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Colley, Helen; James, David; Tedder, Michael; Diment, Kim – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2003
Official accounts of learning in vocational education and training emphasise the acquisition of technical skills and knowledge to foster behavioural competence in the workplace. However, such accounts fail to acknowledge the relationship between learning and identity. Drawing on detailed case studies of three vocational courses--in childcare,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Vocational Education, Child Care Occupations, Affective Behavior
Barlas, Carole – 2001
The impact of adult learning-within-relationship on transformative learning and social change agency was explored in a descriptive case study of the learning experiences of 20 adults who identified themselves as significantly transformed by their participation in a doctoral program. In-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted to identify…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Tolliver, Derise; Tisdell, Elizabeth J. – 2002
Various disciplinary perspectives can help in understanding relationships among cultural identity, spirituality, and sociopolitical development and their role in teaching for transformation. Educators must consider how the spirituality omnipresent in the learning environment informs emancipatory education. Cultural identity development is coming…
Descriptors: Activism, Adult Education, Afrocentrism, Black Power
Wilson, Arthur L.; Kiely, Richard C. – 2002
Empirical research on adult learning conducted by Jack Mezirow in the 1970s was revolutionary and groundbreaking and contributed to the creation of a critical theory of adult learning. His influence has remained at the forefront of adult education theory for over two decades. It is timely to consider whether other empirical research has…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Andragogy
Connolly, Brid, Ed.; Fleming, Ted, Ed.; McCormack, David, Ed.; Ryan, Anne, Ed. – 1996
The six articles in this first issue comprise a critical discourse about theories, practices, and research with the intent of realizing the potential of adult learning to bring about social change. "Adult Education and Empowerment for Individual and Community Development" (Jack Mezirow) outlines and updates the author's transformation…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Community Development, Democracy
2001
This document contains three papers on action learning. "Action Learning: Case Studies of Most Valued Learning and Application" (Suzanne D. Butterfield) reports on a qualitative study in which longitudinal data was collected from document analysis and first-line consulting managers who had participated in action learning. The study…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Learning, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
Roberson, Donald N., Jr. – 2002
Malcolm Knowles' theory of andragogy asserts that adult learners learn differently from younger learners and hence require a different kind of education. According to Knowles, andragogy is characterized by the following hallmarks: adult learners are self-directed, have accumulated vast experiences that add to their knowledge, are at a stage in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Andragogy
Wise, Meg – 2001
Heart attacks are the leading cause of death in the United States, and cardiac rehabilitation, a form of post-MI (myocardial infarction) education, accounts for at most 20% of improved lifestyle behavior that can effectively manage symptoms, delay or prevent subsequent attacks, and lower mortality and morbidity rates. In an attempt to improve…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavior Change, Behavior Development, Cardiovascular System
2002
This document contains three papers from a symposium on team-based work in human resource development (HRD). "Toward Transformational Learning in Organizations: Effects of Model-II Governing Variables on Perceived Learning in Teams" (Blair K. Carruth) summarizes a study that indicated that, regardless of which Model-II variable (valid…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Case Studies, Conferences, Cooperation
Laiken, Marilyn E. – 2002
At the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Ontario, a course entitled Developing and Leading High Performing Teams: Theory and Practice is experimenting with a design that surfaces the action/reflection paradox for the purpose of learning how to manage this polarity. Whether the product is defined as services or goods,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Conflict Resolution, Cooperative Learning
Kerka, Sandra – 2003
An evidence-based connection between adult educator professional development (PD) and learner outcomes is difficult to document, yet there is an intuitive assumption that professional development is linked to better teaching and learning outcomes. The field appears to be shifting away from one-shot PD to practitioner engagement in sustained,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Evaluation Problems
Drago-Severson, Eleanor – 2002
A study followed for a year or more the internal experiences of learning and change of 41 adult basic education/English as a second language learners enrolled in these 3 programs: community college, family literacy site, and workplace site. It focused on learners' meanings as the starting point for exploration and used a developmental lens to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Development, Cognitive Processes, Community Colleges
Van Damme, Dirk – 1999
A conceptual framework for analyzing participation in adult education was developed. Adult education participation was considered a specific kind of strategic behavior. The term "strategic" was defined by proceeding from Pierre Bourdieu's concept of "educational strategy," which permits consideration of the structural…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Competence, Continuing Education
Dei, George J. Sefa – 2002
The roles of spirituality and spiritual learning in transformative learning are discussed. The discussion was initiated from an anti-colonial perspective on engaging spiritually in the political project of transformative learning, and it is grounded in issues of African education and in the principle of teaching critically so that education serves…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, African Culture, Colonialism, Critical Pedagogy
Sachatello-Sawyer, Bonnie; Fellenz, Robert A.; Burton, Hanly; Gittings-Carlson, Laura; Lewis-Mahony, Janet; Woolbaugh, Walter – 2002
A three-year national study of adult museum programs used a qualitative research approach and naturalistic inquiry and interviewed 508 museum program participants, 75 instructors, and 143 museum program planners in all types and sizes of museums, including art institutes, natural and cultural historical museums, science centers, historic houses,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
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