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Wyatt, James. "Adult Education." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2006. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/475.

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Thomas, R. Bradford. "Discovering why adults do not participate in formal adult education." Virtual Press, 1996. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1019468.

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Institutions of formal education have a survival interest in the question of why most adults do not participate in more formal adult education. This study, using a descriptive approach, gathered evidence from 16 adults (8 males and 8 females) who had not participated in formal education in the past 10 years. The evidence gathered was used to answer the question, How do adults, who have not participated in formal education as adults, describe their reasons for not participating? The evidence was gathered from multiple individual interviews and two focus groups.Much of the previous research in d

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Dunn, Anne Maureen. "Music education : an adult education perspective." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1989. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10019700/.

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Waldrum, Sharon Gatling. "African American Adult Education Professors: Perceptions of Graduate Studies in Adult Education." [Tampa, Fla.] : University of South Florida, 2005. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/SFE0001277.

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Barnett, Deborah R. "Adult Education: Motivation and Recruitment of Working Adults in the Pursuit of Higher Education." OpenSIUC, 2010. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/349.

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Adult learners, particularly working adults pursuing higher education, face barriers which may be different from their traditional counterparts. In addition to issues of time and money which many students find challenging, working adults also balance job responsibilities and may have to juggle family responsibilities. These barriers, combined with the fact that some higher education institutions are still not fully recognizing this growing student population in regards to scheduling and services, leave working adults with limited access to higher education opportunities. This study was conduc

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Gerhard, Gabrielle. ""It was like a first step" : student transitions from adult basic education participation to community college enrollment /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7702.

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Bayliss, P. J. "Current changes in adult education." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2001. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/10242/.

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The subjects of this thesis are the current changes in adult education and their effects, focusing on the provision of local education authority (LEA) adult education. I have discussed the past century of adult education and related more recent policies to a case study of an adult education centre. LEA management structures of five counties were analysed and linked to their adult education provision. Within these counties I have investigated LEA adult education providers' partnerships, particularly those with secondary schools and further education (FE) colleges. Structured interviews were con

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Luscinski, Autumn. "Best Practices in Adult Online Learning." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10608529.

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<p> Students in the United States are obtaining more college degrees than ever before. In 1975, 21.9% of Americans held bachelor’s degrees, and in 2012, 33.5% of Americans held bachelor’s degrees (Rampell, 2013). A study in 2011 indicated that Americans possessing a bachelor’s degree earn approximately $2.27 million, those with master’s degrees earn $2.67 million and those with doctoral degrees earn $3.65 million over their adult lifetime, dwarfing those with some college, who earn $1.55 million, or no college, who earn $1.30 million (Burnsed, 2011). </p><p> Unfortuna

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Walter, Woodrow James. "Books in Religious Adult Education Valued by Professional Religious Adult Educators." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1996. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc935810/.

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This research focused on discovering the most valued books in adult religious education through a survey of professors of adult religious education and in bibliographies of recent dissertations in adult religious education. Three groups of adult religious educators participated in the survey: the religious adult educators who are members of the adult sections of the Association of Professors and Researchers of Religious Education and North American Professors of Christian Education, and professors of adult religious education in Southern Baptist theological seminaries. In addition the author s

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Keuch, James F. "An examination of educational principles as applied to an on-going congregational program of childhood and adult education." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.

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Keikung, Anjo L. "Theological education by extension in India /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1986. http://www.tren.com.

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Dawson, Jane Margaret. "Individualism in adult education : an analysis." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28207.

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There is a line of critique within the adult education literature which remarks on the individualistic nature of the field, its theories, values, and practices. In addition to pointing out the abundant manifestations of individualism — andragogy is held up as a typical example — these authors also maintain that individualism is not so much a particular attribute of adult education as a reflection of modern Western culture as a whole. In light of this general cast of the critique, the intent of this thesis was to examine the statements about individualism in adult education from the perspectiv

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Zysman, Paul. "Community economic development and adult education." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28317.

