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ERIC Number: ED471123
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2002-Oct
Pages: 274
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Proceedings of the Annual Midwest Research-to-Practice Conference in Adult, Continuing, and Community Education (21st, DeKalb, Illinois, October 9-11, 2002).
Orem, Richard A., Ed.
This document contains 41 papers and 11 poster session presentations from a conference on research-to-practice in adult, continuing, and community education. The following are among the papers included: "Learning in a Multicultural Environment" (Mansur Abdullah, Cory Eisenberg, Willard C. Hall Jr., Pauline Valvo); "How to Engage in Successful Collaborative Learning" (Joseph L. Armstrong, Andrew Barrett, George W. Brutchen, Silvia Chamboneth, Jacqueline R. Stillisano); "An Exploration into the Use of Questioning and Other Communication Strategies in Diverse Learning Environments" (Keith B. Armstrong, Susan A. Timm); "The Voices of Employees" (John Baaki, Maria Cseh); "Emphasizing Interaction among Learners and Teachers in Asynchronous Teaching and Learning Environments" (Charles Allen Baker-Clark); "Taking Models to the Field as Generative Rather Than Literal Metaphors" (Peter J. Borger); "Identifying Theoretical Constructs to Guide the Preparation and Development of the Laity" (Jeanne M. Connolly); "Constructing User-Friendly Instruments" (Gary J. Conti); "A Humanistic Approach to Adult Education" (Alyce Cooks, Darwyn Hackney, Sanetta George Jackson, Claude Stevens, Dave Zumwalt); "Investigating the Experiences of Online Learning" (Mary K. Cooper, Cheryl Bielema); "Generational Difference and the Problem of Identity in the Adult Education and Community College Classroom" (John M. Dirkx); "An Action Science Approach to Creating and Sustaining Professional Learning Communities as a Vehicle for Comprehensive School Reform" (Daniel V. Folkman); "Adult Learning on the Internet" (Anne A. Ghost Bear, Gary J. Conti); "Evaluating Changes in Training Managers' Role Perceptions" (Joshua D. Hawley, Joni K. Barnard); "(Dis)empowering Pedagogies" (Conni Huber, Gary Cale); "Residential Learning" (Carole J. Kabel); "Batterer Education Programs and Their Effect on Internal/External Locus of Control" (Desi Larson, Donna Galluzzo, Reid Stevens); "Adult Development from the Inside Out" (Randee Lipson Lawrence); "Russia and China in Transition" (Jun Liu, John Niemi); "Program Planning in Faith-Based Organizations" (Kari L. Parks); "The Instructor as an Institutional Barrier to Adult Education in the African American Church" (Michael Rowland, Paulette Isaac); "Psychodynamic Perspectives on Adult Learning Groups" (Janice Morgan Saturday); and "The Experience of Real World Contexts in Virtual Environments" (Regina O. Smith, Christina Dokter, John M. Dirkx). Many papers include substantial bibliographies. (MN)
For full text: http://www.cedu.niu.edu/reps/midwest.htm.
Publication Type: Collected Works - Proceedings
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: China; Russia
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A