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Understanding Perceptions of Professional Development in a Multi-Generational Learning Environment among High School Teachers
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Gina Pagano – ProQuest LLC, 2022
In today's workforce, individuals are staying in their respective professions longer and retiring at ages past 67, resulting in a generationally diverse workforce. Currently, teachers range from 21-80 years of age, working in the same profession and receiving the same professional development. Considering adult learning and the dynamics associated…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Educational Environment, Generational Differences, High School Teachers
Using Knowles' Adult Learning Principles to Increase Academic Achievement through Student Engagement in a Twelfth Grade Classroom
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April Dawn Sanders – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Educators are often looking for ways to increase engagement and academic achievement in their classrooms; therefore, the problem addressed in this study is the decrease in academic achievement caused by a low level of classroom engagement amongst high school seniors. The purpose of this qualitative action research study is to increase academic…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Educational Principles, Academic Achievement, Learner Engagement
The Meanings of Teaching from the Perspective of Exemplary and Experienced Teachers
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Smith, Janice E. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
A qualitative narrative inquiry that explores the meaning of teaching and the development of that meaning throughout the career of exemplary and experienced teachers in kindergarten-through-twelfth-grade (K-12) public schools was conducted. Exemplary teachers were operationalized in this study as any of the 12 teachers chosen each year by the…
Descriptors: Caring, Qualitative Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Adult Education