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Easby, Angela; Bergier, Aleksandra; Anderson, Kim – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2023
Urban Indigenous communities in Canada are sites of dynamic knowledge transfer among Indigenous people who build community together both from within similar cultural frameworks and across difference. These "inter-national" urban Indigenous communities face distinct challenges and opportunities for implementing Indigenous knowledge…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Indigenous Knowledge, Urban Areas
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Thériault, Virginie; Mercier, Jean-Pierre – Ethnography and Education, 2023
This article explores the ethical dilemmas encountered by two ethnographers in adult education research in a context where neoliberalism impacts on education settings, policies, and social justice. Everyday ethical dilemmas arise in thorny situations in which the general ethical principles ethnographers are regulated by cannot help them react or…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Ethics, Adult Education, Researchers
Bryant-Lopez, Brittany – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The New Normal is rooted in adult learning theory, which explains how adults learn and why they learn in these aspects. This foundation is then supported by two pillars: cultural capital and the career pathways model. According to Bourdieu, cultural capital is the non-fiscal aspect of a person's education, social status, and language. Career…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Career Pathways, Adult Students, Cultural Capital
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Scott McLean; Laura Montes de Oca Barrera – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2024
This article explores informal adult education for change in Mexico through the conceptual lens of social movement learning and public pedagogy. It adopts a multiple case design featuring two advocacy networks, two civil society organisations, and two self-help authors. It analyses how they position themselves as change agents addressing issues of…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Adult Education, Social Change, Advocacy
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Harrington, Ann M. – Contributions to Music Education, 2021
The purpose of this study was to determine what routine aspects of ensemble participation, if any, activated New Horizons members' feelings of belonging. Members of two New Horizons ensembles responded to an anonymous-online questionnaire in which they indicated the degree with which they agreed with statements that linked specific aspects of…
Descriptors: Music Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Student Attitudes
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Mattyna L. Stephens – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2023
The aim of this article was to identify the perceptions of community-based organization (CBO) service providers regarding their experiences with Black women living with AIDS (BWLHA) during a global pandemic. Two CBO service providers were selected for the study through a purposeful sampling technique. Black feminist theory, informal learning, and…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Adult Learning
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Minja, Joyce J.; Mbura, Omari K.; Charles, Goodluck – International Journal of Training and Development, 2022
While entrepreneurship training is essential for the growth and sustainability of enterprises, the literature identifies several challenges which contribute to insufficient transfer (application) of trained materials to enterprises. Yet, the extant literature on training transfer is inconclusive, with minimal focus on trainee personal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Entrepreneurship, Transfer of Training
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Haryono Suyono – Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, 2021
Ageing populations are growing everywhere in the world including in Indonesia. The growth of the ageing population has led to policy concerns about how the country's aged population is being cared for and supported, what approaches families and governments could do to meet the needs of the aged and how to encourage the ageing population to…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Older Adults, Public Policy, Aging (Individuals)
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Malika, Nipher; Granillo, Cristie; Belliard, Juan Carlos – Childhood Education, 2021
In the United States, students from marginalized backgrounds historically have had gaps in their access to education, thus affecting success and overall achievement. In an attempt to address these educational gaps, researchers, school districts, and government officials have been working to provide resources for those in communities with low…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Access to Education, Resources, Environmental Influences
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Ngo, Bic; Chandara, Diana – Teachers College Record, 2021
Background/Context: Community-based youth theater programs afford youth opportunities to explore and "author" new identities by "performing writing." Yet, we know much less about the ways in which immigrant youth are exploring struggles and changes within their families and ethnic community. We particularly lack research about…
Descriptors: Theater Arts, Immigrants, Hmong People, Self Concept