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Colleges Ontario, 2022
This report shares data relating to Ontario student and graduate profiles in the following areas: (1) College activity; (2) Numbers of Ontario college applicants, students and graduates; (3) Domestic learner demographics and characteristics; (4) Apprentices; (5) Continuing education students; (6) Graduates; (7) Perceptions; and (8) Key performance…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, College Graduates, Labor Market, College Applicants
Gao, Shanshan – ProQuest LLC, 2022
In the modern higher educational system, technology permeated almost all the provisions of educational processes and transformed individual learning transactions. Empirical evidence reveals students' skill gaps in the digitized campus and the real-world work environment driven by technology. Technical training is of high value and in high demand…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Learning Motivation, Personal Autonomy, Learning Theories
Sato, Takahiro; McKay, Cathy – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2020
The purpose of this study was to investigate Japanese graduate students' research skill learning experiences in physical education teacher education at a public university. In this study, andragogy theory was utilised, which allowed the researchers to understand Japanese graduate students' learning experiences. Five Japanese physical education…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Research Skills, Skill Development, Physical Education
Windisch, Hendrickje Catriona – International Review of Education, 2016
Low basic skills levels of adults are a complex policy problem which has neither straightforward causes nor solutions, and successful interventions are still relatively rare. Tackling serious literacy and numeracy weaknesses among adults is challenging, partly because the task itself is difficult, and partly because even if accomplished…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Literacy, Literature Reviews, Intervention
Yamashita, Takashi; Cummins, Phyllis A.; Millar, Roberto J.; Sahoo, Shalini; Smith, Thomas J. – Grantee Submission, 2019
The objective of this study is to examine the associations between the motivation to learn, basic skills (i.e., literacy and numeracy), and organized adult education and training (AET) participation among the middle-aged and older adults in the USA. Rapid technological advancement and globalization necessitate individuals to engage in lifelong…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Basic Skills, Literacy, Numeracy
Boucouvalas, Marcie, Ed.; Avoseh, Mejai, Ed. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2016
The Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) provides a forum for the discussion of international issues related to adult education in general, as well as adult education in various countries around the globe. The following purposes summarize the work of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Independent Study, Undergraduate Students
Cameron, Roslyn – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2012
Purpose: The use of e-portfolios in recognition of prior learning (RPL) processes in workplace and professional practice contexts has attracted little attention in the literature due to its emergent nature. This study seeks to explore the growing incidence of e-portfolio-based RPL (e-RPL) and professional recognition (e-PR) processes in Australia…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Workplace Learning, Content Analysis, Personnel Evaluation
Shabani, Somayeh; Ramazani, Mohammad; Alipoor, Iman – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2017
In recent years attention has been accorded to language learners' affective factors and learning styles. Two of the significant learning styles are impulsivity and reflectivity which have not been studied as much as other styles such as introversion and extroversion. This study endeavored to find out whether or not impulsivity and reflectivity…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Perna, Laura W., Ed. – Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research, 2021
Published annually since 1985, the Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of research findings on a selected topic, critiques the research literature in terms…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Research, High Schools, Educational Change
Blank, Randy – ProQuest LLC, 2018
How do adult learners describe the process of developing academic self-efficacy? Academic self-efficacy refers to confidence in one's ability to carry out academic-related tasks and has been the focus of attention by researchers over the past three decades. While quantitative investigations among elementary, secondary, and traditional-aged college…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Grounded Theory, Self Efficacy, Undergraduate Students
Karaaslan, Ilknur Aydogdu – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2013
Developments in information and communication technology create the spread of education and economic opportunities. E-learning is one of them. For companies in the banking sector, web-based training is a new
opportunity to create a harmonious labor force with new technology and to increase the efficiency of business productivity. E-learning with…
Descriptors: Banking, Employees, Access to Education, Electronic Learning
Goodman, Madeline; Finnegan, Robert; Mohadjer, Leyla; Krenzke, Tom; Hogan, Jacquie – National Center for Education Statistics, 2013
The Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) is a cyclical, large scale study of adult skills and life experience focusing on education and employment that was developed and organized by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). In the United States, the study was conducted in 2011-12 with a…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Numeracy, Foreign Countries, Cross Cultural Studies
Baudino, Frank, Ed.; Johnson, Carolyn, Ed.; Young, Natasha, Ed.; Weese, Bailey, Ed. – Online Submission, 2018
Sixteen scholarly papers and twenty abstracts comprise the content of the eighteenth annual Brick & Click Libraries Conference, held annually at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. The proceedings, authored by academic librarians and presented at the conference, portray the contemporary and future face of librarianship.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Inclusion, Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation
Fitzgerald, Carlton J., Ed.; Laurian-Fitzgerald, Simona, Ed.; Popa, Carmen, Ed. – IGI Global, 2018
As traditional classroom settings are transitioning to online environments, teachers now face the challenge of using this medium to promote effective learning strategies, especially when teaching older age groups. Because adult learners bring a different set of understandings and skills to education than younger students, such as more job and life…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Learning Strategies, Adult Learning, Adult Education
Delgado, Perla Guadalupe – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This qualitative research reports on the narratives of six community educators and utilizes anatomy of story as a framework. The research question directing this study was: What can we learn from the journeys and trajectories of community educators? Supporting sub-questions included: (1) what are their efforts fostering adult education? and (2)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Qualitative Research, Community Education