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Tripping with Stephen Gaskin: An Exploration of a Hippy Adult Educator
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Morley, Gabriel Patrick – ProQuest LLC, 2012
For the last 40 years, Stephen Gaskin has been an adult educator on the fringe, working with tens of thousands of adults in the counterculture movement in pursuit of social change regarding marijuana legalization, women's rights, environmental justice issues and beyond. Gaskin has written 11 books about his experiences teaching and learning…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Social Change, Social Justice, Adult Education
Resistance among Alienated Adult Students in Korea National Open University: A Cultural-Historical Activity Theory Analysis of Contradictions in Distance Higher Education
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Joo, Kyoung Phil – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Drawing from Cultural-Historical Activity Theory, this research analyzed the structural contradictions existing in the variety of educational activities and resistance among a group of alienated adult students in Korea National Open University (KNOU). Despite KNOU's quantitative development in student number, the students' resistance shed light on…
Descriptors: Resistance (Psychology), Adult Students, Student Attitudes, Social Status
Perceptions regarding Asynchronous and Hybrid Instructional Delivery Methods: Adult Learner Dialogue and Learning Environment Interaction
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Raber, Angela – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study examined the influences of online and blended instructional delivery methods, as defined by the Sloan Consortium (2006), and the influences of adult learner discussions on engagement in a classroom. Asynchronous and hybrid delivery methods were examined through the learner's perceptions of the level of discussion, community, and teacher…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Blended Learning, Electronic Learning, Educational Environment