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Kuk, Hye-Su; Tarlau, Rebecca – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2020
The purpose of this paper is to systematically review and trace the lineage of theoretical debates around social movement learning in the field of adult education. We compiled articles, books and conference proceedings on adult education and social movements from Google Scholar using the software "Publish or Perish" and manually filtered…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Social Change, Social Influences, Conflict
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Coryell, Joellen E.; Wagner, Susan; Clark, M. Carolyn; Stuessy, Carol – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2013
This study investigated the inner experiences of adults learning to become educational researchers. Through narrative analysis of doctoral students' tales of memorable early encounters in conducting research, insight was gained into the self-questioning tension, conflict, and drama often experienced. A discussion about how to utilize…
Descriptors: Adults, Educational Researchers, Educational Research, Personal Narratives
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Fries, Stefan; Dietz, Franziska – Journal of Experimental Education, 2007
Students are often faced with the temptation of attractive activities, which may interfere with the learning task and result in detrimental effects on experience and performance. Seventy-seven students (50 girls, 27 boys; M age = 15.9 years; SD = 1.65 years) participated in an experiment that reflected the typical situation of students having to…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Learning Processes, Student Motivation, Adolescents