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Michelson, Elana; Mandell, Alan – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2020
This closing article urges adult educators to continue to question our role, our ideas, and our pedagogical strategies in order to renew our efforts to support social change and social justice.
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Teacher Role, Educational Strategies, Social Change
Finley, Laura L., Ed.; Bowen, Glenn A., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2021
This edited volume focuses on best practices in experiential learning. Chapters address service-learning, community-based research, international efforts and other experiential methods, highlighting innovative approaches, successes, and issues of concern. Further, the book also demonstrates the interdisciplinary nature of experiential education,…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Higher Education, Service Learning, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Crawford, Jenifer, Ed.; Filback, Robert A., Ed. – IGI Global, 2022
The field of TESOL encompasses English teachers who teach English as an additional language in English-dominant countries and those teachers who teach English as a foreign language in countries where a language other than English is the official language. This range of educators teaches English to children, adolescents, and adults in primary,…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Strohschen, Gabriele I. E., Ed.; Lewis, Kim, Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
Education for adults ought to consider a both-and mindset when it comes to selecting approaches, values, and program models in today's multi-sector, multi-diverse, and cross-cultural environments of teaching and learning. Experiences from educational professionals can lead to recommendations for these instruction and mentoring approaches of adults…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Situated Learning, Active Learning
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Wang, Victor C. X., Ed.; Bryan, Valerie C., Ed. – IGI Global, 2014
Today's ever-changing learning environment is characterized by the fast pace of technology that drives our society to move forward, and causes our knowledge to increase at an exponential rate. The need for in-depth research that is bound to generate new knowledge about curriculum and program development is becoming ever more relevant.…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Teaching Methods, Curriculum Development, Program Development
Woollard, John – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
"Psychology for the Classroom: E-Learning" is a lively and accessible introduction to the field of technology-supported teaching and learning and the educational psychology associated with those developments. Offering a substantial and useful analysis of e-learning, this practical book includes current research, offers a grounding in both theory…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Blended Learning, Social Justice, Constructivism (Learning)
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Weaver, Hilary; Congress, Elaine – Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 2009
The need for social justice in social work practice is particularly apparent in work with indigenous populations. In spite of the social work profession's commitment to social justice, social workers have often done significant harm in their work with indigenous peoples. Social work educators are ideally positioned to close this gap between social…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Indigenous Populations, Social Work, Caseworker Approach
Beyerbach, Barbara; Nassoiy, Thurman D. – Scholar-Practitioner Quarterly, 2004
There is a call for ensuring that all students learn, echoed through the national standards and other reform documents. But how serious is the focus on equity in these standards? We reviewed the standards from three major national standards movements focusing on developing standards for experienced teachers (NBPTS), preservice teachers (NCATE),…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, National Standards, Beginning Teachers, Teacher Associations