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Kranich, Nancy – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2010
Founded in the 1850s to promote an informed citizenry, public libraries advanced both adult learning and citizenship education in the first half of the 20th century, thus becoming cornerstones of democracy. But with a more recent decline in public engagement in libraries and beyond, librarians question whether democracy requires more than an…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Democracy, Citizenship Education, Adult Learning
Guilar, Joshua; Loring, Alice – Journal of Distance Education, 2008
This study used a grounded theory case study to identify the theoretical areas that account for the nature and success of Royal Roads University's (RRU) learning community model. This instructional model enables RRU's mission to serve adult learners who want to further their careers through education while living and working across British…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, World Problems, Distance Education, Online Courses
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Bloomberg, Linda Dale – Journal of Jewish Education, 2008
Little empirical research is currently available on Jewish distance learning, a nascent but growing field of practice. By way of qualitative case study methodology, this research explored the learning experience of a group of adult learners participating in a Jewish education Master's degree program that is offered by way of videoconferencing…
Descriptors: Jews, Informal Education, Distance Education, Adult Learning
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Lundin, Johan; Nulden, Urban – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to show how professional tools trigger workplace learning. The daily mundane work of Swedish police officers has been studied to investigate how the use of police tools triggers learning through discussions in police practice. Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected through a field study consisting of…
Descriptors: Police, Work Environment, Foreign Countries, Interviews