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Direct linkCalabrese, Julia E.; Capraro, Robert M. – Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching & Learning, 2022
Purpose: In distinguishing the education of adults from the education of children, a gray area lies on where to classify gifted and honors students. The purpose of this study was to determine if the attitudes of students at an honors STEM summer camp paralleled the educational needs of adults, namely self-directed learning.…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Gifted Education, Student Attitudes, Honors Curriculum
Coryell, Joellen E. – Adult Learning, 2011
To live and work in today's global community, adults need to develop an intercultural responsiveness and flexibility in order to interact sensitively in situations involving international cultural contexts, practices, beliefs, understandings, and communications. One way to support this development in adult and higher education is to offer…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Abroad, Communities of Practice, Learning Theories
Grenier, Robin S. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2010
This case study sought to understand why educators participate in museum summer institutes and how participation transferred to personal development and professional practice. The study found participation was affected by an interest in and need for learning about a particular time in history, ability to transfer institute content to curricula,…
Descriptors: Museums, Nonschool Educational Programs, Faculty Development, Summer Programs
Download full textAhn, Ruth – Educational Leadership and Administration: Teaching and Program Development, 2010
A preservice teacher learning community at California Polytechnic University was created to guide adult learners in being able to effectively teach diverse learners. From the spring quarter of 2008 to 2009, these preservice teachers engaged in working with each other to write their own lesson plans and teach mathematics and literacy to English…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Adult Learning, Adult Students, English (Second Language)
