Epistemology, Learning, and Self-Development among Immigrant Women of Color: The Case of the British Caribbean Women in the United States

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Mary V. Alfred, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA

9:00 AM

Lifelong Learning: A Debate Regarding the Appropriateness of Adult Education Faculty's Participation in Teacher Preparation Programs

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Donna D. Amstutz, University of Wyoming, USA,
Scipio A.J. Colin III, National Louis University, USA
Fred Schied, Penn State University, USA,
Vanessa Sheared, San Francisco State University, USA

9:00 AM

Collaborative Learning from the Participants' Perspective

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Joseph L. Armstrong, Ball State University

9:00 AM

Evolution of Activists: Prison Women's Writings as Change Agent for their Communities

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Irene C. Baird, The Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg, USA

9:00 AM

Anatomy of Adults' Learning Experiences: A Phenomenological Inquiry

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Ian Baptiste, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Kristine Lalley, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Fred Milacci, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Honoratha Mushi, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

9:00 AM

Learning-within-Relationship as Context and Process in Adult Education: Impact on Transformative Learning and Social Change Agency

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Carole Barlas, California Institute of Integral Studies

9:00 AM

The Incorporation of HIV/AIDS into Identity over Time: Transformational Tales

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Lisa M. Baumgartner, Buffalo State College, USA

9:00 AM

Teaching in Adult Literacy Education: Learner-Centered Intentions, Teacher-Directed Instruction

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Hal Beder, Rutgers University

9:00 AM

Shaping practice from the top down: The impact of federal legislation on ABE practice

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Alisa Belzer, Rutgers University

9:00 AM

HRD on the Margins: Exploring Resistance to HRD in Adult Education

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Alisa Belzer
Laura L. Bierma, University of Georgia, USA
Maria Cseh, Oakland University, USA
Andrea Ellinger, Penn State University, USA
Wendy Ruona, University of Georgia, USA
Karen Watkins, University of Georgia, USA

9:00 AM

Research to Practice, Research in Practice: Disseminating Results or Supporting Change?

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Mary Beth Bingman, Center for Literacy Studies, The University of Tennessee, USA
Christine Smith, World Education, Boston, MA, USA

9:00 AM

Narrative Dimensions of Transformative Learning

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Annie Brooks, University of Texas at Austin, USA
Carolyn Clark, Texas A&M University, USA

9:00 AM

We've Got Nothing/Everything to Lose: Lessons Learned from an Anti-poverty Action Research Project

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Shuana Butterwick, Adult Education Program, Department of Educational Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

9:00 AM

Learning in Context: Women in Transition from Situations of Domestic Violence

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Margaret L. Cain, Wesminster College, USA
Elizabeth Kjar, Westminster College, USA

9:00 AM

When Resistance Becomes Reproduction: A Critical Action Research Study

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Gary Cale, National-Louis University, USA

9:00 AM

Adult Education as Snake Oil under the Guise of Democracy

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Alison A. Carr-Chellman, Instructional Systems, Penn State University
Davin J. Carr-Chellman, Penn State University and Pastor, Emmanuel United Church of Christ

9:00 AM

Education as Function of Productivity: An Hermeneutic Study of Standards on Ethics and Integrity in Human Resource Development Texts

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Vicki K. Carter, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Sharon L. Howell, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Fred M. Schied, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

9:00 AM

Are Women-Targeted Programs Women-Positive?

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Jane Castle, Department of Adult Education, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Gillian Attwood, Department of Adult Education, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Suzanne Smythe, Department of Language and Literacy Education, University of British Columbia

9:00 AM

Adult Learning in the Context of the Interreligious Dialogue Process: A Collaborative Research Study Involving Christians, Jews and Muslims

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Nadira K. Charaniya, National - Louis University, USA
Jane West Walsh, National - Louis University, USA

9:00 AM

A Phenomenological Study of College Faculty Experiences Derived from Teaching in a Computer-Mediated Environment When There is an Absence of Physical Presence

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Simone Conceicao-Rulee, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA

9:00 AM

Spiritual Formation and Sexuality Education in Seminaries: What Can Adult Education Theory Contribute?

