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Collette Marie Lere' London – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this quantitative, quasi-experimental study was to determine if, and to extent, there is a statistically significant difference between pre and posttest critical thinking scores of U.S. Navy Operations Specialist A-school participants in an adaptive technology training environment and those in the traditional learning environment.…
Descriptors: Military Training, Armed Forces, Critical Thinking, Skill Development
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Coyer, Caitlin; Gebregiorgis, Desta; Patton, Kaitlin; Gheleva, Daniela; Bikos, Lynette – Journal of Experiential Education, 2019
Background: Global learning outcomes (GLOs) are increasingly emphasized within higher education because of the advantages they provide in navigating globalized contexts. The process of global learning may be understood through Mezirow's theory of transformational learning, in which presentation of dissonant information results in more open,…
Descriptors: Community Education, Outcomes of Education, Transformative Learning, Learning Theories
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Roessger, Kevin M. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2014
In work-related instrumental learning contexts, the role of reflective activities is unclear. Kolb's experiential learning theory and Mezirow's transformative learning theory predict skill adaptation as an outcome. This prediction was tested by manipulating reflective activities and assessing participants' response and error rates during novel…
Descriptors: Reflection, Skill Development, Experiential Learning, Transformative Learning
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Prout, Sarah; Lin, Ivan; Nattabi, Barbara; Green, Charmaine – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2014
Health indicators for rural populations in Australia continue to lag behind those of urban populations and particularly for Indigenous populations who make up a large proportion of people living in rural and remote Australia. Preparation of health practitioners who are adequately prepared to face the "messy swamps" of rural health…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Rural Areas, Indigenous Populations, Allied Health Personnel
Roessger, Kevin M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In work-related, instrumental learning contexts the role of reflective activities is unclear. Kolb's (1985) experiential learning theory and Mezirow's transformative learning theory (2000) predict skill-adaptation as a possible outcome. This prediction was experimentally explored by manipulating reflective activities and assessing participants'…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Skill Development, Reflection, Experiential Learning
McNamara, Rebecca A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Different conceptualizations of service-learning are found in higher education, ranging from charity to social justice focused. Little is known about the lasting impact of social justice focused service-learning on undergraduate participants, especially in a global education setting. This study examined the experience and meaning making of…
Descriptors: Travel, Service Learning, Social Justice, Interpersonal Relationship
Harrison, Jason – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Problem: Leaders today need a new set of knowledge and skills to be effective in collaborative environments. The focus of this study was to investigate how collaborative environments can contribute to leadership development. The purpose of this study was to describe how the collaborative environment of summer camp helped shape emerging adults as…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Summer Programs, Resident Camp Programs, Staff Development
Woods, Robert – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Many inmates arrive in prison with weak educational backgrounds and social skills as well as psychological problems and drug and alcohol addiction. The focus of this phenomenological study was to identify roles of prison educators in helping inmate students overcome their challenges through transformative experiences that motivate the students to…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Institutionalized Persons, Transformative Learning, Data Analysis
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Halx, Mark D. – Teaching in Higher Education, 2010
In this paper, I advocate for enhancing critical thinking skill development in undergraduate education by taking advantage of the increased experiential maturity of today's students. I argue that many undergraduates are in fact "adults", by virtue of their age or experiential maturity, and they should be educated as such. Undergraduates who have…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Undergraduate Study, Maturity (Individuals), Adult Education
Shiraki-Sakaino, Carrie – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The proliferation of mentoring programs for new teachers has led to a tremendous interest in the skills that mentors develop in order to effectively support their mentees. Consequently, a substantial body of research has focused on the practice of mentoring and mentored learning. Majority of these studies have relied upon data collected at single…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Mentors, Transformative Learning, Learning Processes
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Laff, Ned Scott – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2005
This chapter argues that liberal learning can be transformative and foster students' intellectual and ethical development only if we consider its development underpinnings and pedagogic strategies that illustrate that the skills of academic inquiry are the skills of personal development. (Contains 1 note.)
Descriptors: Liberal Arts, Student Development, Cognitive Development, Ethics
2002
This symposium on adult learning and human resource development consists of three presentations. "Adult Learning Principles and Concepts in the Workplace: Implications for Training in HRD" (Margot B. Weinstein) reports on findings from interviews with restaurant employees who reported that training practices using adult learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Development, Adult Learning, Adult Students