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The Five Ps of the Adult Learner Journey through the Community College: A Conceptual Framework
A significant demographic shift in community colleges reveals that more than half of enrolled students are adults aged 25 and older. In response,...
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From Learner-Centered Education (LCE) to Emancipatory Learner-Centered Education (ELCE): A comparative case study of language education for adult migrants in four European countries
This article discusses the findings of qualitative case-study research that looks at pedagogical contexts of adult education programs for migrants in...
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The imagined learner in adult literacy education policy research: An international comparison
This article provides a comparative analysis of the ways in which learners are portrayed in researchers’ descriptions of adult literacy education...
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The influence of course community and personal community support on learner engagement in online courses
Learner engagement in online courses is impacted by a wide variety of factors. The purpose of this study was to understand to what extent course...
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Exploring learner profiles among low-educated adults in second-chance education: individual differences in quantity and quality of learning motivation and learning strategies
Research on learning strategies and learning motivation in different educational contexts has provided valuable insights, but in this field,...
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Fading in Teacher-Learner Scaffolding Interactions: a Case of Novice and Experienced Language Teachers
Despite the heavy emphasis on fading, its interactional characteristics in teacher-learner dyadic scaffolding interactions remain largely unknown. To...
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The role of motivational teaching techniques in adult distance learning programmes
This qualitative research study explored motivational teaching techniques used by instructors of distance learning programmes (DLPs) to assist adult...
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Analyzing learner profiles in a microlearning app for training language learning peer feedback skills
Peer feedback can be described as the act of one learner evaluating the performance of another learner. It has been shown to impact student learning...
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Institutional habitus, cultural capital, and STEAM learner identity in the context of rural Chinese technical vocational education and training: critical participatory action research
China has been establishing a substantial infrastructure of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) in higher and further...
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The Affordances of Identity Texts with Adult Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education
Working with adult Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education (SLIFE) requires teachers to develop a knowledge and understanding of a...
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Learner Characteristics and Competencies
The advances in technology and the demand for open, distance, and digital education redefined the characteristics and competencies of learners in...
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PeerTeach: Teaching Learners to Do Learner-Centered Teaching
One-on-one tutoring is the most effective teaching arrangement. Most schools and families, however, cannot afford to provide each child with a tutor....
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Residential Adult Education—Ideas and Antecedents
Learning through life is at the nexus of wider societal debates about the relationship of power over communities, who governs them and how, the role...
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Neuroplasticity and Adult Learning
The malleability of the adult brain to adapt in response to experience (termed neuroplasticity) is well documented. However, the capacity in which...
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Learner Readiness
Learners within organizations are the employees who are expected to use e-Learning. Learners have different backgrounds and experiences that affect...
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Understanding and responsiveness in the trauma-informed adult ESL classroom
This paper reports the findings of a critical qualitative study on trauma-informed teaching of English as a second language (ESL) at Australian...
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Paradigms extended: how to integrate behaviorism, constructivism, knowledge domain, and learner mastery in instructional design
The pedagogical paradigms of Direct instruction (behaviorism/objectivism) and Constructivism are often seen as opposing paradigms at the ends of an...
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A Mātauranga Māori Perspective of Literacy for Adult Learners
Globally, literacy can be conceived of in different ways. Two perspectives that have influenced adult literacy policy internationally are the...
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Inclusion in Teaching and Learning: An Adult Education Perspective
This study explored teaching practices that may enhance inclusive teaching and learning in public adult education and training institutions. This...
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Innovative leadership in Gambian adult literacy/numeracy: Mid-1970s to early 1980s
This article is written for educators and others interested in creating high-quality adult basic skills development systems in both develo**...