Adult Education Research Conference

Welfare Reform and Women’s Economic Development: Expanding the Discourse within Adult Education

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Mary V. Alfred, Florida International University

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Contemplative Reflective Practice, Conocimiento, and Continuing Medical Education

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Barbara Shaw Anderson, North Carolina State University

9:00 AM

Location, Relocation, Dislocation Learning Cultures or Cultures of Learning?

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Paul Armstrong, Lifelong Learning Institute, University of Leeds. UK

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How Teachers’ Roles Shape Adult Literacy Learners’ Engagement in Instruction

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Hal Beder, Rutgers University

9:00 AM

Ways of Knowing, a Quantitative Analysis of the Intersection between the Women’s Ways of Knowing Model and Perry’s Scheme of Intellectual Development

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Carol Eichholz Baron PhD, Antioch University

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“I am one dedicated person working for freedom”: Septima P. Clark’s Contributions to Social Justice Adult Education at Highlander Folk School

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Lisa M. Baumgartner, Northern Illinois University

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I Need My Mommy

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Irene C. Baird, Penn State University

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Motivations, Consequences, and Barriers to Using the Internet in Adult Literacy and Basic Education Classroom

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Jim Berger Ph.D., Western Kentucky University

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Practice makes Perfect: Shaping Influences on Informal Reading Among Adult Developing Readers

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Alisa Belzer, Rutgers University

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There's No Place Like Home: Black Women's Activism and Knowledge Construction in the Environmental Justice Movement

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Tuere A. Bowles, North Carolina State University

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Hiding in Plain Sight: Higher Education Pink and Blue Collar Staff Experiences as Returning Adult Learners, Workers, and Family Members

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Susan J. Bracken, Northern Carolina State University
Jeanie K. Allen, Drury University

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‘Here I Stand’: Paul Robeson on Adult Education as Cultural Work, Pan-Africanism and Socialist Persuasion

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Stephen Brokfield, University of St. Thomas

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Intuiting, Socializing and Playing Around: Women’s Stories of Informal Learning in the Information Technology Field

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Shauna Butterwick
Kaela Jubas, University of British Columbia
Hong Zhu
Jen Liptrot, A Commitment to Education and Training for Women

9:00 AM

How do older adult volunteer instructors describe their peer teaching experiences at a Lifelong Learning Institute (LLI)

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Ilseon Choi, The Pennsylvania State University

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E-Acquisition? The Intersection of the Research from the Fields of Adult Language Acquisition and Online Second Language Education

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Joellen E. Coryell, Texas A&M University and the Texas Center for the Advancement of Literacy and Learning

9:00 AM

“It Permeates the Whole Fabric of Your Life”: The Experience of Scholars Who Have Studied Self-Directed Learning

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Robert C. Donaghy, Tusculum College

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“Singing to the Choir:” The Struggle for Systemic Organizational Change in Community College Teaching

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John M. Dirkx, Michigan State University
Frank Conner, Grand Rapids Community College

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A Strengths Based Examination of the Educational Lives of Alaska Native Alumni of the University of Alaska Anchorage

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Diane Erickson, University of Alaska Anchorage

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Transformative Learning on the Desert’s Edge: The Tostan FGM Program in Senegal, Mali and the Sudan

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Peter Easton
Kristen Molyneaux, Florida State University

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The Relationship of the Transformative Learning Experience on Substance Abuse Treatment Outcomes: The Hudson Lake Recovery Camp Curriculum

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Melodie Fair, University of Alaska Anchorage

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The Role of Spirituality in the Practice of Adult Education Leaders

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Jeanette Justice Fleming
Bradley C. Courtenay, University of Georgia

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Lifelong Learning and the Pursuit of Happiness: Questioning the Agenda for Adult Education

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Patricia A. Gouthro, Mount Saint Vincent University

9:00 AM

The Trouble with Shopping: Discourses, Practices and Pedagogies of the Consumer-Citizen

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Kaela Jubas, The University of British Columbia

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Navigating the Cultural Maze in Program Planning for A Transnational Collaborative Initiative

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Mazalan B. Kamis
Rosemary S. Caffarella, cornell University
Mazanah Muhamad
Othman Omat, University of Putra Malaysia

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Reorienting to Expectations of Change

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Elizabeth Grigoriu, Cornell University

