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Nogueron, Silvia Cecilia – ProQuest LLC, 2011
In this study, I investigate the digital literacy practices of adult immigrants, and their relationship with transnational processes and practices. Specifically, I focus on their conditions of access to information and communication technologies (ICTs) in their life trajectories, their conditions of learning in a community center, and their…
Descriptors: Participant Observation, Multilingualism, Adult Education, Access to Information
Kwon, Hyuckhoon – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study seeks to gain a holistic understanding of how older Korean-American adults' socio-demographic factors affect their attitudes toward the computer. The research was guided by four main questions: (1) What do participants describe as the consequences of their using the computer? (2) What attitudes toward the computer do participants…
Descriptors: Korean Americans, Older Adults, Computer Attitudes, Social Influences
Nycyk, Michael; Redsell, Margaret – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2007
Influencing government policy in adult learning areas requires consistent efforts in having findings noticed by educational policymakers. Submissions by Adult Learning Australia and researchers have called for unified educational policies and practices across Australia. This paper argues that, whilst it is important to address macro issues of…
Descriptors: Policy Formation, Adult Learning, Older Adults, Information Technology
Edwards, Anne; Mackenzie, Lin – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2005
In this paper we argue that interventions aimed at preventing social exclusion need to be informed by detailed analysis of the formation, disruption, reformation and support of trajectories of participation in the opportunities for action provided. We draw on evidence we gathered on the lives of two women who used an inner city drop-in centre to…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, At Risk Persons, Foreign Countries, Interviews