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Around the world in fifteen articles Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2024-04-10 Michael Osborne
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Contributions of three Mexican higher education institutions to sustainable development: A comparative analysis Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Lindsay Carrillo Valdez, Leónides Villanueva Gutiérrez, Germán Álvarez-Mendiola
This research focuses on the study of the contributions of three of the most important Mexican higher education institutions – National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM), and University of Guadalajara (UDG) – to sustainable development (SD) considering public information from websites, as well as global, national, and local literature
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Confronting climate denial in higher education to promote sustainable futures Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Mark Baildon
By many accounts, societies, their institutions, and citizens are not doing enough, and with the necessary urgency, to address the climate crisis. While higher education institutions have embraced the rhetoric of sustainability and contributed to climate science, the development of renewables and other climate solutions, and a host of policy reforms that aim for greater sustainable development, this
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How UK universities approach sustainability: A timely review Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Ronghui Zhou
This article aims to explore the definitions and approaches of sustainable development (SD) in UK higher education institutions (UKHEI). Specifically, the article investigates how SD and education for sustainable development (ESD) are defined and enacted from the official websites of the 24 Russell Group Universities. The findings reveal that some of these universities disclosed their institutionalised
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African values as natural drivers of global citizenship Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2024-03-23 Idowu Biao
This article discusses the place of the concept of global citizenship within the context of African values. It holds that if the modern concept of global citizenship education as espoused by UNESCO and other global organisations is relatively recent, the same concept is ancient within the context of sub-Saharan Africa and it is subsumed within African values. The article argues that the search for
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Adult refugees and asylum seekers’ basic need satisfaction and educational success in pre-study programmes in Germany Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2024-03-22 Michael Grüttner
Host country education can be crucial for the social integration as well as labour market outcomes of refugees and asylum seekers. To meet the same admission criteria for studying at German higher education institutions (HEI) as other international student applicants, refugees and asylum seekers can attend pre-study programmes at preparatory colleges or language centres of HEI. According to the self-determination
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Insight into the demand for digital skills at the workplaces of agricultural engineering graduates in Vietnam Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Quan Thuan Kieu
This study aimed to investigate the demand for digital skills in the workplaces of agricultural graduates to shed light on the specific requirements of digital skills in their jobs. The study employed a qualitative approach and conducted a total of eight semi-structured interviews with graduates from two departments of an agricultural university in Vietnam. The obtained data, processed through thematic
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Rural home care nurses’ experiences with continuing nursing education Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Michelle Pavloff, Mary Ellen Labrecque, Jill Bally, Shelley Kirychuk, Gerri Lasiuk
Purpose: Rural home care nurses require access to continuing nursing education to address the increasing complexity of client care needs. There is currently limited literature on continuing nursing education for rural home care nurses. The purpose of this study was to explore the continuing nursing education experiences of rural home care nurses. Sample: Purposive and snowball sampling were used to
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Enhancing lifelong learning and professional growth: Exploring the role of self-directed learning for university educators Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Sara Abou Said, Wael Abdallah
This study examines lifelong learning as it pertains specifically to professional growth for university educators in Kuwait. Moreover, it looks at how self-directed and lifelong learning are interrelated. The findings of this study indicate a significant direct relationship between lifelong learning factors, including motives, attitudes, and conditions, and the professional development of educators
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Understanding student perceptions and motivations in non-traditional online degree completion programs: An exploratory case study Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Susan Watson, Kara Fulton, Seth Ketron
Student enrolment in higher education is increasing, as are enrolments in non-traditional pathways, such as degree completion programs, particularly those that are offered online. These changes have shifted the nature of student learning needs and perceptions. Therefore, stakeholders in higher education need a greater understanding of the drivers and obstacles to degree completion from the student
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Towards an invisible marginalisation of disadvantaged adult learners? Analysing the resource mobilisation strategies of the EU member states for achieving the European Education Area, 2025 Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Shalini Singh
The EU policies about what to achieve and how to achieve through the education and training of adults have developed like norms for the EU member states which they find difficult to flout. With the declaration to achieve the European Education Area (EEA) by 2025 and its targets by 2025 and 2030, the EU has laid down a framework for developing the future education systems in the member states. The paper
