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Perry, J. Adam – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2022
Grounded in an analysis of interviews with migrant farm workers in Canada, this article explores how learning in the everyday contexts of temporary transnational labor migration is implicated in both migrant identity formation and the social reproduction of an established and growing labor migration regime. The article focuses on thinking through…
Descriptors: Situated Learning, Migrant Workers, Workplace Learning, Seasonal Laborers
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Costa, Ana L.; Vaz, Henrique; Menezes, Isabel – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2021
Work as a place of activism is a vast field to be explored in adult education research, particularly within educational, social, and community intervention with people in situations of vulnerability. This qualitative study aims to unveil the richness of activists' learning processes and outcomes by reflecting on the pedagogy of professional…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Activism, Learning Processes, Teaching Methods
Lopes, Tobin; Scully-Russ, Ellen; Zarestky, Jill; Collins, Joshua C. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2020
There is contrary research around whether collaboration at work fosters individual learning and skill development. This study's purpose was to examine the relationship between social characteristics of jobs on adults' cognitive skills as measured by the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). For select industry…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Work Environment, Thinking Skills, Adults
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Kim, Sehoon; McLean, Gary N. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2014
The purpose of this article was to identify how differing cultural factors affect informal learning in the workplace. We have introduced concepts and reviewed studies on informal learning and national culture based on an extensive literature review on the factors influencing informal learning, particularly based on five Hofstede's dimensions of…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Workplace Learning, National Norms, Cultural Influences
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Gouthro, Patricia A. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2014
This article explores the learning pathways of 15 Canadian and American female crime fiction authors. Using a critical feminist perspective, it argues that despite the neoliberal rhetoric of individual choice, as in most careers, there are social-structural factors that create opportunities and barriers for women mystery writers. The article…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Authors, Females, Fiction