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Xiying Li; Huixin Chai; Wanru Cao; Xin Zhao; Zhongling Pi – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
With the increase in life expectancy and the rapid advancement of digital technology, older adults often face challenges where formal learning opportunities are scarce. Consequently, they are compelled to rely on instructional videos for continuous learning. However, many older adults struggle with low self-efficacy and motivation. Although…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Video Technology, Instructional Films, Older Adults
Esen Altunay; Nedim Özdemir – Studies in Continuing Education, 2025
Policymakers worldwide are grappling with devising robust policies aimed at enhancing adult learning, due to its growing significance in bolstering competitiveness within knowledge-based economies. However, there is scant research on adult learning strategies for improving intrapersonal or social practice approaches, particularly in work settings,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, Adult Learning, Learning Strategies
Reinilä, Emmi; Kekäläinen, Tiia; Saajanaho, Milla; Kokko, Katja – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2023
Previous studies have linked higher generativity with better mental well-being. However, most of these studies investigated the predictive role of generativity in well-being, while the converse relation, that is, how mental well-being contributes to generativity, has been ignored. This study first investigated the structure and stability of…
Descriptors: Adults, Older Adults, Mental Health, Well Being
Vladimir Gu?u – Journal of Educational Sciences, 2023
In adult learning and education the need is defined as the discrepancy between the current stage of development of professional competences, as well as those of general culture, and the desired (possible to be achieved) stage. The need reflects the existence of a problem that requires intervention, a problem that needs to be dealt with, but also a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Needs, Adults, Factor Analysis
Sunita J. Kathuria – Journal of Educational Technology, 2024
The rapid growth of social media platforms has reshaped various facets of life, including education. Instagram, primarily an audio-visual content-sharing platform, is increasingly being perceived as a potential learning tool. This study explores the usage and perception of Instagram as an educational tool, focusing on its role in engagement and…
Descriptors: Social Media, Technology Uses in Education, Audiovisual Aids, Information Dissemination
Dillon H. Murphy; Matthew G. Rhodes; Alan D. Castel – Metacognition and Learning, 2024
When we monitor our learning, often measured via judgments of learning (JOLs), this metacognitive process can change what is remembered. For example, prior work has demonstrated that making JOLs enhances memory for related, but not unrelated, word pairs in younger adults. In the current study, we examined potential age-related differences in…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Memory, Young Adults, Older Adults
Maddie N. Zdeblick – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2024
The widespread myth that adults with intellectual disabilities lack agency still pervades learning and research spaces, justifying ableist teaching and research methods. Bringing critical, socio-cultural perspectives on disability together with Disability Justice principles, I present a joyful counternarrative, illustrating how a group of adults…
Descriptors: Adults, Adult Education, Intellectual Disability, Personal Autonomy
Stephen P. Gordon; Jovita M. Ross-Gordon – i.e.: inquiry in education, 2024
This article considers the potential benefits of integrating the knowledge base on adult learning with teacher inquiry. The first part of the article provides an overview of key concepts discussed in the literature on adult learning, including the characteristics of adult learners, self-directed learning, experiential learning, transformative…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Student Characteristics, Independent Study
Jewel Elias Crasta; Olivia J. Green; William J. Gavin; Patricia L. Davies – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
This study evaluated attention, sensory processing, and social responsiveness and the relationship between these constructs among autistic and neurotypical adults. Participants included 24 autistic adults (17-30 years) and 24 neurotypical peers who completed the Test of Everyday Attention, Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile (AASP), and the Social…
Descriptors: Attention, Perception, Sensory Experience, Interpersonal Competence
Christa M. Akers; Mary Boyle; Iyad Ghanim; Roberta J. Elman – Topics in Language Disorders, 2024
Previous studies have used semantic verb categories to compare how speakers with and without aphasia use verb types during narrative monologue discourse tasks. In this study, we explore the types of verbs used by speakers with and without aphasia during conversation. Using previously collected conversational discourse samples produced by 23 adults…
Descriptors: Adults, Aphasia, Verbs, Language Usage
Hachem, Hany – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2023
Older adults continue learning for intrinsic and extrinsic reasons. Literature has often portrayed the reasons for learning in older age as either intentional or as predetermined by socialisation. This emphasis on either agency or social structures is found, not least, in the humanist and critical principles of older adult education. This article…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Adult Students, Adult Learning, Student Motivation
Kalenda, Jan; Kocvarováa, Ilona; Boeren, Ellen – European Journal of Education, 2023
The impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on nonformal adult education has become a frequently discussed issue in lifelong learning. Nonformal adult education is understood here as all organised adult learning outside formal education that usually does not result in official certification. Many scholars have considered the pandemic as the…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Student Participation, Barriers
Sun, Qi; Kang, Haijun – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2022
Applying Culture and Appreciative Education lenses, this qualitative study, eliciting detailed descriptions, examines six North American adult and higher education scholars' lived learning experiences and insights gained from their academic collaborations in and with the East. Our findings indicate that participants hold unique international…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Intercultural Communication, Cultural Differences
Belzer, Alisa – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2022
This commentary urges researchers and readers to rethink definitions of adulthood and its relevance in literacy research by arguing that adult readers are distinct from children and even college students. More specifically, it argues that adult literacy learners (those reading at the 8th-grade level equivalent or below and those who did not…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Adult Learning, Student Needs
Hung-Yu Chan; Shu-Wei Liu; Huei-Tse Hou – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
This study developed an online role-playing history education game with real-person NPCs (Non-Player Characters). The game features real people playing NPC characters, and provides a multi-dimensional scaffolding mechanism with realistic story and historical scenes, allowing learners to engage in strategic planning and problem solving during a…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Electronic Learning, Play