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Huet, Isabel; Casanova, Diogo – Higher Education Research and Development, 2022
The professional development of doctoral supervisors is a relatively new area of academic development that is still non-existent in many higher education institutions worldwide. This is particularly relevant to explore as several other studies indicate that the quality of doctoral supervision has a direct impact on the doctoral student progression…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Supervision, Doctoral Dissertations, Doctoral Students
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Lapina, Angelina – Adult Learning, 2018
Coping in adult learning-based environments is a relevant phenomenon because stressful experiences are inevitable at times. Three main types of coping strategies are distinguished to either solve the problem (problem-focused coping), avoid the problem (avoidance coping), or reduce anxiety and other negative emotions (emotion-focused coping) in…
Descriptors: Coping, Reflection, Adult Education, Adult Learning
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Roessger, Kevin M. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2012
Researchers have yet to agree on an approach that supports how adults best learn novel motor skills in formal educational contexts. The literature fails to adequately discuss adult motor learning from the standpoint of adult education. Instead, the subject is addressed by other disciplines. This review attempts to integrate perspectives across…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Models, Psychomotor Skills, Perceptual Motor Learning
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Wright, Robin Redmon; Sandlin, Jennifer A. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2009
In this article, we examine adult education literature as it relates to all aspects of popular culture. After an extensive literature review we found that, increasingly, adult educators are investigating popular culture's connection with adult education and learning; however, we argue that much more work needs to be done in this area, specifically…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Popular Culture, Adult Education, Adult Learning