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Direct linkMagwenya, Rodney H.; Ross, Andrew John; Ngatiane, Logic S. – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
Background: Continuing professional development (CPD) provides support to healthcare workers to keep up to date with best practices and addresses deficits in their knowledge and practice. Aim: The purpose of this scoping review is to summarise data from the past decade on CPD models. Method: For this scoping review, we searched PubMed, Web of…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Health Personnel, Models, Global Approach
Kim, Junghwan; You, Jieun; Yeon Park, Soo – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2016
This integrative literature review critically examined how scholars were articulating the work of museums to make a space for "adult learning for social change through community engagement". We applied sociocultural adult learning theories (situated learning and cultural-historical activity theory), to 25 theoretical and empirical…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Social Change, Museums, Community Involvement
Griffiths, David; Inman, Maggie – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2017
Context drives learning design, but too often context is not considered within learning design literature. Reported skill gaps lead to considerations around learning design and the security, completeness and depth of learning developed by learning designers in adult learning. Frequently learning is linked to context, where learning environments…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Education, Instructional Design, Curriculum Design
Carter, Christy S.; Solberg, Lauren B.; Solberg, Laurence M. – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2017
The Department of Aging and Geriatric Research at the University of Florida College of Medicine has established online education programs to provide healthcare professionals with advanced training in the field of gerontology to establish proficiency in providing quality care to older individuals. A major barrier to creating our online education…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Learning Theories, Gerontology, Electronic Learning
Calleja, Colin – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2014
This paper traces the evolution of Jack Mezirow's transformative learning theory and its conceptualisation. It discusses the three major influences, namely Thomas Khun's philosophical conception of paradigm, Freire's conception of conscientisation and consciousness growth, and Habermas' domains of learning and the discussion of…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Learning Theories, Influences, Educational Philosophy
Gravani, Maria N.; Karagiorgi, Yiasemina – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2014
The study presented in this article explores the application of the principles of adult learning in the face to face (f2f) meetings organised within the context of blended learning courses. The study adopts a case study approach, employing qualitative data collection through semi-structured interviews with participants in four thematic units in…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Learning Theories, Adult Learning, Interpersonal Communication