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Challenges of participation in adult basic literacy: Practical implications for practitioners Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Sidra Noreen, Zafar Iqbal
In Pakistan, adult literacy programs are offered to enable learners to function effectively to attain individual, family, and social sustainability, but these programs are continuously reporting low participation. This study aimed to explore the reasons behind low participation, employing a descriptive phenomenological design to examine the challenges experienced by adult learners, literacy teachers
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Relevance and effectiveness of primary school teachers’ professional development policy and practices in Oromia regional state, Ethiopia Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Girma M Geletu
The study evaluated the relevance and effectiveness of primary school teachers’ professional development policy and practices in Oromia Regional State. The researcher used a mixed method with concurrent triangulation design. The researcher selected a total of 618 samples of the study using different sampling techniques such as purposive, convenience, stratified, and simple random sampling techniques
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Work-integrated (adult) learning: Un-stigmatizing blue-collar adult learners in Singapore by embracing visibility Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Catherine Siew Kheng Chua, Johannah Li Mei Soo, Kashif Raza
‘Continuous meritocracy’ was introduced in Singapore to redefine the concepts of talent and ability in Singapore society. This expanded meaning of meritocracy serves as another way to further support the SkillsFuture Singapore movement (Skillsfuture Singapore, 2023b), which was launched in 2016. ‘Continuous meritocracy’ complements Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) programs, which were to provide adult
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Wage heterogeneity in the graduate market: Industry and public-private differences in Chile Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Nicolas Didier
Lifelong education has proven to be a significant challenge in the policy arena. The combination of formal education and labor-centered institutions has pressed the development of different mechanisms to understand the role of human capital accumulation in socioeconomic mobility and organizational performance. While the narratives of lifelong education have primed labor and educational studies across
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Climate change education through drama and social learning: Playful inquiry for building extreme weather events adaptation scenarios Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Juliano Borba, Michelle Bonatti, Leonardo Medina, Katharina Löhr, Crystal Tremblay, Jutta Gutberlet, Stefan Sieber
Considering the projected impacts of climate change in upcoming decades, innovative educational approaches should encourage inventive problem-solving techniques and societal change, fostering transformative climate adaptation. The value of drama in climate adaptation education remains a novel area in the environmental education research literature and requires further exploration of its potential benefits
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Systematic Review of Job Transition Programs Addressed to Youths With Intellectual Disability Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2023-04-25 Ivan Traina, Arlene Mannion, Shawn P. Gilroy, Geraldine Leader
This systematic review aimed to determine what existing job transition programs are evidence-based and methodologically founded. The PRISMA method was used for the review, and the inclusion criteri...
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“Those Who Would Have Drifted Off Somewhere…” promoting social advancement with new learning cultures in retail Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Patric Raemy, Lona Widmer, Antje Barabasch
This study’s goal was to explore how new learning cultures might capture the many new needs of the retail industry sector and how apprentices can be trained for future work. Due to the inductive na...
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Navigating Intersecting and Conflicting Identities: Experiences of Immigrant Mothers at a Canadian College Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2023-04-18 Rebecca D. Cox
This article explores the perspectives of immigrant student-parents who pursued post-secondary education at one community college in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada. Drawing from int...
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What makes adults choose to learn: Factors that stimulate or prevent adults from learning Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2023-04-11 Simon Broek, Josje van der Linden, Maria Anna Catharina Theresia Kuijpers, Judith Hilde Semeijn
Adult learning policies need to be based on an understanding of the inequalities in the uptake and benefits of learning and why adults might not participate. This needs to go beyond a mere insight ...
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Digital Humanism, Progressive Neoliberalism and the European Digital Governance System for Vocational and Adult Education Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Alexander Schmoelz
In this article, the European digital governance system for vocational and adult education is critically examined in its single technologies and their interaction as well as theoretically reflected...
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Individual Benefits of Continuing Higher Education. The Case of a Swiss Business School Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Sheron Baumann, Imke Keimer
This contribution examines individual benefits of continuing higher education courses provided by a business school. Lifelong learning is important when it comes to keeping up with changing profess...
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Development and implementation of a training package to improve the confidence, skills and knowledge of multi-disciplinary clinicians in the use of telepractice for outpatient services Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2023-02-25 Denis Morton, Sarah Fulton, Michael Harris, Rachel Domalewski, Naomi Scolari, Laurelie Wishart, Elizabeth Ward, Kelly Hale
Introduction: Telepractice is recognised as an effective and efficient medium of service delivery; however, despite this evidence, implementation has been inconsistent. Clinician confidence and per...
