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Direct linkHye-Su Kuk – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2024
Based on year-long fieldwork on activist-educators' work in South Korea, I reflect on how my research complicates the ontological shift in institutional ethnography: that is, the shift that emphasizes how ruling relations are coordinated through the very actions of people. I discuss two facets of reflective pauses. First, I discuss how the ruling…
Descriptors: Activism, Foreign Countries, Field Studies, Educational Research
Waldron, Janice – Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 2016
Exploring emergent music learning and teaching models facilitated by global Web access can reveal alternative music education practices and delivery systems not seen in "traditional" conservatories and schools. One example of an alternative music learning model comes from the Online Academy of Irish Music (OAIM), a community music…
Descriptors: Music Education, Teaching Models, Participation, Music
Prins, Esther – Learning, Media and Technology, 2017
Previous research on digital storytelling (DST) has focused chiefly on children and youth, but we know little about how it is used in non-formal adult education. This article analyzes a DST class in rural Ireland, which was organized by a family literacy program and offered for parents at an elementary school. Data sources included fieldnotes,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multimedia Materials, Story Telling, Adult Education
Download full textEllis, Auburn E. – Online Submission, 2014
In 2012 an African Centered single case study was conducted in the United States. The problem is as follows: K-12 practitioners in urban areas are faced with unique circumstances while serving marginalized students in urban areas. As a response to this issue, the purpose of this study was to identify and describe curricula used in three African…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Art Education, Creativity, Culturally Relevant Education
North, Leslie A. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Despite the abundance of karst terrains and the important role they play in a wide variety of roles including supplying freshwater drinking supplies, no single, comprehensive study investigates the role of informal education for the improved understanding and protection of the terrains. Commonly overlooked anthropogenic karst disturbances…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Earth Science, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Baird, Jo-Anne; Rose, Jo; McWhirter, Alison – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2012
This study compares the aspirations of students in further education (FE) colleges and non-FE post-compulsory settings. Within the context of a survey about their education, 928 students across 26 institutions were asked what their "hopes, goals and plans" were, with space for five open responses. Coding of responses was based upon…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Postsecondary Education, Comparative Analysis, Postsecondary Education as a Field of Study
Murray, Ann – Practitioner Research in Higher Education, 2011
This paper gives a brief outline of the development of the first Masters programme at the University of the Highlands and Islands, the Masters in Professional Development (MAPD) and the new addition to the portfolio, the Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education (PGCert THE). It briefly examines the evolution of the MAPD award since…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Professional Development, Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education as a Field of Study
The Cockpit's Empty Chair: Education through Appropriating Alienation at a Chicago Technology Museum
Lormier, Anne – Teachers College Record, 2007
Background/Context: In the United States, the percentage of schoolchildren planning to become high-status professionals is grossly disproportionate to the percentage of such jobs comprising our division of labor. As in a game of musical chairs, it is not structurally possible for everyone to remain a contender. Focus of Study: Various adults who…
Descriptors: Research Design, Museums, Adults, Ethnography
Chisman, Forrest P. – Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy (NJ1), 2008
Between 2004 and 2008, the Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy (CAAL) published four lengthy research reports on projects to examine the nature and effectiveness of Adult Education English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) programs at several community colleges. The research was conducted by field studies, interviews, and the review of a large…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Education, English (Second Language), Community Colleges