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Sarah C. Conklin, Northern Illinois University, USA

9:00 AM

Learning and Earning: The Role of Incentives in Educational Achievement

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Olga Ebert, Center for Literacy Studies, The University of Tennessee, USA
Mary Ziegler, Center for Literacy Studies, The University of Tennessee, USA
Gail Cope, Center for Literacy Studies, The University of Tennessee, USA

9:00 AM

Leadership for Action: Wedding Adult Education and Social Change

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Dorothy Ettling, University of the Incarnate Word, USA

9:00 AM

Transgressive Possibilities in Post-Corporate Enterprise Culture

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Tara J. Fenwick, University of Alberta, USA

9:00 AM

Adult Education and The Scientific Community

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Jesus Gomez-Alonso, University of Barcelona, Spain
Tere Sorde-Marti, Harvard University, USA

9:00 AM

Using Queer Knowledges to Build Inclusionary Pedagogy in Adult Education

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Andre P. Grace, University of Alberta, Canada
Robert J. Hill, University of Georgia, USA

9:00 AM

Are Linguistic Responses Similar in Adult Literacy Students and Third-Fifth Grade Children?

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Daphne Greenberg, Georgia State University, USA

9:00 AM

Articulations between global and local development agendas in South African adult education and training policies. Whither social transformation?

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Zelda Groener, University of the Western Cape, South Africa

9:00 AM

Who Plans? Who Participates? Critically Examining Mentoring Programs

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Catherine A. Hansman, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

9:00 AM

The Politics of Learning at Work: Experiences of African American Women in Entry-Level Jobs

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Elisabeth Hayes, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Wendy Way, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

9:00 AM

Reinventing the Adult Education Curriculum within an Urban Latino Community

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Tom Hearney, National-Louis University, USA
Roberto Sanabria, National-Louis University, USA
Elizabeth Tesdell, National-Louis University, USA
Wendy Figueroa, National-Louis University, USA
Delilah Garcia, National-Louis University, USA
Marvin Garcia, National-Louis University, USA
Lourdes Lugo, National-Louis University, USA
Gloricelly Martinez-Franceschi, National-Louis University, USA
Socorro Rivera, National-Louis University, USA
Tito Rodriquez, National-Louis University, USA
Erica Van Opstal, National-Louis University, USA

9:00 AM

Conversations With Long-Time Adult Educators

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Deana Hensley, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA
Patricia A. Maher, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA
Denise Passmore, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA

9:00 AM

The Production of Knowledge in Work Teams: The View from Below

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Sharon L. Howell, Pennsylvania State University, USA

9:00 AM

"Place": Classrooms and Cyberspace--A Discourse Analysis of How Place Shapes Interaction and Learning

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Hyungmi Hyun, Adult Education, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Susan Strauss, Speech Communication/Applied Linguistics, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

9:00 AM

Comparison of Power Relations Within Electronic and Face-to-Face Classroom Discussions: A Case Study

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Laurel Jeris, Northern Illinois University. USA

9:00 AM

Learning Culture

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David Jones, School of Continuing Education, University of Nottingham, England.

9:00 AM

Adult Learner Experiences of an Accelerated Degree Program

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Carol Kasworm, North Carolina State University, USA

9:00 AM

Oppositional Feminist Ethnography: What Does It Have To Offer Adult Education?