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Situated Learning in Virtual Worlds: The Learning Ecology of Second Life

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Elisabeth R. Hayes, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Creating a Blueprint for a Critical Social Pedagogy of Learning for Life and Work: Canadian Perspectives

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André P. Grace, University of Alberta

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The Role of Learning Experiences in the Development of Expertise

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Robin S. Grenier, University of Connecticut

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The Politics and Economics of Globalization and Social Change in Radical Adult Education: A Critical Review of Recent Literature

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John D. Holst, University of St. Thomas

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The Suitability of Patient Education Materials for Poor and Underserved Populations in a Large Metropolitan Area

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Lilian H. Hill, University of Southern Mississippi
Sara MacDermod
Kara LeSueur, Virginia Common Wealth University

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The Impact of Culture and Race on Environmental Worldviews: A Study from the Southeastern U.S.

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Robert J. Hill, University of Georgia

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Who Can Speak for Whom? Using Counter-Storytelling to Challenge Racial Hegemony

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Lisa R. Merriweather Hunn, Ball State University
Talmadge C. Guy, University of Georgia
Elaine Mangliitz, Clayton state University

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Towards a New Model of Work Based Learning in Health and Social Care

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Pamela M. Irwin, Greater Manchester Lifelong Learning Network

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Rooted in the Soil: The Social Experiences of Black Graduate Students at a Southern Research University

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Juanita Johnson-Bailey
Thomas Valentine
Ronald M. Cervero, The University of Georgia
Tuere A. Bowle, North Carolina State

9:00 AM

Crossing Over, Moving Over: Personal Narratives of Caribbean Adult College Women’s Struggles and Strategies

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Gwendoline Regina James, National-Louis University

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Theorizing the Body: Developing a Framework for Understanding the Body in Online Learning Environments

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Jennifer H. Kelland, University of Alberta

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The Savior Image in Online Collaborative Learning: How Adult Learning Groups Manage Age-related Difference

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Regina O. Smith, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
John M. Dirkx, Michigan State University

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From Student Activism to a Way of Life: The Student Activists-Turned-Peasant Activists in South Korea

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Sik Son, Northern Illinois University

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Being Invisible And a Minority: Adult Undergraduates in The University Classroom

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Carol Kasworm Dr., Northern Carolina State University

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Mujeres en Acción—Women in Action: Race, Gender and Economic Self-Sufficiency in a Worker-Owned Housecleaning Cooperative

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Luis Kong, San Francisco State University, USA

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Migrant Workers, Grassroots Transnationalism, and Agency in Learning

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Romee Lee, University of British Columbia

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Queer Race Pedagogy in Adult Higher Education: Dealing with Power Dynamics and Positionality of Gay Students of Color

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Mitsunori Misawa, University of Georgia, Athens

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Learning Space and Space for Learning: Adults’ Intersubjective Experiences of Improvisation

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Pamela Meyer, DePaul University

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Working Late: Exploring the Workplaces, Motivations, and Barriers of Working Seniors

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Vivian W. Mott Ph.D., East Carolina University

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Challenges, Choices and Change: Towards a Theoretical Model of African Diasporan Women’s Educational Decision Making

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Carmela R. Nanton, Palm Beach Atlantic University

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(Re)Situating Cognition: Expanding Sociocultural Perspectives in Adult Education

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Kim L. Niewolny, Cornell University
Arthur L. Wilson, Cornell University

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Learning About Race and Ethnic Diversity on Campus: Employee Perceptions from an Urban University

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Larry G. Martin, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

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Adult Education Enters the Cultural Competency Craze

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Michael L. Rowland, The Ohio State University

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A Cross-Case Analysis of How Faculty Connect Learning in Hybrid Courses

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Karen Skibba, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

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Destabilizing the center, disrupting the flow: Culture, mobility, and learning in the construction of female identity

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Barbara Sparks, University of Colorado at Denver

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Build It But They May Not Come: Subjective Factors In Participation Decisions Among Under-represented Groups

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Ralf St. Clair, University of Glasgow

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A Critical Review of the Empirical Research of Transformative Learning (1999-2005)

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Edward W. Taylor, Penn State University-Capital College

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“Crash”-ing into Pop Culture in Dealing with Diversity: Adult Education and Critical Media Literacy about Movies and Television

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Elizabeth J. Tisdell
Patricia M. Thompson, Penn State University-Harrisburg