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This study examines community economic development (CED) and its educational elements. CED is a process of community residents' learning and developing appropriate responses to their collective and individual socio-economic needs. In this process, learning and development are interactive and evolve into further stages. While a guiding CED organization, resources and collaboration with public and private sectors are necessary elements of CED, the heart of CED is the direct participation, ownership and management of the CED organization and businesses by local residents. The educational signifi

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Payne, John Herbert. "Adult education, work, leisure and culture." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.338969.

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Телев’як, І. І. "Features and problems of adult education." Thesis, Київський національний університет технологій та дизайну, 2019. https://er.knutd.edu.ua/handle/123456789/13171.

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McCallister, Joe Michael. "A Public View of Adult Education." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1988. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331571/.

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In this study the public view of adult education in the United States was inferred from articles published in nationally distributed magazines. Two hundred twenty-eight articles from fifty-three non-professional magazines published in the United States from January 1,1970, through December 31, 1987, were reviewed. The articles were selected from those listed under "adult education," or cross referenced as "see also" under "adult education" in the Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature. The research questions were: What concept of adult education appears in the print media? To what extent is t

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Kelly, Kathleen F. Franklin David L. "Forecasting adult participation in higher education." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 1985. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p8514775.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 1985.<br>Title from title page screen, viewed June 8, 2005. Dissertation Committee: David Franklin (chair), John L. Brickell, Edward R. Hines, William E. Piland, Robert A. Wallhaus. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 165-170) and abstract. Also available in print.

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Thompson, Phyllis E. "Ohio adult basic education teacher perceptions of deterrents to disabled adult participation in adult basic education as related to personal and programmatic variables /." The Ohio State University, 1990. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487681788253617.

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Hubbard, Audra. "Motivational strategies and their applications to the educational needs of adult learners at institutions of higher education." Online version, 2003. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2003/2003hubbarda.pdf.

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Todd, Mary K. "Adult literacy/adult basic education provision in Northern Ireland - ten years ago." Thesis, University of Ulster, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.292476.

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Harkess, Janthea. "The evolution of the ABE e-merge/BCcampus initiative /." View document on the Internet, 2004. http://library.athabascau.ca/thesis/harkess.pdf.

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Squire, Patrick J. "Thinking skills required in adult vocational education programs : a study of adult vocational education instructors in central Ohio /." The Ohio State University, 1993. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487846885779053.

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Flexner, Paul Arthur. "Facilitating adult jewish learning /." Access Digital Full Text version, 1995. http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/bybib/12126640.

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Thesis (Ed.d.)--Teachers College, Columbia University, 1995.<br>Includes tables. Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: Philip A. Fey. Dissertation Committee: Kathleen A. Loughlin. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 296-304).

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Branch, Kirk. "Telling stories : language and lives in adult literacy narratives /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/9462.

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Brandenbarg, Gregory William Anthony. "Emancipatory adult education and social movement theory." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq22703.pdf.

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Hillier, Yvonne. "Informal practitioner theory in adult basic education." Thesis, University of East London, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.386250.

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Bellis, Elizabeth Anne. "'Race', language and culture in adult education." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.313979.

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Brown, S. C. J. "Adult education : A new strategy for development." Thesis, Cranfield University, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.379499.

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Angelis, Desi. "Adult numeracy, mathematical education and social meanings." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17496.

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Bibliography: pages 74-83.<br>In sum, the theoretical framework proposed here for adult numeracy, and developed from a discourse of mathematics education, has as its task the elaboration of the social implications of principles in adult education and the pedagogic outcomes of three sets of numeracy materials.

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Nkosi, Monde Eustice Gideon. "School climate of adult basic education centres." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2007. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09122008-143144/.

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Jiearatrakul, Tamrongsin. "Knowledge and Skills for the Adult Educator in Thailand." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1987. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc330785/.

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The purpose of this study was to identify and specify knowledge and skills needed by adult educators in Thailand. This study provided information for establishing a guide to be used in professional training and in graduate programs in adult education. A three round Delphi technique was used to develop the consensus of findings. The first round solicited open-ended responses from twenty panelists. One hundred and twenty-five knowledge and skill statements, the responses from the first round, were developed into a five-point rating scale questionnaire. This questionnaire was utilized in both Rou

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Ioannou, Nicoletta. "Professional development and professionalization of adult education in Cyprus : views and perceptions of adult educators." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2018. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51517/.

