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Michael Kroth; Davin Carr-Chellman; Carol Rogers-Shaw – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2024
This chapter argues for the centrality of spirituality in lifelong and adult learning theory and practice. As embedded in human experience, the spirituality of learning, including exploring awe and wonder, is vital. We introduce the processes and outcomes of lifelong spiritual formation, profound learning, and human flourishing as underpinnings…
Descriptors: Religious Factors, Spiritual Development, Lifelong Learning, Adult Learning
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Nicole Dillard; Stephanie Sisco; Joshua C. Collins – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2024
This article explores the evolution and expansion of experiential learning theory (ELT) within the context of contemporary adult education, emphasizing the integration of technology, interdisciplinarity, and cultural responsiveness. Although Kolb's foundational model has been instrumental in linking theoretical knowledge with practical…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Adult Education, Technology Uses in Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Lisa M. Baumgartner; Davin Carr-Chellman – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2024
This article provides an overview of adult learning theory, focusing on the theories covered in this issue of New Directions in Adult and Continuing Education. In offering a brief synopsis of each article and reflecting on the ways adult learning theories have evolved since the first update was published in 1993, this article explains several…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Learning Theories, Educational Change, Student Diversity
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Burke, Emily Kearns – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2017
This chapter examines the revitalization of the cultural commons in one Massachusetts community. The adult learning theory of situated cognition, specifically communities of practice and cognitive apprenticeship, provides a lens through which to better understand how knowledge sharing can effectively promote localization in an effort to mitigate…
Descriptors: Cultural Centers, Community Centers, Adult Learning, Learning Theories
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McKendry, Virginia – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2017
This chapter examines an Indigenous speaker series formed to foster intercultural partnerships at a Canadian university. Using ensemble leadership and generative learning theories to make sense of the project, the author argues that ensemble leadership is key to designing the generative learning adult learners need in an era of ambiguity.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, International Cooperation, Teamwork
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Cox, Elaine – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2015
In this chapter, the author explores how the adult learning theories of andragogy and transformative learning may be used when coaching adult learners.
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Adult Learning, Learning Theories, Andragogy
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Schmidt, Steven W.; Mott, Vivian W. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2012
In the winter of 2007, a small group of faculty and administrators at East Carolina University (ECU) began discussions with personnel at the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) at Fort Monroe, Virginia, regarding the education and continuing professional development of U.S. Army civilian interns and careerists (two types of…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Professional Development, Professional Continuing Education, Internship Programs
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Baumgartner, Lisa M. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2011
Nearly half the U.S. population copes with a chronic disease or condition. A chronic disease is "one lasting three months or more that generally cannot be prevented by vaccines or cured by medication." Heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and obesity are the most common chronic diseases in developed countries. By 2030, it is estimated that…
Descriptors: Patient Education, Chronic Illness, Adult Learning, Coping
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Wilson, Kristen; Smith, Natesha – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2012
Since the military became an all-voluntary force (AVF), men and women have chosen to serve as a career, viewing it as a way to accomplish their life goals. Whether these goals include advancing in rank or transitioning into civilian life, service members find themselves needing additional training and/or education while serving. Although the…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Career Choice, Armed Forces, Tuition
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Grenier, Robin S. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2010
Play, along with curiosity, confidence, challenge, control, and communication, is one of six components of an intrinsically motivated museum experience (Perry, 1993). The potential of play in museums is centered in its ability to promote situations where a person is not only motivated to learn, but is propelled into the learning process, and finds…
Descriptors: Museums, Play, Lifelong Learning, Learning Theories
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Taylor, Edward W. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2008
There is an instinctive drive among all humans to make meaning of their daily lives. Because there are no enduring truths, and change is continuous, people cannot always be assured of what they know or believe. It therefore becomes imperative in adulthood that they develop a more critical worldview as they seek ways to better understand the world.…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Transformative Learning, Adult Learning, Philosophy
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Walker, Wayland – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2011
This article queries how one type of human difference--alterity, the experience of multiple distinct consciousnesses, or "alters," by one person--is pathologized in American culture. This experience is inscribed as a mental illness, labeled now as dissociative identity disorder (DID) and formerly known as multiple personality disorder (MPD). In…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Popular Culture, Mental Disorders, Adult Students
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Belzer, Alisa; Ross-Gordon, Jovita – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2011
Since the 1980s, educators in adult basic education and special education have speculated that a substantial if unknown percentage of adults have specific learning disabilities (LDs) and have sought to identify and address effectively the needs of these learners. Two rarely intersecting bodies of historical literature on LDs provide the background…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Learning Theories, Learning Disabilities, Adult Basic Education
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Boucouvalas, Marcie – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 1993
A framework of the levels, states, and structures of consciousness suggest other ways of knowing than the rational and analytical. Modern science and ancient wisdom are complementary knowledge sources. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Cognitive Structures, Learning Theories
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Hiemstra, Roger – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 1993
Three popular theories of adult learning have not been fully exploited: (1) Cross' Chain-of-Response Model; (2) Knox's proficiency theory; and (3) McCluskey's Theory of Margin. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Learning Motivation, Learning Theories, Models
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