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Direct linkMahalingam, Mahalakshmi R. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Food insecurity is a global concern and is acute in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa as well as pockets in the global North. In the lush green spaces of "God's Own Country", the state of Kerala in India, about 379,000 women are engaged in farming in about 75,800 groups. Spearheaded by Kudumbashree, the State Poverty Eradication Mission…
Descriptors: Hunger, Females, Agricultural Occupations, Poverty
Crystal Marie Gearhart – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Much of the public does not realize that incarcerated individuals have the opportunity, and at times are mandated, to participate in adult education programming. Thus, teaching in the corrections setting is something that many people never consider as a career option. There are no undergraduate or graduate majors that can prepare someone to teach…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Access to Education
Kimberly Hirsh – ProQuest LLC, 2021
In a time of abundant information, misinformation, and disinformation, information literacy--the ability to find, evaluate, use, and share information--is a key competency for people of all ages. Traditional models of information literacy depict a universal set of skills that can only be learned via instruction from an information professional and…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Access to Information, Information Seeking, Information Skills
Sparks, Donna J. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The existing body of scholarly knowledge has little research focused specifically on formal, non-formal, and informal education and training's contribution to the development of expert capabilities. The purpose of this research was to find out how experts in their field of study or work perceived education and training learning contexts…
Descriptors: Nonformal Education, Informal Education, Expertise, Training
Alavi, Nasim – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this study was to investigate the preferred method of learning about heart disease by adult learners. This research study also investigated if there was a statistically significant difference between race/ethnicity, age, and gender of adult learners and their preferred method of learning preventative heart disease care. This…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Heart Disorders, Racial Differences, Ethnic Groups
Grebert, Sheila – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This qualitative study focused on the learning experiences of individuals, age 80 and older, in care facilities in a Midwestern state. Even with the well documented growth of the over age 85 demographic, there are few studies about learning that included this demographic or considered the wants and needs of this group. Using a phenomenological…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Residential Care, Nursing Homes, Phenomenology
