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Greer, Tomika W.; Shirmohammadi, Melika; Johnson, Olivia D.; Stewart, Barbara L. – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2022
ResearchYOU! is a co-curricular research experience designed to improve undergraduate student research skills at a Hispanic-serving institution and provide research mentoring for undergraduate students who may not typically have access to social science research experiences. This multi-faculty capacity-building research experience is composed of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Research Training, Mentors
Holyoke, Laura; Maib, Heather Ebba; Gehrlein, Tricia – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2022
Professional development in higher education is increasingly shifting to online formats. However, online professional development often does not lend itself well to fostering meaningful human interconnection. Taking a constructivist approach, we share findings from a qualitative research study that explored what participants found meaningful in a…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Electronic Learning, Trauma Informed Approach, Student Personnel Services
Tan, Fujuan; Nabb, Lee – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2021
Especially given the current emphasis on internationalization and globalization, international faculty members constitute an important part of the overall faculty of higher education in the US and abroad. Personal as well as professional well-being is important in retaining international faculty. While annual professional conferences, by design,…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Individual Development, Well Being, Conferences (Gatherings)
Scott, Heidi K.; Holyoke, Laura; Carr-Chellman, Davin; Hammes, Leslie; Kroth, Michael; Watson, George; Vineyard, Rusty – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2021
The intentional teaching application of leadership theories is not often addressed in leadership development programs comprising the field of adult education. The purpose of this study is to understand more deeply the quality, characteristics, and practices of profound leaders. This is an exploratory, empirical study, interviewing seven…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Instructional Leadership, Leadership Training, Leadership Effectiveness
Barefield, Trisha – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2022
This paper introduces a newly implemented arts-based space for reflection and identity development for students with disabilities (SWDs) in a disability services office in the American Southeast. This project aimed to help students make sense of their disability through creating a three-panel art project and an accompanying written description.…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Reflection, Self Concept, Students with Disabilities
Root, Tina M. – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2022
In the United States, there is a significant need for higher education institutions to provide adult degree completion programs (ADCP) to help students complete their degrees. According to the National Student Clearing House Research Center, as of July 2021, there are 41 million students with some college, no credentials (SCNC), in the United…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Adult Programs, Educational Attainment
Jiang, Shuaipu; Sun, Qi – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2021
This paper explores the experience of how Chinese international doctoral students develop critical thinking. Narrative interviews are conducted. Narrative thematic analysis is adopted. Four big themes are generated, which are understanding of critical thinking, comparison and contrasts, factors contributing to development of critical thinking and…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Doctoral Students, Critical Thinking, Comparative Analysis
Stojanovic, Maja – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2021
This paper focuses on the importance of multilingual literacy in the 21st century and, specifically, how adult learners across the globe can develop multilingual literacy skills necessary for successful communication and global citizenship. The paper includes a theoretical (research background, definitions, critical framework) and a practical…
Descriptors: Literacy, Adult Learning, Multilingualism, Citizenship
Holyoke, Laura B.; Wilson, Katie; Threet, Ali; Cornwall, Laila; Bertlin, Shawna – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2021
The purpose of this literature review was to develop the profound living concept through a synthesis of themes extracted from scholarly literature. The problem encountered was a lack of theory and depth in the concept of profound living. The methods used in this study were a thorough literature review in which concepts were extracted from related…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Theories, Self Concept
Ryburn, Ty M. – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2021
A challenge public organizations face in motivating their workforces is the strong union influence. In 2018, the United States Supreme Court abolished agency fees in the public sector, changing the landscape of union membership. In examining the unique motivational factors of public sector employees, Perry and Wise developed a theory called public…
Descriptors: Government Employees, City Government, Public Service Occupations, Motivation
Wlodarsky, Rachel – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2021
Wlodarsky and Walters' study explored the reflective practices of college faculty, as they defined reflection and discussed processes, which they used to facilitate reflection on their professional development. A qualitative coding strategy was used, then an analytic concept mapping procedure described by Novak and Gowen (1984) was employed.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Reflection, Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development
Braithwaite, Susan; Barcinas, Susan J. – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2021
The purpose of this paper is to share information on The Learning EMS Ethics Project, referred to as the LEEP project. LEEP is a long-term study of paramedic navigation of ethical dilemmas and decision making in prehospital care. The project additionally aims to contribute to the future development of future paramedic capacity building from…
Descriptors: Professional Continuing Education, Emergency Medical Technicians, Medical Services, Ethics
Locklear, Elizabeth; Fleener, M. Jayne – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2022
Today's physicians must be equipped to address the changes and complexities in healthcare. This study focused on medical educators' experiences and understanding of the Master Adaptive Learner (MAL) model, which uses a metacognitive approach to teach physicians to develop adaptive expertise to manage change and uncertainty effectively. Findings…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Models, Metacognition, Adjustment (to Environment)
Maib, Heather Ebba; Holyoke, Laura; Gehrlein, Tricia – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2022
Trauma-informed practices were initially designed for children; however, we argue that higher education is well-positioned to address the needs of adults as well. This paper discusses adopting trauma-informed practices in organizations and relational spaces. We also share preliminary findings from a qualitative pilot study that explored the…
Descriptors: Trauma, Higher Education, Caring, Intervention
Watts, Tanesha; Dieffenderfer, Vicki – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2021
Millennials make up the largest segment of the current workforce. However, research about minority Millennials and their needs are relatively unknown. The purpose of this study was to determine what minority Millennials deemed important within an organization's culture and the policies and programs that would persuade them to remain with the…
Descriptors: Personnel Policy, Organizational Culture, Minority Groups, Adults