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Another Look at a Historical Foundation of HRD: F.R. Roethlisberger’s Foreman

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Julia Storberg-Walker, North Carolina State University
Laura Bierema, University of Georgia

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(Re)Discovering Self Women's Construction of Identities: Socio-cultural View

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E. V. Swai, Pennsylvania State University

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Adult Students and Adult Literacy Practitioners Disconnected: Differing Perspectives of Adult Students’ Needs

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Lesley E. Tomaszewski, Texas A&M University

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Knowledge Production at the Cutting Edge?: A Content Analysis of AERC Papers from 1995-2005

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Lisa Troy, Pennsylvania State University

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Intersecting the Academy: Legitimizing Applied & Professional Studies at the Post-Graduate Level

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Laura Servage, University of Alberta

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Periphery of Practice: Chinese Immigrant Women Navigating the Canadian Labour Market

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Hongxia Shan

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The Role of Self-Directed Learning in Older Adults’ Health Care

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Janet S. Valente, University of Georgia

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The educational philosophy of Luis Emilio Recabarren and its influence on the Chilean Working Class and its class struggle strategies

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María Alicia Vetter, Northern Illinois University

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Mapping Cognitive Engagement in Adult Literacy Classrooms

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Thomas Valentine
Judy Milton, University of Georgia
Anastasiya A. Lipnevich
Harold Beder, Rutgers University

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The Third Way to Adult Education

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Judith Walker, University of British Columbia

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Activist Forest Monks, Environmental Adult Education and the Construction of Civil Society in Thailand

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Pierre Walter, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

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Integrating the ‘Other’ in Adult Education Curriculum: The Case of an Indian Tradition

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Linda Ziegahn, University of California Davis Extention
Beloo Mehra, Antioch University McGregor

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Community Economic Development Strategic Planning for Rural Communities: A Case Study of Successful Programs

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John Preissing, University of Minnesota

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The Nature and Archaic Origins of Lifelong Learning Processes: The Relevance of Anthropology to Adult Education

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Donovan Plumb, Mount Saint Vincent University

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The Power of One: Engagement as the Key to Highly Effective Clinical Instruction

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Dan Pratt
Ric Arseneau, University of British Columbia

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Developing communicative competence: Methodological considerations for conducting qualitative research with Spanish-speaking adult learners

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Esther Prins, The Pennsylvania State University
Ana Guisela Chupina, Alliant Interntional University

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Deconstructing heterosexual privilege with new science metaphors

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Tonette S. Rocco
Suzanne J. Gallagher, Florida International University

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A Majestic Burden: Discovering the Untold Stories of Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Women and Learning Through Narrative Analysis8

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Elice E. Rogers, Cleveland State University, USA

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Adult Education, Assessment and the Beginnings of the GED

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Amy D. Rose, Northern Illinois University

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Measuring Social Capital in Adult Education Projects

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Jeff Zacharakis, Kansas State University

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How Adults Learn about Multicultural Diversity through Participating in the Arts

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Sherre Wesley

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The Value of Immigrant Parents, The Power of Effective Adult Education: Fueling viable parent involvement through school-based adult ESL classes

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Robin A. Waterman, Harvard Graduate School of Education

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d Intellectual Resistance as Impetus for Lifelong Learning for Social Justice

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Kristopher Wells, University of Alberta

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A Different Definition of “Boob-Tube”: What Dr. Catherine Gale, of The Avengers, Taught Women

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Robin Redmon Wright, Texas A&M University, USA

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Establishing a Lifelong Learning System by developing Higher Vocational Education: A case of China

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Jie Xiong, University of Alberta

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A Holistic Conceptualization of Adult Learning and its Critiques of Selected Concepts and Theories

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Baiyin Yang, University of Minnesota

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Novice Physician-scientists’ Learning in Communities of Practice

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Min-fen Wang
Lori L. Bakken

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Critical Adult Learning of Immigrant Workers: A Social Network Perspective

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Moosung Lee, University of Minnesota

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What Do You Do When The Law Doesn’t Work? Adult Educators’ Role In Fighting Workplace Discrimination

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Ann Brooks
Tamara Clunis

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Participation and Learning in Community Organizations: A Theoretical Framework

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Hleziphi Naomie Nyanungo, The Pennsylvaina State University

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