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Vance, Charles D. – Adult Learning, 2015
Understanding why military students pursue a master's degree has become more important as the number of military students taking advantage of education benefits through the Post-911 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 has increased. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore how U.S. Army officers attending the Command and…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Masters Degrees, Military Personnel, Qualitative Research
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Madrigal-Hopes, Diana L.; Villavicencio, Edna; Foote, Martha M.; Green, Chris – Adult Learning, 2014
This qualitative study examined the impact of a six-step framework for work-specific vocabulary instruction in adult English language learners (ELLs). Guided by research in English as a second language (ESL) methodology and the transactional theory, the researchers sought to unveil how these processes supported the acquisition and application of…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, English Language Learners, Career Readiness, Adult Education
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Hansman, Catherine A. – Adult Learning, 2003
Planning a wedding, like planning programs for adult learners, is a process that requires collaboration and respect for all involved in the planning. Most importantly, planning programs requires that the many people involved in the planning listen to and work with each other to negotiate program components in an ethical planning process, while at…
Descriptors: Program Development, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Case Studies
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Watkins, Karen E. – Adult Learning, 2001
Action science can play a role in virtual team development. Participants write action science cases of problematic interactions in their work and discuss them in small groups. (JOW)
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Education, Case Studies, Change
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Canipe, James B.; Decker, Martha M. – Adult Learning, 2004
Honoring the past through knowledge of a powerful movement from the beginning of the last century has been found to contain useful, relevant, meaningful information for present-day practitioners in adult education. The compelling story of an adult education project, begun nearly 100 years ago by Cora Wilson Stewart and known as "The Moonlight…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Evening Programs, Historical Interpretation