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Hicks, Nytasia; Millar, Roberto J.; Girling, Laura M.; Cummins, Phyllis A.; Yamashita, Takashi – Grantee Submission, 2021
There is an increasing need for cross-cultural qualitative studies in an era of globalization. A focus group of five researchers, who were involved in a large international research project, identified effective strategies and challenges associated with five key domains of qualitative research with key informants: identification, recruitment,…
Descriptors: Interviews, Qualitative Research, Cross Cultural Studies, Identification
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Wigdorski, Elizabeth; Carr-Chellman, Davin; Kroth, Michael; Ricks, Neal; Daniels, Donna – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2021
This study explores the learning of volunteer end of life caregivers (EOLCG). Using the profound learning framework, the researchers will use a grounded theory approach to generate transferable characterizations of how learning occurs for EOLCGs and what the content of that learning is. As a unique population of adult learners who perform an…
Descriptors: Volunteers, Caregivers, Adult Learning, Older Adults
Helen Elizabeth Hall – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This qualitative phenomenological study explored the higher learning experiences of 13 midlife learners in their pursuit of higher learning. This study explored the historical perspectives of andragogy and self-directed learning approaches pertaining to adult learning (Henschkes, 2016; Knowles, Holton & Swanson, 2012; Merriam, 2003). Andragogy…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Andragogy, Independent Study, Higher Education
Sarah Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This research study sought to examine the relationship between classroom culture, active learning strategies, and higher education success for adult learners. This mixed-method correlational and causal-comparative research design determined that adult learners have a readiness to learn and an increased need for the teaching to be centered around…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, School Culture, Active Learning, Learning Strategies
Cynthia Bavaria Bernardin – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This thesis project offers a reflective practice-based learning tool to engage preaching experience--from the hearing side of the event--early in diaconal formation to build connoisseurship of effective preaching as the logical prerequisite to engaging the event as preacher. Chapter One proposes connoisseurship as a fruitful metaphor for building…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Theological Education, Clergy, Religious Factors
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Biao, Idowu – International Review of Education, 2022
This article submits that while the world continues to view education as a human right, it also persists in depriving an important section of it -- namely "adult learning and education" (ALE) -- of adequate funding. Located within the lifelong learning domain, which facilitates both the resolution of challenges and adjustment to the…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Adult Learning, Adult Education, Lifelong Learning
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Belete, Sonja; Duke, Chris; Hinzen, Heribert; Owusu-Boampong, Angela; Khau, Huu Phuoc – International Review of Education, 2022
Institutionalised forms of adult learning and education (ALE) such as community learning centres (CLCs) and related models are found in most parts of the world. These are spaces offering opportunities for literacy and skills training, health and citizenship, general, liberal and vocational education, in line with fuller recognition of the meaning…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Education, Community Programs, Lifelong Learning
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Hinzen, Heribert; Meilhammer, Elisabeth – International Review of Education, 2022
In 2019, German folk high schools -- "Volkshochschulen" (vhs) -- celebrated the centenary of their inclusion in the Constitution of the Weimar Republic in 1919, an era when they founded local centres in many parts of the country. Ever since, they have played an important part in the adult learning and education (ALE) sub-sector of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Adult Learning, International Cooperation
Krikorian, Maryann – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2022
This monograph aims to uncover value-belief-systems underlying dominant narratives in modern IHEs, impacting the lives of many multidimensional adult learners. To do so, Eurocentrism and neoliberalism are used to analyze the socio-cultural political movements of the U.S. and its influence on higher education trends. Then, models of adult…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Social Justice, Adult Learning, Politics of Education
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Harris, Kathy; Judge, Naila; Burger, Chris – Adult Literacy Education, 2022
EAH Housing, an affordable housing organization, partnered with the Literacy, Language, and Technology Research group at Portland State University for the digital literacies portion of a digital infrastructure and digital literacies program funded by a grant from the California Public Utilities Commission. Working with the Literacy, Language, and…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Housing, Organizations (Groups), Universities
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Walters, Shirley; von Kotze, Astrid; O'Neil, Joy K. P.; Burt, Jane; February, Colette; Clover, Darlene – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2022
Ecoliteracy is essential for adult educators/activists en route to creating ecoliterate populations. Working cooperatively with other networks in the spirit of a 'solidarity economy', a group within the PIMA network has run a climate justice education programme through a series of webinars. We describe and analyse a case story of an emergent…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Climate, Justice, Adult Educators
Cummins, Phyllis A.; Harrington, A. Katherine; Yamashita, Takashi – Adult Learning, 2022
Access to lifelong learning opportunities has long been discussed in terms of the economic benefits conferred by access to and engagement in further education by members of the labor force, particularly within the global knowledge economy. However, equitable access to lifelong education opportunities, particularly for low-skilled adults in the…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Lifelong Learning, Educational Finance, Financial Support
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Aljohani, Obaidalah H.; Alajlan, Sarah M. – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2022
In today's world of accelerated progress and change, the skills to solve problems, think critically, communicate effectively, and manage lives are essential for people to flourish in the 21st century. The purpose of the study is to explore the role of Learning Neighborhood Programme for achieving the necessary life skills that adult learners need…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, COVID-19, Pandemics
Teresa Kay Pinkston – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The problem addressed was that the process of pairing mentors with new teachers in the Oklahoma career and technical education (CTE) program was ineffective and lacked guiding standards. The purpose of this qualitative multiple-case study was to explore the perceptions of novice CTE teachers and their mentors and administrators in Oklahoma…
Descriptors: Career Education, Technology Education, Beginning Teachers, Mentors
Juliana Mozachi Sandri – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Initiatives to deliver financial literacy to populations are offered by a wide range of institutions. Among them, central banks focus on financial literacy because when people make wiser financial decisions, the central banks are more likely to fulfill their societal mission. One of the most common initiatives of central banks in this regard is to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Museums, Economics Education, Foreign Countries
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