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Henry, Alastair; Davydenko, Sofia – Modern Language Journal, 2020
Learning a language is a long-term undertaking. In this endeavor, motivation is served by patterns of regulation that steer and control behavior. Regulation can be focused on possibilities and opportunities (an approach pattern), or the implications of failure (an avoidance pattern). Responding to calls for work with a focus on regulation (Papi…
Descriptors: Adults, Second Language Learning, Learning Motivation, Adult Learning
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Hoggan, Chad; Kloubert, Tetyana – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2020
This is a response to "The Ethical Knower: Rethinking Our Pedagogy in the Age of Trump" by Elana Michelson. We appreciate Michelson's critical evaluation of the appropriateness of transformative learning and the use of personal narrative, as well as the frames and tools she offers to help us deal with current challenges such as…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Theory Practice Relationship, Epistemology, Hermeneutics
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Lawrence, Randee Lipson – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2020
As an adult educator for more than 30 years, I have always searched for ways to incorporate creative expression into my teaching practice through engaged pedagogy and student assignments. My major influences came not from educational sources but from the art world and from natural surroundings. In the early 1990's I discovered New Brunswick-based…
Descriptors: Artists, Art Products, Photography, Painting (Visual Arts)
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Harrison, Ursula; Ollis, Tracey; Ryan, Cheryl – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2020
Neighbourhood Houses are significant sites of community-based adult learning spaces that are empowering, supportive and caring. They embody inclusive community development processes and adult learning practices that facilitate formal, informal, and incidental learning. Practices in these sites of social inclusion support relationships and shared…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Community Organizations, Interpersonal Relationship, Adult Students
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Hefler, Günter; Steinheimer, Eva – Palgrave Studies in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning, 2020
This contribution focuses on Austria and its response to Youth Guarantee (YG) by explaining the reasons of the Austrian government not to participate in the YG, but to continue using a significant part of ESF funding for the 2014-2020 period for programmes with a high intake of young adults. This chapter therefore explores the specifics of an…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Program Descriptions, Educational Finance, Financial Support
Sweeney, Diane; Harris, Leanna S. – Corwin, 2020
Diane Sweeney and Leanna Harris, whose best-selling books have influenced the practice of thousands of K-12 coaches, frame how Student-Centered Coaching serves as an evidence-based model of professional learning that focuses on student outcomes. Shifting the focus from "fixing" teachers to partnering with them to reach goals for student…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Coaching (Performance), Elementary Secondary Education, Principals
Tracy Ann Kachur – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The purpose of this qualitative case study is to learn about, describe, and understand the experiences and perceptions of adult students who attend a community college that has ongoing student success initiatives. The research question addresses how adult learners uniquely perceive their student experiences at a community college immersed in a…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Community Colleges, Student Experience, Success
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Sidra Noreen; Zafar Iqbal – European Education, 2025
The present paper sought to offer a theoretical perspective on the social practice approach (SPA) in adult literacy since its conceptualization in the early 1980s. It aims to provide a holistic understanding of SPA by examining its objectives, development, and practical applications. The analysis highlights how the SPA differs from traditional…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Literacy Education, Futures (of Society), Holistic Approach
Joshua Buffington – ProQuest LLC, 2023
For many people, learning a second language as an adult is a challenging endeavor. Much interest in the study of adult second language learning has concerned the type of input that learners receive in their second language, with findings suggesting that second language learners are often exposed to a register of speech called 'foreigner talk' that…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Memory
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Tracey Ollis; Annette Foley – Prism: Casting New Light on Learning, Theory & Practice, 2023
In Australia, there is no one cohesive program design or curriculum which provides a framework for adult learning in Adult Community Education (ACE) organisations, with the two major states New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria leading the most developed systems. Many adult learners who learn in these education settings return to study to find…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Justice, Adult Learning, Community Education
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Jennifer Caligari – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2024
In the late nineteenth century, adult and public learning pedagogy were the key instruments utilised in the campaign to achieve Victorian Women's Suffrage. The democratic process of changing state government legislation on franchise demanded multiple pedagogical methods. Through the actions of Bessie Harrison Lee (1860-1950), this paper identifies…
Descriptors: Females, Womens Education, Urban Areas, Rural Areas
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Khusnul Khotimah; Deisyi Anna Batunan; Utami Widiati – Taiwan Journal of TESOL, 2024
The massive shift to online learning due to the COVID-19 outbreak has opened wider possibilities of telecollaboration among English learners through global online communities. Responding to the limited empirical evidence on what drives these learners to learn beyond their geographical boundaries, this phenomenological case study intends to delve…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Motivation, Adult Learning
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Alastair Henry; Cecilia Thorsen; Peter D. MacIntyre – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
In many contexts of multilingualism, language learners can initiate communication in the target language (TL), or a contact language (such as English). Patterns of use emerging from these choices vary between individuals and affect TL development. Willingness to communicate (WTC) needs to be investigated in ways that capture these variations. So…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Context Effect, Intercultural Communication, Adult Education
Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2024
Career-connected learning is an educational strategy that combines high-quality academic instruction, skill-based learning, and real-world experiences to prepare students with the knowledge and skills that they need to pursue their college and career goals. Career-connected learning can be delivered in a variety of ways, including in core content…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Career and Technical Education Schools, Career and Technical Education
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Paulina Haduong; Karen Brennan – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2024
Online professional learning experiences can address K¬--12 computing teachers' need for content knowledge and professional communities. However, it can be difficult to design effective, large-scale experiences that reach broader audiences while addressing individual teachers' professional needs. We facilitated a two-week online professional…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Electronic Learning, Faculty Development, Learning Experience
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