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Showing 1 to 20 of 561 for “"Adult education"”.
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Adult education as professional practice
… psychology, that professional practitioners in adult education are those who see themselves (and indeed are also seen) as agents of the integration of (a) adults' learning from their experiences (the authenticity aspect), with (b) the values of 'education' (the integrity aspect). That is, such …
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Acceleration as a Phase of Adult Education
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Hope—Heartbeat of Adult Education: A Phenomenological Inquiry
… agency”) in the experiences communicated by the Adult Educators interviewed. It was also discovered that hope is an energy that interacts with Affective, Relative (Re-lay-tive), and Cognitive energies in the lives of the research participants. Understanding how “change” and “human agency” can be …
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Learning to Care: Adult Education and Gendered Occupations
This study concerns second chance education initiatives and gendered employment. The focus of the research is on women re-engaging in adult education who chose professional childcare as a vocational option. Childcare as a gendered, low pay, low status occupation yields poor rewards for women who …
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ADULT EDUCATION IN A MUSEUM SETTING REQUIRES REINFORCEMENT
<p>This thesis addresses adult education in a museum setting and measures adult learning during and after a museum visit. While a number of studies have investigated the impact of museum visits on children’s learning, there are few studies on adult learners. This thesis is an initial effort to fill …
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Adult education in Egypt and England : a comparative study
… are trying hard to control the use of the new educational means to re-educate adults in accordance with the high speed developments in all fields of life. In developing countries, there is still a tendency to identify adult education with literacy campaigns and other basic education …
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Adult Education: School Policies and Practices for Student Achievement
… study approach to understand the experiences of adult learners who are completing their secondary education program at a selected school site in the region of Los Angeles County, California. The aim of this study was to gain insight on the varied needs and challenges of adult students who return …
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Introducing a quality system into an adult education college
… assurance system developed for use in further education colleges is to be piloted in a college of adult education. A summarised description or tne system is provided with more detail provided at Annex (A). Research objectives are described and a number of issues are discussed around the theme …
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A history of the Adult Education Association of Virginia
… with the founding and development of the Adult Education Association of Virginia (AEAV). The principal objectives of the study were to describe the organizational structure of AEAV; examine AEAV’s financial status at selected intervals; appraise the leadership and membership of AEAV; …
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Adult education of Negroes for responsible citizenship in Wichita, Kansas
Call number: LD2668 .T4 1951 M68
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Defining, Teaching, and Evaluation Critical Thinking Skills in Adult Education
One of the goals of adult education is to develop students' abilities to think critically, yet there is a paucity of research to guide adult educators in their pursuit of this goal. This exploratory study was designed to examine adult educators' perceptions of components related to critical …
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Discovering why adults do not participate in formal adult education
Institutions of formal education have a survival interest in the question of why most adults do not participate in more formal adult education. This study, using a descriptive approach, gathered evidence from 16 adults (8 males and 8 females) who had not participated in formal education in the past …
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Empowering Transformative Learning in Adult Education through Music and Theatre
… also discussions and explorations to barriers to education. It also discusses the holistic effect of music in adult education.
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"Learning is my Prescription": Adult Education and Mental Health Recovery
… The provision of opportunities to participate in education can be a crucial factor in recovery for many people with mental health difficulties and is an important equality issue. This is an emancipatory study grounded in a participatory and constructivist approach. It discusses the history and …
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Adult Education in Civil War Richmond January 1861- April 1865
This study examines adult education in Civil War Richmond from January 1861 to April 1865. Drawing on a range of sources (including newspapers, magazines, letters and diaries, reports, school catalogs, and published and unpublished personal narratives), it explores the types and availability of …
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An analysis of status inconsistency patterns and plans for adult education.
Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology. Paper copy at Leddy Library: Theses & Major Papers - Basement, West Bldg. / Call Number: Thesis1979 .C435. Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 40-07, page: . Thesis (M.A.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 1979.
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Monitoring tools for lifelong learning and adult education activities in Namibia
… monitoring tools for Lifelong Learning and Adult Education activities in Namibia. In order to achieve this objective, a qualitative-phenomenological design was employed to solicit perceptions on the strategies used to monitor Lifelong Learning and Adult Education activities, the monitoring …
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