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An examination of the opinions of teachers working in public education centers on adult literacy programs in the context of functional literacy Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2023-02-17 Mesut Demirbilek, Sıtar Keser
Functional literacy is the learning of knowledge and skills for vital necessities as a higher level of basic literacy and then the operational use of this information in individual, socio-cultural,...
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The role of locus of control in mediating the relationship between nontraditional factors and academic entitlement Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2023-02-12 Travis S Crone, Stephanie J Babb
The current study further explored the relationship between nontraditional students and academic entitlement. Previous research has established that the presence of more nontraditional factors pred...
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Cultivating responsible citizenship in a non-traditional degree program through a service-inclusive pedagogy Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2023-01-23 Kara A Fulton, Audon Archibald, Cassie Hudson, Jordan Rogers, Scott Peecksen, Tania Heap
A responsible citizen is someone who understands their role in the community and attempts to make a positive impact. Service-learning is one way to encourage responsible citizenship by asking stude...
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The good, the bad, the ugly: Predictors of positive and negative experiences of traditional and nontraditional graduate students Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2023-01-13 David Strukel, Linda White, Saleem Alhabash
Nontraditional students pursuing an advanced degree face unique challenges as compared to full-time traditional students. Current and former masters and PhD students (N = 266) were surveyed to exam...
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The lived experiences of adult learners in an individualized program: Empowerment, responsibility, tensions, and anxiety Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2023-01-06 Daniel Woldeab, Gemma Punti, Richard Bohannon
This study explores the lived experiences of individualized and interdisciplinary students enrolled in a 4-year public university in the Upper Midwest region of the United States. Those enrolled in...
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Assessing technical vocational education and training institutions’ curriculum in Kenya: What strategies can position the youth for employment? Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2022-12-27 John M Muchira, Francis Kiroro, Maurice Mutisya, Vollan O Ochieng, Moses W Ngware
Africa could benefit from the demographic dividend by identifying strategies for investing in the massive youthful workforce. The current study employs the social cognitive career theory perspectiv...
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Continuing professional development in the last decade – A scoping review Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2022-12-21 Rodney H Magwenya, Andrew John Ross, Logic S Ngatiane
Background: Continuing professional development (CPD) provides support to healthcare workers to keep up to date with best practices and addresses deficits in their knowledge and practice. Aim: The ...
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Building the human capital in Kazakhstan: Information-processing skills and socio-economic outcomes of the population Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2022-12-09 Diana Toimbek
Recent economic diversifications of Kazakhstan from over-reliance on the extraction of natural resources are mainly based on increasing the quality of human capital by building a knowledge-based ec...
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Persistence of Nontraditional Undergraduate Online Students: Towards a Contemporary Conceptual Framework Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2022-11-30 Jacqueline S Stephen
Since the mid-1970s, researchers have provided theoretical frameworks that continue to be used today to explain persistence and attrition of nontraditional undergraduate students in higher educatio...
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Motivational factors influencing nurses’ participation in continuing education sessions: A hospital-based study Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2022-11-23 Driss Ait Ali, Mohamed Fazaz, Brahim Ounaceur, Brahim El Houate, Mohamed El Koutbi, Abdelaati El Khiat, Fatima Senhaji
In order to stay up-to-date in the nursing field, nurses must pursue continuous education. This study examined nurses’ motivations to take part in continuing education activities by conducting a su...
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Determinants of the Behavioural Intention of Open Distance Learning Students to Use Digital Tools and Resources for Learning in Nigeria Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2022-10-20 Sunday A. Itasanmi
This study investigated determinants of the behavioural intention of Open Distance Learning (ODL) students to use digital tools and resources for learning in Nigeria. The study utilized an online q...
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Guidelines to enhance community participation in community learning Centers in the kingdom of Cambodia Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2022-10-06 Piseth Neak, Suwithida Charungkaittikul
This research aims to (1) study the current state and needs of the community to enhance participation in community learning centers (CLCs) in Cambodia, and (2) consider the required coverage of gui...
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Educating the left framing party education in Sweden and Spain Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2022-10-04 Maria Arriaza Hult
This article interprets how five left-leaning parties in Sweden and Spain intend to politically socialise their members through the use of educational activities. By applying a framing perspective ...