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Jodi Kaufmann, University of Georgia, USA

9:00 AM

Separate but (UnEqual)? A Critical Investigation of Disabled Adults' Access to Online Education

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Linda Klimczyk, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

9:00 AM

Collaborative Inquiry: Expanding the Boundaries of Knowledge Construction in Graduate Adult Education Research

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Randee Lipson Lawrence, National - Louis University - Chicago, Illinois - USA
Jane West Walsh, National - Louis University - Chicago, Illinois - USA
Nadira K. Charaniya, National - Louis University - Chicago, Illinois - USA

9:00 AM

The Skewed Voices and Lost Meaning: The Reflections of Multilingual Issues in the Cross-cultural Context

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Ming-yeh Lee, San Francisco State University, USA

9:00 AM

Voices from Within-Homemakers as Agents for Social Change

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Shu-chuan Liao, Northern Illinois University, USA

9:00 AM

Enrolment and Retention in Adult Basic Education Programs Some Theoretical Implications of a National Study Follow-up Study

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Ellen Long, ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation, Canada

9:00 AM

Modal-Ontological Status of Subjectivity In the Context of Adult Education: Possibilities and Dilemmas

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Antonina Lukenchuk, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA

9:00 AM

Cultural Mentors: Exploring the Role of Relationships in the Adaptation and Transformation of Women Educators Who Go Overseas to Work

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Carol R. Lyon, National-Louis University and St. Ambrose University, USA

9:00 AM

Managing Power: The Practical Work of Negotiating Interests

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Christie Knittel Mabry, Cornell University
Arthur L. Wilson, Cornell University

9:00 AM

Negotiating Curriculum in a Critical Pedagogy

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Peter G. Malvicini, Cornell University, USA

9:00 AM

Spirituality and Social Action: An Exploration of Committed Environmental Activists

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Barbara McDonald, USDA Forest Service, USA

9:00 AM

The Intricacies of Initiate-Response-Evaluate in Adult Literacy Education

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Patsy Medina, USA, Rutgers University

9:00 AM

The Struggle Over Lifelong Learning: A Marxist-Feminist Analysis

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Shahrzad Mojab, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto
Rachel Gorman, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto

9:00 AM

The political economy of civil society: Implications for adult and community education

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Mark Murphey, University of Stirling,Scotland

9:00 AM

A Re-examination of the Role of Power and Politics in the Planning of Adult Education

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Robert Nolan, Oklahoma State University
Randal Ice, University of Central Oklahoma

9:00 AM

Roots and Culture as a Basis for Transformation in Adult Education

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Gerri Outlaw, Northern Illinois University, USA
Cathy Stanley, Northern Illinois University, USA

9:00 AM

Helping Adult Learners Overcome Alienation: What Can I Do if Most of My Learners/Participants Are Not Pre-literate, Brazilian Peasant Farmers?

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Mary Anne Phelan Penner, USA

9:00 AM

Evocative Narrative as Educational Research

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Peter Grein Renner, Vancouver, Canada

9:00 AM

"My disability is part of me:" Disclosure and Students with Visible Disabilities

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Tonette S. Rocco, Florida International University, USA

9:00 AM

A Critical Review of Race, Class, and Gender in Adult Development Models and Theory: Implications for Adult Education

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Elice E. Rogers, Cleveland State University, USA

9:00 AM

Assessment of Adult Learning Disabilities : A Triangulated Study

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Jovita M. Ross-Gordon, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
Cynthia Plotts, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas
Julie Noble, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas
Autumn Leal, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas
Robert Wells, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas

9:00 AM

African Americans and the Self-help Revolution: A missing link in adult education

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Michael L. Rowland, The Ohio State University, USA

9:00 AM

"My business was not with lost souls and the underprivileged": The Contribution of Colin Badger (1906-1993) to Adult Education in Victoria, Australia

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Peter Rushbrook, Charles Stuart Univeristy, Australia

9:00 AM

New Perspectives in ESOL Classrooms

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Ujwala Samant, NCSALL, Rutgers University, USA
Patsy Medina, NCSALL, Rutgers University, USA

9:00 AM

Study Abroad Programs: A Mirror for Adult Learning and Perspective Transformation

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Kathryn A. Sanders, Langston University-Tulsa,Oklahoma, USA
Marilon Morgan, Oklahoma State University-Stillwater, USA

