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Transformation for Adults in an Internet-Based Learning Environment--Is It Necessary to Be Self-Directed?
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Chu, Regina Juchun; Chu, Anita Zichun; Weng, Cathy; Tsai, Chin-Chung; Lin, Chia-chun – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
This research explores the relationships between self-directed learning readiness and transformative learning theory (TLT) reflected by the Constructivist Internet-based Learning Environment Scale (CILES). A questionnaire survey about adult learner's perceptions of Internet-based learning was administered to adults enrolled in classes in community…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Constructivism (Learning), Learning Readiness, Structural Equation Models
Expanding the Purpose of a Prison Education Classroom
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Thomas, Robert G. – Journal of Research and Practice for Adult Literacy, Secondary, and Basic Education, 2012
In 1979, when the author began as an academic instructor at the Central Coast Adult School, located inside the California Men's Colony in San Luis Obispo, California, he saw his teaching role in the traditional sense of imparting knowledge through the school's curriculum. Over time, however, his viewpoint changed as he came to recognize that the…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Education
Restorative Practices: Graduate Students' Perspectives Seen through a Transformative Learning Lens
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Adamson, Craig W. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation explores students' learning experiences in a newly accredited graduate school focused on Restorative Practices Theory, which enables people to restore and build community collectively. This exploration was conducted using a Transformative Adult Learning Theory lens in order to understand graduate students' perspectives regarding…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Transformative Learning, Adult Learning, Classroom Environment
Transformative Learning and Global Citizen Identity Development in Undergraduates: A Case Study
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Hendershot, Karen – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Globalization has exerted pressure on educational leaders to prepare students for an increasingly complex world. Institutions of higher education in the United States are striving to transform students into global citizens, and translating these imperatives into specialized curricula. However, no common definition for "global citizen"…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Student Attitudes, Activism, Citizenship Education
Servant-Leader Development in an Adult Accelerated Degree Completion Program: A Mixed-Methods Study
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Anderson, Angela R. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Although many private Christian liberal arts programs exist today that seek to foster servant-leader (SL) development within their students, there is a void of both literature and data that details how servant-leadership development occurs and what contexts may be appropriate or necessary for this development. The purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Adult Students, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Liberal Arts
Study Abroad Programs: A Mirror for Adult Learning and Perspective Transformation.
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Sanders, Kathryn Ann; Morgan, Marilon – 2001
Today, a person can find a variety of travel and study programs as diverse as that person's imagination and pocketbook. This paper considers today's study abroad programs in developing countries, particularly study abroad in Africa. The paper discusses the educational value of study abroad in Africa. It focuses on perspective transformation, that…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Attitude Measures, Developing Nations, Educational Benefits