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Collette Marie Lere' London – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this quantitative, quasi-experimental study was to determine if, and to extent, there is a statistically significant difference between pre and posttest critical thinking scores of U.S. Navy Operations Specialist A-school participants in an adaptive technology training environment and those in the traditional learning environment.…
Descriptors: Military Training, Armed Forces, Critical Thinking, Skill Development
Gena Merliss – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Teacher education has made strides towards preparing preservice teachers with ambitious visions and teaching practices through the use of core practices, specifically the Ambitious Science Teaching (AST) framework (e.g. Kang & Windschitl, 2018). However, there is an argument in the field about whether the AST framework can support…
Descriptors: Restorative Practices, Beginning Teachers, Teaching Methods, Preservice Teacher Education
Douglass, Martin R. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The goal of this qualitative, narrative inquiry study was to explore the voices of community college students who have taken Career and Technical Education (CTE) while in high school, investigate if they perceived value from their high school CTE classes, and determine how those experiences impacted their high school and college educations. The…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Vocational Education, High School Students, Program Effectiveness
Majewska, Izabela Agata – ProQuest LLC, 2018
National and international organizations emphasize the importance of teaching global competence in American higher education as a way of preparing students for the rigors of a globalized workforce. Lack of nation-wide educational initiatives aimed at providing institutional guidelines for assessing international relations (IR) courses for this…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, College Instruction, Transformative Learning
Booth, Pamela Katherine – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This qualitative case study sought to expand what is known about training methods that improve interpersonal communication skills for mid-level leaders in corporate settings. It looked at a training methodology, Behaviour Analysis (BA, Rackham & Morgan, 1977) conducted in the context of a year-long leadership development program in a…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Reflection, Interpersonal Competence, Communication Skills
Bezard, Cynthia L. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
As U.S. population becomes increasingly diverse, preparing 21st century educators to teach children of diverse racial, ethnic, social class, and language backgrounds is a critical issue in teacher education. This study focused on career and technical education instructors with a business and industry teaching license and minimal or no previous…
Descriptors: Vocational Education Teachers, Transformative Learning, Cultural Awareness, Learning Experience
Rodriguez, Rafael A. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Today's college student body reflects, among many things, the outcome of policies geared towards increasing access and diversifying the academy, efforts to recruit international students, the vast social, political, and economic disparities among marginalized populations, and the extreme cultural polarization of our times. Students on campuses…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Intercultural Communication, Student Personnel Workers, Lifelong Learning
Nicol, Allison A. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Nurses must possess culturally competencies to effectively care for patients of diverse backgrounds. The groundwork to build cultural competence in nurses should be laid in nursing school. Nursing faculty are obligated to develop and provide appropriate cultural learning opportunities for nursing students. However, students enrolled in community…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Cultural Awareness, Study Abroad, Transformative Learning
Roessger, Kevin M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In work-related, instrumental learning contexts the role of reflective activities is unclear. Kolb's (1985) experiential learning theory and Mezirow's transformative learning theory (2000) predict skill-adaptation as a possible outcome. This prediction was experimentally explored by manipulating reflective activities and assessing participants'…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Skill Development, Reflection, Experiential Learning
McNamara, Rebecca A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Different conceptualizations of service-learning are found in higher education, ranging from charity to social justice focused. Little is known about the lasting impact of social justice focused service-learning on undergraduate participants, especially in a global education setting. This study examined the experience and meaning making of…
Descriptors: Travel, Service Learning, Social Justice, Interpersonal Relationship
Loeschen, Susan – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to determine if training mentors in the use of the Cognitive Coaching process could effectively facilitate their own critical self-reflection and improve their pedagogy. This study consisted of a criterion-based sample of four teachers in a metropolitan Chicago school district and followed the…
Descriptors: Reflection, Teacher Improvement, Instructional Improvement, Mentors
Harrison, Jason – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Problem: Leaders today need a new set of knowledge and skills to be effective in collaborative environments. The focus of this study was to investigate how collaborative environments can contribute to leadership development. The purpose of this study was to describe how the collaborative environment of summer camp helped shape emerging adults as…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Summer Programs, Resident Camp Programs, Staff Development
Webber, Dana E. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Using technology to develop a collaborative-reflective teaching practice in a world language education methods course block for teaching certification creates unique opportunities for world language education undergraduates to learn to develop synthecultural competence for education. Such a program allows undergraduates to expand their capacity to…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Reflective Teaching
Woods, Robert – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Many inmates arrive in prison with weak educational backgrounds and social skills as well as psychological problems and drug and alcohol addiction. The focus of this phenomenological study was to identify roles of prison educators in helping inmate students overcome their challenges through transformative experiences that motivate the students to…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Institutionalized Persons, Transformative Learning, Data Analysis
Shiraki-Sakaino, Carrie – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The proliferation of mentoring programs for new teachers has led to a tremendous interest in the skills that mentors develop in order to effectively support their mentees. Consequently, a substantial body of research has focused on the practice of mentoring and mentored learning. Majority of these studies have relied upon data collected at single…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Mentors, Transformative Learning, Learning Processes
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