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Direct linkXie, Jianling; Xu, Jianzhong; Wei, Tianlan; Gallo, Katarzyna; Giles, Mary Everett; Zhan, Yan; Zeng, Yan; Huang, Xiang; Liu, Xia – Adult Learning, 2022
This exploratory qualitative case study investigates how graduate students in education experience, attribute, and combat academic boredom. Three areas of concern are addressed: (a) the contributing factors to boredom, (b) how attributional style (internal vs. external) relates to coping with boredom, and (c) the differences between combating…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Education Majors, Psychological Patterns, Learner Engagement
Lohr, Kathy D.; Haley, Karen J. – Adult Learning, 2018
Adult learners are taking advantage of the availability and convenience of online education. Mature learners in online higher education classrooms bring a wealth of experience filtered through cultural, generational, and socioeconomical differences. The purpose of this research was to explore community building in an online graduate course by…
Descriptors: Cues, Online Courses, Graduate Students, Adult Learning
Cherrstrom, Catherine A.; Zarestky, Jill; Deer, Shannon – Adult Learning, 2018
Adult learners often experience uncertainty, isolation, and, in graduate school, angst about meeting program requirements. Therefore, graduate students created and facilitated a seminar series and preliminary examination study group. The experience, however, transcended seminars and study meetings to build relevant and meaningful community. The…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Graduate Students, Qualitative Research, Communities of Practice