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Domain and pedagogical competency and currency: A framework for capability development of adult educators Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2022-09-06 Zan Chen, Ilona Murphy
This article proposes a framework for capability development of adult educators (AEs) in Singapore. Globalisation, demographic changes and digital innovation, accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, ...
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Teacher Participation in Continuing Professional Development: A Theoretical Framework Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2022-09-01 Moses Njenga
Given its importance and value in ensuring quality education, the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) of teachers draws significant attention from researchers. Research has thus focused on te...
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Organisational learning during the coronavirus pandemic: A case study on models for extended learning and complexity management Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2022-06-18 Ilpo Laitinen, Jarkko Ihalainen
This study examines learning in an exceptional situation. The study was carried out during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, when the organisations’ operations changed suddenly as the crisis broke out. T...
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Why overseas? Vietnamese doctoral students’ motivations for a doctoral study abroad Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2022-06-02 Anh Ngoc Quynh Phan
This article reports a study that investigated Vietnamese doctoral students’ motivations to pursue their doctoral study outside their home country. Analyses of in-depth interviews with 19 participa...
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Mature Students’ Experience: A Community of Inquiry Study During a COVID-19 Pandemic Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2022-05-27 Damien Homer
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on university students across the world. In a short period of time from 2020 to 2022, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) had to pivot their modes o...
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Factors affecting teachers’ transfer of ICT training: Considering usefulness and satisfaction in a PLS-SEM transfer training model Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2022-05-11 Katerina Tzafilkou, Maria Perifanou, Anastasios A Economides
The success of the teachers’ trainers’ transfer of training can be affected by several factors like teaching self-efficacy, motivation to learn and transfer, and intention to transfer the gained sk...
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Moderating effects of emotion regulation difficulties and resilience on students’ mental health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2022-05-05 Katrina A Rufino, Stephanie J Babb, Ruth M Johnson
This study examined whether emotion regulation difficulties and resilience in college students moderated changes in mental health over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants (N = 321) co...
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Adult unmet educational needs: Higher education options amongst adults in rural and small towns in Ghana Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2022-05-02 Boadi Agyekum
Access to higher education is often limited to adults because of their location. This is particularly challenging for adults who live in rural communities and small towns and can lead to unmet expe...
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Reflecting on the experiences of Syrian refugee young adults in adult education in Quebec: The practitioners’ perspective Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2022-04-29 Arianne Maraj, Milagros Calderón-Moya, Domenique Sherab, Ratna Ghosh
Much research focuses on schooling for refugee children in resettlement contexts; however, limited research addresses young adult refugees (YAR) between 16–24 years in the adult education (AE) syst...
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Linking assessments to program outcomes in practitioner-oriented EdD programs: An alternative to comprehensive examinations Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2022-04-26 Sarah A Capello
For decades, the field of education has been criticized for failing to distinguish between the PhD and EdD degrees. However, the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate has recently redefined t...
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A paradigm shift in guiding the operations of open schools in Tanzania: Praxis of emerging controversies and dynamics Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2022-04-25 Gennes Hendry Shirima
This paper reports the findings of a study that had examined the operations of open schools for out-of-secondary-school youth and adults in Tanzania. Its objective was to establish the practicality of the policy guidelines in guiding the operations of open schools and the emerging controversies and dynamics in their daily operations. This qualitative study collected data using documentary review and
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Lifelong learning and African development Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2022-04-21 Idowu Biao
This article that is located within the alternative knowledge systems paradigm, discusses both the ancient and modern concepts of lifelong learning in relation to Africa’s development. It identifies ancient Greece’s education and African traditional education as two ancient lifelong learning typologies relevant to the current discussion. Ancient Greece’s education is a forerunner to modern education
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Book Review: The Role of Higher Education in the Professionalisation of Adult Educators Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2022-04-17 Susanne Lattke
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Transforming lives through a literacy program: An exploration of adult learners’ experiences Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2022-04-13 Bo Klauth,Regina L Garza Mitchell
Nearly one-quarter of American adults have low-level literacy skills. Existing research provides a great deal of quantitative information about skill levels and attainment, but little information exists that highlights the contextualized experiences of adult learners. In this phenomenological study, we explored individual adult learners’ experiences in a community-based literacy program. A purposive
