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Gnanadass, Edith; Merriweather, Lisa R. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2022
Teaching and learning in times of crisis like the Coronavirus pandemic is less about crisis management and more about humanizing the crisis. Restorying COVID begins with understanding our students and ourselves as whole people, and their multidimensional needs--academic, socio-emotional, and socio-cultural, including racialization, social class,…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, College Faculty, Graduate Students
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Bierema, Laura L. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2019
The purpose of the chapter is to introduce the T-shaped professional and advance it as an organizing rubric for curriculum development in higher education as a strategy to enhance employability. The chapter explores the T-shaped professional by investigating its history, considering the context creating demand for T-shaped people, and outlining…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Educational Strategies
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Frison, Daniela; Tino, Concetta – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2019
This chapter focuses on work-related learning in higher education and the key principles to consider for the design of work-related assignments in partnership with business.
Descriptors: Higher Education, Job Skills, School Business Relationship, Experiential Learning
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Archuleta, Kristi; Jennings, Christopher T.; Cunliff, Ed – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2019
This chapter highlights mindfulness and meditation practices at two metropolitan universities and includes a discussion of programming challenges, classroom teaching practices, and suggestions for expanding offerings for non-traditional learners.
Descriptors: Relaxation Training, Universities, Urban Schools, Teaching Methods
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Sun, Qi – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2019
This chapter presents mindfulness relaxation activities used in a first-year seminar, discusses Eastern ancient meditation methods as alternative Western contemplative inquiry, and suggests teaching practices in adult and higher education for holistic education and well-being.
Descriptors: Metacognition, First Year Seminars, Western Civilization, Teaching Methods
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Behmer, Philomena M. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2019
This chapter describes a meditative embodied yoga approach to teaching and learning anatomy and physiology in both higher education and in yoga teacher training and how teaching in one setting has influenced teaching in the other.
Descriptors: Metacognition, Physical Activities, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
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Cornell-d'Echert, Blaise, Jr. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2012
Most adult education practitioners will understand the special requirements educators should attend to when educating adults. While Malcolm Knowles's adult education principles might not meet the strictest definition of principles, their universal adoption and acceptance by adult educators affords them the same weight as principles. So, as Knowles…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Military Training, Adult Educators, Educational Principles