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Rausch, Thomas A.; Kaiser, Leann M. R. – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2021
This paper examines current views and definitions of learning transfer as well as their dominant characteristics. An alterior way to view learning transfer as preparation for future learning (PFL) is presented along with its defining features. This paper is divided into five sections: (a) what comprises learning transfer, (b) the conventional…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Adult Education, Continuing Education, Adult Educators
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Eddy, Pamela L.; Hao, Yi; Markiewicz, Chris; Iverson, Ellen – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2019
Faculty development is often under-emphasized in community colleges (or 2-year colleges; 2YCs). This research reports on data collected from a National Science Foundation (NSF) project involving 2YC geoscience faculty as "change agents." We studied 22 geoscience faculty involved in a NSF funded longitudinal project that focused on three…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Change Agents, Adult Students, Situated Learning
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MacDonald, Kara; McCaw, Tatiana; Scheibner, Annette – CATESOL Journal, 2021
ELLs need to engage with topics and situations in the classroom that equip them with the social, professional and civic cultural skills to address real-life interactions for their present realities, as well as their future realities (American, 2009, Garett, 2005; Perez & Morrison, 2016). Teachers face the challenge of balancing conventional…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, English Language Learners, Situated Learning, Teaching Methods