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Wright, Robin Redmon; Sandlin, Jennifer A.; Burdick, Jake – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
In this article, we define and provide some history of "critical media literacy" (CML) in education. We then place critical media literacy in context of our current "post-truth" era. Next, we describe some of the consequences of adults' addiction to two decades of expanding, omnipresent new media to explain why we, like…
Descriptors: Critical Literacy, Deception, Information Sources, Power Structure
Osei-Tutu, Araba A. Z.; Osei-Tutu, Kwaku O. A. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
This article takes an international perspective on adult learning and disinformation, exploring how they have recast the global landscape. In particular, we address former president Trump's naming of certain Caribbean and African nations as "shithole countries," as well as other related experiences, and work to locate these comments…
Descriptors: Racism, Adult Learning, Presidents, Colonialism
Sandlin, Jennifer A.; Gómez, Alan Eladio – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
In this article, we trace the throughline of conspiracy thinking from QAnon to Pastel Q to conspirituality (a term that combines "conspiracy" + "spirituality"). We also explore how many in the wellness community have monetized conspirituality, using conspiracy theories about health, vaccines, COVID-19, and more to connect with…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Beliefs, Misconceptions, COVID-19
Sualehi, Sarah Haroon – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
Digital literacy is a crucial skill set within the social, political, and economic contexts of 21st-century society. Around the world, governments are making a concerted effort to develop digital literacy within adults, as indicated through Sustainable Development Goal 4. However, working learners from a variety of backgrounds and geographies…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Adult Education, Technological Literacy, Educational Technology
Kaiser, Leann; McKenna, Kelly; Lopes, Tobin; Zarestky, Jill – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
This chapter highlights several of the significant design and facilitation considerations used to support adult working learners pursuing online learning across educational contexts. These include the integration of inclusive online learning practices, the design and facilitation of quality interactions in the online environment, and application…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Adult Education, Student Employment, Online Courses
Peña, Elizabeth; Salazar, Cinthya – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
In this qualitative study, through a "testimonio" methodology, we examined the working-learner re-entry experiences of eight Latinx students enrolled at a community college. In particular, we studied how their multiple identities influenced their educational journey as they attempted to complete their college degrees. Our findings show…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Hispanic American Students, Self Concept
Roumell, Elizabeth A.; Jabarkhail, Sami – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
This paper explores the impact of technological advances and digital transformations, with a particular focus on the "future of work" and its implications for lifelong learning and adult working learners. We emphasize the pressing need for human-centric solutions to address complex human challenges that technology alone cannot resolve,…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Student Employment, Lifelong Learning, Student Personnel Services
Klein-Collins, Rebecca; Shafenberg, Kari – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
An increasing percentage of students entering postsecondary institutions are working at least part-time and balancing multiple identities, responsibilities, and demands on their time and resources. As student demographics change, postsecondary institutions must rise to meet these students where they are. Two effective ways to do that include…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Credits, Prior Learning, Postsecondary Education
Hwang, Jihee; Yoon, Seung Won – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
Along with the rapidly changing social and economic context accompanied by COVID-19, concerns have been raised for the less-educated, low-wage workers who disproportionately experienced disadvantages in accessing workplace learning or training opportunities essential for job placement or career development. In response to the challenges of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Labor Force Development, Workplace Learning, Disadvantaged
Moodie, Gavin; Wheelahan, Leesa; Bragg, Debra D. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
This article focuses on adult working learners who attend postsecondary institutions in Canada and the United States. We identify how these institutions deliver curriculum and instruction in the form of career-technical education (CTE) and vocational education offering occupational credentials. In British Columbia and the U.S., most vocational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Learning, Employees, Postsecondary Education
Jin, Bora; Baumgartner, Lisa M. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
Ageism in today's workplace can have a range of detrimental emotional, psychological, and economic effects on older job seekers. This article highlights types of ageism in the workplace and the most common age-related stereotypes in the hiring process and on the job. We explore how ageism negatively affects the emotional and psychological,…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Job Applicants, Age Discrimination, Stereotypes
Kim, Junghwan – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
This article aims to examine how to improve the support for working learners in their learning and education based on the findings of the issue's articles. For this, I focus on describing what can be learned from the articles' findings and, based on that information, discuss directions and practices necessary to support adult working learners. I…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Adult Students, Andragogy, Adult Learning
Formenti, Laura; Hoggan-Kloubert, Tetyana – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
The article synthesizes literature relating to the recent development of the theory of transformative learning (TL) and societal changes using three exemplary fields of study: (1) Civic education and democratic transformations, (2) TL for sustainability and ecology, and (3) TL in the context of migration (and especially for refugees). This article…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Social Change, Citizenship Education, Democratic Values
Hoggan, Chad; Finnegan, Fergal – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
This article provides an overview of the literature on transformative learning over the previous 45 years, describes its current condition as a relatively mature collection of theories, and calls for greater clarity, new iterations of theory, and productive and substantive steps forward. It then provides an overview of the contributions in this…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Learning Theories, Research Reports, Educational History
Hoggan, Chad; Higgins, Katherine – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
This chapter describes transformative learning as a catch-all term to describe many disparate phenomena related to learning processes involved in human transformation. It argues for the distinction between individual theories used to understand these phenomena and the metatheoretical work of analyzing across theories. This article then reviews…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Learning Theories, Learning Processes, Philosophy