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Patterson, Margaret Becker – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2022
Learning disabilities (LD) impact the lives of many U.S. adults, who may also have other disabilities and health conditions. Adults with LD face educational and employment challenges. Little is known about their skills in digital literacy and how they use those skills at work or at home. The study's objective was to investigate digital literacy…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Learning Disabilities, Adults, Computer Use
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Amy E. Mitchell; Rebecca Armstrong; Cathy McBryde; Alina Morawska; Evren Etel; Elizabeth M. Hurrion; Tomomi McAuliffe; Leanne Johnston – Early Child Development and Care, 2024
The transition to school is a sensitive developmental period for young children. Although children born very/extremely preterm have increased risk of health and developmental concerns, predictors of their school readiness and adjustment remain largely unexamined. Parents of very/extremely preterm-born children (aged 3-7 years; pre-transition n =…
Descriptors: Premature Infants, School Readiness, Parents, Parent Attitudes
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Fleming, Ted – International Journal of Adult Education and Technology, 2023
This paper explores experience that is both misconstrued and under theorized in adult education. Human experience is expressed in the public sphere as the motivation for social and political change. The connections among experience, the public sphere, and democracy are identified. The allies in exploring the role of experience in education are…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Adult Education, Democracy, Social Environment
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Peter Riley Bahr; Yiran Chen; Claire A. Boeck; Paula Clasing-Manquian; Phyllis Cummins – Community College Review, 2025
Objective: Policymakers in many states are endeavoring to increase graduation rates among older community college students. However, we know little about how the factors that influence college completion among older students differ from their younger peers. We aim to identify features of institutional contexts in which adult community college…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Adult Students, Nontraditional Students, Institutional Characteristics
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Philip Moffitt; Brett Bligh – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2024
Learner agency, often understood in terms of self-direction and negotiated engagement, is considered important in technical and vocational education and training (TVET). Yet nurturing and supporting agency is resource-intensive and difficult. In this paper, we consider learner agency for online TVET--a setting where content delivery models can be…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Personal Autonomy, Technical Education, Vocational Education
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Elizabeth B. Miller; Katherine A. Hails; Caitlin F. Canfield; Pamela A. Morris-Perez; Daniel S. Shaw; Alan L. Mendelsohn; Rachel S. Gross – Grantee Submission, 2024
Objective: To examine associations between cognitive stimulation in the home at 6 months and maternal feeding styles at 24 months, direct intervention effects of Smart Beginnings (SB) on feeding styles, and potential indirect effects of SB on feeding styles via earlier intervention effects on cognitive stimulation. Methods: Single-blind, two-site…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Infants, Mothers, Nutrition
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Stephen Billett; Ashlea Troth; Hongmin Yan – Vocations and Learning, 2024
Elaborating the relations amongst workers' learning, innovations and well-being is essential for achieving two important and dual goals in contemporary work life. The first is individuals' ongoing learning that underpins their employability and can respond to new challenges and emerging occupational and workplace requirements. The second comprises…
Descriptors: Labor Education, Well Being, Innovation, Adult Learning
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Sun-Kyung Lee; Abigail H. Gewirtz; Timothy F. Piehler – Prevention Science, 2024
Parenting programs aim to improve parenting quality, which may, in turn, support various aspects of child development, including behavior and mental health. However, parenting interventions show considerable heterogeneity in response patterns across different families, demonstrating that they are not one-size-fits-all programs. This variability…
Descriptors: Parents, Military Personnel, Intervention, Parent Education
Robert Gordon Spencer – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This qualitative phenomenological study employs a phenomenological approach to investigate the lived experiences of veterans returning to higher education. It aims to explore and understand the experiences and difficulties faced by veterans as they reintegrate into college education. Thematic analysis is used to analyze qualitative data,…
Descriptors: Veterans, Veterans Education, Student Attitudes, Higher Education
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Joey Lehrman – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2023
This article emphasizes the need for adult educators to adapt to the constantly evolving digital landscape. Traditional methods of professional development (PD) no longer suffice, so PD courses should strive to foster a lifelong learning mindset and encourage a culture of experimentation. The article outlines three strategies for creating an…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Professional Development, Adult Educators, Distance Education
John Joseph Chacon – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how post 9/11 military veterans described their transitions from military service to postsecondary education in the southwestern United States. The problem statement was: It is not known how post 9/11 military veterans describe their transitions from military service to postsecondary…
Descriptors: Veterans, Military Service, Postsecondary Education, Veterans Education
Ian P. Hanley – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The overarching aim of this dissertation is to expand evidence and theory of adult identity processes in the context of environmental stewardship, as well as to provide knowledge and recommendations to environmental stewardship and environmental education professionals. The intent is to better understand variation in how adult environmental…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Cultural Influences, Social Influences, Adults
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Ellen Daniëls; Katrien Cuyvers; Vincent Donche – Vocations and Learning, 2024
Learning in the workplace supports physicians in developing competences to ensure quality medical care. As such, learning in the workplace is essential for physicians' life-long professional development. Notwithstanding its importance, research on physicians' learning in the workplace and the corresponding motivational drivers is limited. In this…
Descriptors: Physicians, Professional Development, Work Environment, Medical Education
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Ephraim Lemmy Nuwagaba; Caesar Kyebakola; John Francis Garuzooka – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2024
Adult literacy provision globally and in Uganda has, over the years, undergone changes because addressing the learning needs of adult learners in a wide range of contexts requires innovative programming. This paper uses the Adult Learning and Education System Building Approach (ALESBA) to analyse the operational environment and institutional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Adult Education
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Chalachew Tarekegne; Renate Wesselink; Harm J. A. Biemans; Martin Mulder – International Journal of Training and Development, 2024
Low yield/hectare gains, food insecurity and environmental unsustainability are challenges experienced by the agriculture sector in Ethiopia despite substantial government investment. Although there are many factors that contribute to the poor performance of the sector, smallholder farmer competence gaps are principal among them. This study aims…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Agricultural Occupations, Agricultural Production, Foreign Countries
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