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Rappel, Linda J. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2015
This article explores details of research that examined how the personal backgrounds of educators connected with organizational contexts to inform teacher practice within the area of adult English language teaching. Using life history as a research methodology and basing research on a framework of teacher authenticity, the primary goal of this…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Career Development, Teacher Background, English Teachers
Gibb, Tara L. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2008
Employing critical discourse analysis (CDA), this paper examines the attempt to bridge a Canadian adult second language policy with an employment skills policy. The result is a third policy intended to improve language education and employment skills training for immigrants. The analysis reveals that the knowledge economy and human capital theory…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Language Planning, Second Language Learning, Discourse Analysis
Massing, Natascha; Gauly, Britta – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2017
Lifelong learning is becoming increasingly important in today's societies. Individuals need to develop their skills through training in order to be successfully integrated in the labor market. We use data from the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies to investigate gender differences in training across 12 countries. We…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Barriers, Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning
Sonstrom, Wendy Jean; Rachal, John R.; Mohn, Richard S. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2013
In 2008, the Commission of Professors of Adult Education approved and published "Standards for Graduate Programs in Adult Education," an update of the 1986 "Standards." Using the program websites of the 37 North American programs ascertained to have doctoral programs in the field, this study evaluated all programs' course…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, College Curriculum, Adult Education, Academic Standards
Gouthro, Patricia A. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2014
This article explores the learning pathways of 15 Canadian and American female crime fiction authors. Using a critical feminist perspective, it argues that despite the neoliberal rhetoric of individual choice, as in most careers, there are social-structural factors that create opportunities and barriers for women mystery writers. The article…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Authors, Females, Fiction