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Tour, Ekaterina; Creely, Edwin; Waterhouse, Peter – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2021
A strength-based approach to teaching digital literacies can advance language education for adults from refugee and migrant backgrounds, preparing them for life in a new country. This article draws on a 6-month ethnographic study at an adult English language center in Australia and explores teachers' perspectives and practices related to teaching…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Adult Educators, Adult Students, Migrant Adult Education
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Smythe, Suzanne – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2018
This article reports on a study of adult literacy and learning in a public computing center where people contend with the new literacy demands of online government and other automated technologies. The study asks, (1) What literacy and learning practices are associated with digital governance? (2) What pedagogies support people to navigate digital…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Learning, Governance, Adult Education
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Lin, Cecilia I. C.; Tang, Wen-hui; Kuo, Feng-Yang – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2012
The group of middle-aged and elderly women represents the lowest usage rate of information and communication technology (ICT) in Taiwan. This article reports how a social intervention program, the Taiwan Women Up (TWU) program, has helped such group to successfully learn ICT skills with the support of members of nonprofit organizations. The study…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Intervention, Females, Research Methodology
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Kim, Young Sek; Merriam, Sharan B. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2010
Situated learning theory understands learning to be a sociocultural activity, and individuals experience identity development as they participate in communities of practice. The purpose of this study was to understand how Korean older adults' computer learning in a classroom is a situated activity and how this learning influences older adults'…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Korean Culture, Learning Processes, Classroom Environment