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Direct linkEschenbacher, Saskia; Fleming, Ted – International Review of Education, 2020
COVID-19 has done significant damage to individuals, families, workers and the economy. What is not known about the virus is part of the problem, and the knowledge gap drives an unprecedented and urgent search for knowledge. This article explores the challenges for lifelong learning and the relevance of transformative learning. Disorientation,…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, COVID-19, Pandemics, Transformative Learning
Qi Sun; Xi Lin; Xiaoqiao Zhang; Rachel Rui – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2024
This qualitative case study examines the learning experiences of self-organized Chinese and Chinese American adults from the X Care Group amid the political repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings revealed how care group members created meaning in their daily life experiences, reformed their identity, and increased their Chinese and…
Descriptors: Situated Learning, Community Involvement, Asian Americans, Asians
Download full textFleener, M. Jayne; Barcinas, Susan J. – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2021
This paper explores futures learning strategies enacted by ecosystem building futurists working with organizations and communities for social transformation and adaptation to uncertain futures. The research is based on interviews with futurists who work as ecosystem builders to understand the "what," "how," and "why"…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Lifelong Learning, Interdisciplinary Approach, Social Change
Nicolaides, Aliki – Myers Education Press, 2022
"Generative Knowing" explores the mystery of learning from the unknown in ways that reveal that learning is a dynamic phenomenon, encompassing both personal and societal contexts. Dewey defines learning in terms of experience, reflection, continuity, and interactivity. When learning happens, it eventually solidifies into reliable truths…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Learning Theories, Mastery Learning, Learning Processes
Hale, Shelby – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Elementary school teachers are faced with numerous challenges when teaching science using the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). This action-research case study looked to explore the effects of a coaching cycle on teacher's increased perceived understanding of NGSS and its three-dimensional design as a way to better implement the standards.…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, COVID-19, Pandemics, Teacher Morale
Ana Lia Oliva – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Research has shown that adult learning is a complex and integrative process that requires an interdisciplinary lens of study. Thus, to understand the cognitive dimensions of learning, a multidisciplinary approach is needed. This single case study aimed to examine how the role of language function in self-reflection supports the socio-cognitive and…
Descriptors: Language Role, Adult Learning, Reflection, Transformative Learning
Egure, Dominic Siami; Curry, Katherine; Fiegener, Ashlyn M.; Kim, Younglong; Akinrinmade, Bodunrin – School Community Journal, 2023
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to investigate, through the lens of Adult Learning Theory, the perceived influence of TeleNGAGE on educators' and families' capacity to collaborate in equitable and transformative ways. Findings suggest that educators' and families' capacity for collaborative problem-solving was enhanced through…
Descriptors: Family School Relationship, Equal Education, Problem Solving, Case Studies
Nicolaides, Aliki, Ed.; Eschenbacher, Saskia, Ed.; Buergelt, Petra T., Ed.; Gilpin-Jackson, Yabome, Ed.; Welch, Marguerite, Ed.; Misawa, Mitsunori, Ed. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2022
This handbook offers an expanded discourse on transformative learning by making the turn into new passageways to explore the phenomenon of transformation. It curates diverse discourses, knowledges and practices of transformation, in ways that both includes and departs from the adult learning mainstay of transformative learning and adult education.…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Critical Theory, Freedom, Creativity
Griswold, Wendy, Ed. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2021
The Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) provides a forum for the discussion of international issues related to adult education in general, as well as adult education in various countries around the globe. These "Proceedings" are from the Commission of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics
