceedings comprise 33 presentations. They are "Glaser or Strauss?"(Babchuk); "Reframing Participation in Adult Education Programs" (Babchuk); "Multicultural Adult Education as Discourse in the Social Construction of Reality" (Baptiste); "Political Construction of Adult Education" (Baptiste, Heaney);…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Citizenship Education
2002
This document contains four papers from a symposium on work ethic and values in human resource development (HRD). "Value Priorities of HRD Scholars and Practitioners" (Reid Bates, Hsin Chih Chen, Tim Hatcher) presents the results of a study that identified and analyzed six HRD values reflecting two value facets (locus of HRD influence…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness
Coggins, Chere Campbell, Ed. – 1989
Among the 59 papers are: "Comparisons in Performance of Adults and High School Seniors on the 1988 Tests of General Educational Development (GED)" (Baldwin, Whitney); "Research Writing" (Baskett, Garrison); "Popular Education in Latin America" (Beder); "Framework for the Study of Ethical Issues in Adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Aging (Individuals)
2002
This document contains four papers from a symposium on performance, productivity, and continuous improvement. "Investigating the Association between Productivity and Quality Performance in Two Manufacturing Settings" (Constantine Kontoghiorghes, Robert Gudgel) summarizes a study that identified the following quality management variables…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis
