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Hayes, Christopher – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2019
According to the University of Notre Dame's online dictionary (n.d.), the word advocacy comes partly from the Latin word "advocare," which means "to summon or call to one's aid." This definition provides an interesting look into what advocacy means when looking at the special needs of a child. Advocacy is a summoning of…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Parent Participation, Educational Needs, Deafness
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Dawson-Squibb, John-Joe; de Vries, Petrus J. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
Despite the clear need for post-diagnostic parent/carer education and training in autism spectrum disorder, the evidence base is small, particularly in low-resource settings. Furthermore, few studies have examined the feasibility of intervention implementation. Here, we performed a comparative feasibility study of two Parent Education and Training…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Parent Education, Program Effectiveness
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Mosquera, Selma, Ed.; da Palma, Patrícia Jardim, Ed. – IGI Global, 2020
Interest in the field of entrepreneurship is at an all-time high; coincidentally, migration is increasingly changing the landscape of employment. Many migrants find themselves facing challenges that entrepreneurial skills can help overcome. However, little remains explored within adult migrant education, especially within enterprises.…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Immigrants, Access to Education, Adult Education
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Washington, Michael L. – Journal of Leadership, Equity, and Research, 2021
Though culturally relevant educational leadership has been practiced for more than 20 years, marginalized students from culturally diverse communities continue to be underserved. Additionally, other educational programs outside of traditional K-12 school environments are far less likely to have educational administrators who have any experience or…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Best Practices, Cultural Differences, Cultural Relevance
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Ko, Helen – Educational Gerontology, 2020
Against the backdrop of an unprecedented increase in the number of older adults in Singapore, the escalating pace of change which necessitates continuous learning, and a dearth of empirical research related to instructional design for older adults, this study sought to fill this gap by investigating the strategies utilized by successful…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Adult Education, Adult Educators
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Kruszelnicki, Wojciech – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2020
The aim of this paper is to introduce a correction into the notion of self-directed adult learning by way of conjoining it with philosophically elaborated notions of autonomy, self-reflectiveness, and maturity. The basic premise of this intervention is that in andragogical theorizing, learners' self-directedness ought not to be thought as obvious…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Independent Study, Educational Philosophy, Intervention
Burgess, Rebecca – American Enterprise Institute, 2018
Veterans are the unacknowledged permanent ambassadors of national service. How veterans are publicly portrayed directly relates to how society conceptualizes military service, including what happens to an individual during that service. In an all-volunteer force, reputation is key to the attractiveness of joining a profession that can end in death…
Descriptors: Veterans Education, Federal Legislation, Economic Opportunities, Empowerment
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Balyasnikova, Natalia; Gillard, Spring – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2021
Through the case of Jacqui, this article describes a community-based project called Seniors Thrive, which was intended to help immigrant seniors learn English, build social connections, and strengthen their leadership in order to support their health and well-being. The programming merged language learning and leadership opportunities through…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Aging (Individuals), Immigrants, Second Language Learning
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Sangrá, Albert; Raffaghelli, Juliana Elisa; Guitert-Catasús, Montse – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2019
The concept of learning ecologies emerged in a context of educational change. While the "learning ecologies" construct has offered a broad semantic space for characterizing innovative ways of learning, it is also true that its potential to promote innovative educational interventions may have been hindered by this same broadness. Based…
Descriptors: Ecology, Learning Processes, Educational Research, Educational Environment
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Sumaryanta; Mardapi, Djemari; Sugiman; Herawan, Tutut – Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, 2019
Teacher empowerment is a central issue in relation to the efforts to improve the quality of education. However, teacher empowerment will remain an abstract idea if its implementation is not supported by an appropriate strategy. The demands for a quality education will be unreciprocated if teachers do not have the opportunity to empower themselves.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Teacher Empowerment, Educational Quality
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Morrell, Ernest – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2014
Drawing on the work of Paulo Freire, Morrell argues for critical, humanizing inquiry spaces in which literacy teachers learn with and from one another. However, he points to critical race theory and poses important questions, for example, wondering whether empowered spaces for teachers are transferred into empowerment for students.
Descriptors: Reading Teachers, Critical Theory, Race, Teacher Empowerment
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Prandini, Manuela; Baconguis, Rowena D. T. – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2021
Faced with impoverishment after the financial crisis of 2008, Filipino women migrants in Italy struggle to sustain their financial commitments to their families in the Philippines. Research shows that financial literacy and entrepreneurship (FLE) education can improve financial management and decision-making processes. Spanning a period of…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Entrepreneurship, Money Management, Multiple Literacies
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Tsevreni, Irida – Environmental Education Research, 2018
This paper presents an attempt to apply Jacques Rancière's emancipatory pedagogy of "the ignorant schoolmaster" to environmental education, which emphasises environmental ethics. The paper tells the story of a philosophy of nature project in the framework of an environmental adult education course at a Second Chance School in Greece,…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Adult Students, Foreign Countries, Philosophy
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Newberry, Milton G., III; Israel, Glenn D. – Journal of Extension, 2018
We explored the motivations for and psychological benefits gained from participating in the Florida Master Naturalist Program (FMNP). We surveyed 3,904 participants, and 1,983 participants responded with completed questionnaires, for a 50.79% response rate. Florida master naturalists participated to learn, help the environment, and act on…
Descriptors: Natural Resources, Educational Benefits, Environmental Education, Extension Education
Fontanella, Paul – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore how educators' use of andragogy influences student empowerment and retention in a GED program. The value of this study lies in learning whether andragogy could help to equip former dropout students with the skills needed to be self-learners, to use experiences to complete secondary…
Descriptors: Andragogy, School Holding Power, Student Empowerment, Adult Education
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