9:00 AM

Manufacturing Workers: How Adult Literacy and Welfare-to-Work Programs Construct the World of Work

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Jennifer A. Sandlin, The University of Georgia, USA

9:00 AM

From Symbols, Stories and Social Artifacts to Social Architecture and Individual Agency: The Discourse of Learning and the Decline of "Organizational Culture" in the "New Work Order"

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Irwin H. Siegel, Pennsylvania College of Technology/Penn State University, USA

9:00 AM

"MUD Play": A Transformative Learning Context

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Regina O. Smith, Michigan State University, USA
Patricia L. Farrell, Michigan State University, USA

9:00 AM

La Verneda-Sant Martí Adult Education Center: Dialogic Learning and Democratic Participation both Within and Without

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Marta Soler, Harvard University, USA
Adriana Aubert, University of Barcelona, Spain

9:00 AM

Ethics in the Curriculum: A Study of Ethical Frameworks and Moral Imperatives Embedded in Adult Education Graduate Programs

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Thomas J. Sork, University of British Columbia, Canada

9:00 AM

Collage of Welfare-to-Work Perspectives: Views Inside and Outside the System

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Barbara Sparks, North Carolina State University, United States

9:00 AM

Cracking the code: Problems and possibilities of curriculum analysis in adult education

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Ralf St. Clair, Illinois State University, USA

9:00 AM

Revitalizing the Study of Self-Directed Adult Learning

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Susan L. Stockdale, University of Tennessee, USA
Dewey L. Fogerson, University of Tennessee, USA
Ralph G. Brockett, University of Tennessee, USA

9:00 AM

Personal Pedagogical Systems: Core Beliefs, Foundational Knowledge, and Informal Theories of Teaching

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Edward W. Taylor, Penn State University, Harrisburg, USA
John Dirkx, Michigan State University, USA
Daniel D. Pratt, The University of British Columbia, Canada

9:00 AM

A Phenomenological Study of Learning Experiences of Leaders Within A Social Movement

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Martha Strittmatter Tempesta, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, USA

9:00 AM

Toward a Culturally Relevant and Spiritually Grounded Theory of Teaching for Social Transformation and Transformational Learning

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Elizabeth J. Tisdell, National-Louis University
Derise Tolliver, DePaul University
Silvia Villa, University of Illinois Chicago

9:00 AM

Autobiographical Memory and Vocations of Learning

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Steven Weiland, Michigan State University, U.S.A.

9:00 AM

Facilitating Cross-Cultural Online Discussion Groups: Issues and Challenges

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Sundra Wall Williams, North Carolina State University, USA
Karen Watkins, University Of Georgia at Athens, USA
Barbara Daley, University Of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, USA
Bradley Courtenay, University Of Georgia at Athens, USA
Mike Davis, University of Manchester, UK
Darryl Dymock, Flinders University, South Australia

9:00 AM

Adult Education and the Struggle for Knowledge and Power: Practical Action in a Critical Tradition

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Arthur L. Wilson, Cornell University, USA
Ronald M. Cervero, University of Georgia, USA

9:00 AM

Expanding the Limits of Evidence-based Medicine: A Discourse Analysis of Cardiac Rehabilitation Clinical Practice Guidelines

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Meg Wise, University of Wisconsin - USA

9:00 AM

Reflection and Transformation in the Intercultural Context

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Linda Ziegahn, Antioch University McGregor, USA

9:00 AM

Engagement: A Necessary Ingredient for Participation in Adult Basic Education

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Mary Ziegler, Center for Literacy Studies, The University of Tennessee, USA
Chas Durant, Center for Literacy Studies, The University of Tennessee, USA

9:00 AM

Pedagogy, Positionality and Adult Education: Missing Links?

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Miriam Zukas, University of Leeds, UK
Janice Malcolm, University of Leeds, UK

9:00 AM