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Part-time adult students’ satisfaction with online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Luke A Fiorini,Anna Borg,Manwel Debono
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in many tertiary institutions switching overnight from taught to online lectures without much preparation. Studies suggest that the sudden change has impacted on students’ satisfaction with online learning in differing ways. Yet, little is known about how this change impacted specifically on adult part-time students, which is the focus of this study. Methods:
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“Oh, I thought we’d be different”: A multifocal, interdisciplinary examination of the fidelity/adaptation challenge Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2022-03-24 William J Davis, Michael Esposito, Jennifer Brown Urban, Miriam R Linver
The purpose of this instrumental, multisite case study is to examine fidelity, adaptation, and differentiation challenges found at Wood Badge, a nationwide Boy Scouts of America training for adult volunteer leaders. Our iterative analysis of more than 900 pages of fieldnotes and 400 pages of documents revealed facilitators often explicitly taught syllabus content during the trainings. Observers noted
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Changing attitudes about online continuing education and training: A Singapore case study Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2022-03-23 Stephen Billett, Anthony Leow, Shuyi Chua, Anh H Le
The COVID-19 pandemic has precipitated an unprecedented education crisis, causing severe disruption to global education systems. One consequence has been an increased demand for online educational platforms, leading to a shift from face-to-face to online teaching. This was the case in Singapore where online educational provisions were quickly adopted and implemented by institutions providing continuing
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Applying andragogy to service-learning in graduate education: An interpretive phenomenological analysis Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2022-03-08 Lisa Roe
Service-Learning is a form of experiential learning where faculty integrate a service or community engagement component into academic coursework. Supported by a growing body of literature documenting the impact of service-learning on undergraduate students as a high-impact practice in the United States, the scholarship and practice of service-learning frequently neglects graduate students as an important
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Examining key challenges in adult community learning centres’ programme of KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2022-02-21 Morakinyo Akintolu, Chinaza Uleanya, Moeketsi Letseka
Education is a major tool for development and equalizer. This somewhat accounts for the quest for education, at various levels, including adults who were unable to attain an education degree earlier in life. Thus, Adult Education and Training (AET) programmes are established in different community centres to promote adult literacy in different parts of the world inclusive of South Africa. However,
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Preventing academic burnout and ensuring the wellbeing of teachers returning to academic studies Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2022-02-13 Elaine Hoter, Reina Rutlinger Reiner
This article examines how mature Israeli teachers returning to academia after many years cope with the burden of their masters' studies in addition to their work as teachers and how the college can improve the well-being of these students and help avoid academic burnout. The study is based on repeated in-depth interviews with 18 female teachers. The analysis of the interviews and observations points
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Adult educational ‘lateness’ norms: hysteresis in mid-career retraining in law Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2022-01-20 Edgar Alan Burns
Mid-career men and women professionals describe their pervasive sense of ‘lateness’ retraining in law. Against industry patterns of lawyers wishing to leave the profession, these individuals had chosen to assert or reassert a desire to become lawyers partway through existing careers. What cultural narratives mediate the process of making this professional career shifts? In contrast to younger students
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‘I feel like I can’t do a lot’: Affectivity, reflection and action in ‘Transformative’ genocide education Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2021-12-23 Kim Sadique, James Tangen
Guided tours of memorial museums have sought to have an impact on visitors through an affective learning environment and critical reflection leading to ‘action’. However, there is limited work investigating the pedagogical underpinnings of such guided tours in order to understand whether they can facilitate action. This paper presents reflections of 21 students’ experiences of educational visits to
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‘Motivational orientation for adult learners’ Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2021-12-09 Lata Das, Prakash Kumar
The present study is part of an exploratory research study conducted to understand the Learning experiences of adult learners in Higher Education Institutes in India. The primary aim of the present study was to examine the motivational orientations of adult learners for lifelong educational courses and hence, the Educational Participation Scale (EPS) by Boshier was used to examine the motivational
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Observing impact of profession change on ‘habits of mind’: A factor oriented approach Journal of Adult and Continuing Education Pub Date : 2021-12-06 Tanuj Negi, Shashi Jain
A common observation in Transformative Learning (TL) literature is the scarcity of ways to gauge the extent of personal transformation. This is despite a recorded history of more than four decades and the existence of multiple schools of thought in TL. Also, there has been insufficient exploration of the personal transformation of profession changers in the TL space. We believe it is important to operationalize