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Adult educators have been identified in the academic and policy literature as crucial to the success of national and regional strategies to deliver quality teaching to adult learners who require new knowledge and skills to meet changing social and economic needs. However, the majority of adult educators are part time practitioners who frequently lack any formal training or specialized expertise for teaching adults (Andersson, Köpsén, Larson and Milana, 2012; Jarvis, 2004). Across the world, limited attention is given to their professional development, leaving the majority of them to assume t

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Engelbrecht, Carol A. "A case for the inclusion of educational gerontology in adult education programs in Australian universities." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2008. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16657/1/Carol_Anne_Engelbrecht_Thesis.pdf.

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At the intersection of adult education and social gerontology, and propelled by the ageing phenomenon, educational gerontology has a critical place in the study of older adult education. To contend with older learners' needs, professional adult educators require an enhanced preparation, and concomitance to a reinvigoration of current adult learning programs to include the constructs of educational gerontology and the geragogical imperative. Through survey and interviews, this research investigated evidence of, and the capacity for, Australian Adult Education programs and Ageing Research centre

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Engelbrecht, Carol A. "A case for the inclusion of educational gerontology in adult education programs in Australian universities." Queensland University of Technology, 2008. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16657/.

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At the intersection of adult education and social gerontology, and propelled by the ageing phenomenon, educational gerontology has a critical place in the study of older adult education. To contend with older learners' needs, professional adult educators require an enhanced preparation, and concomitance to a reinvigoration of current adult learning programs to include the constructs of educational gerontology and the geragogical imperative. Through survey and interviews, this research investigated evidence of, and the capacity for, Australian Adult Education programs and Ageing Research centre

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Idoko, Evelyn. "Perceived Factors that Influence Adult Learners' Persistence and Retention in Adult Basic Education." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5348.

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Retaining students, particularly in the 16- to- 24-year-old category, is a constant challenge for adult basic education programs nationwide. Educators need to understand factors that affect adult learners' experiences, have a better understanding of ways to motivate adult students in a nontraditional school setting to enhance their engagement, and apply research-based techniques and targeted, practical strategies to improve student persistence. The primary objective of this case study was to investigate the perceived factors that students considered influential on their persistence and retenti

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Irvine, Catherine Helen. "Identity development and adult education : a theoretical and empirical investigation of identity development in adults returning to education." Thesis, University of Ulster, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.240677.

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Griffin, Julie Gibbons. "A case study : the preparedness of adult education students for college-level education." Lynchburg, Va. : Liberty University, 2008. http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu.

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Lowman, Judy Ann. "ADULT EDUCATION IN A MUSEUM SETTING REQUIRES REINFORCEMENT." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/227.

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This thesis addresses adult education in a museum setting and measures adult learning during and after a museum visit. While a number of studies have investigated the impact of museum visits on children’s learning, there are few studies on adult learners. This thesis is an initial effort to fill that gap. Qualitative data were gathered through interviews with 24 adult visitors at the Victor Valley Museum in Apple Valley, California. The objective was to determine which exhibits were found to be of greatest interest to the visitor. Follow-up interviews were conducted four weeks later to measure

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Crawford, Jennifer. "An analysis of adult education in libraries and museums." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28031.

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One of the characteristics of adult education is the degree to which it is dispersed throughout society. Much adult education is practiced in organizations and institutions that have purposes other than adult education. Schroeder (1970, p. 37) has suggested a category of adult education agencies (Type III agencies) established to serve both the educational and non-educational needs of the community, agencies in which "adult education is an allied function employed to fill only some of the needs which agencies recognize as their responsibility." The purpose of this study was to examine adult ed

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Jutras, Peter J. "The benefits of adult piano study as self-reported by selected adult piano students." Thesis, connect to online resource, 2003. http://www.library.unt.edu/theses/open/20031/jutras%5Fpeter/index.htm.

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Anderson, Margaret M. (Margaret Moore). "A Comprehensive Review of Definitions of Adult Education." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1992. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332632/.

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This study identified definitions of adult education appearing in three major adult education journals (Journal of Adult Education, Adult Education Journal, Adult Education) and three handbooks of adult education (1948, 1960, and 1970) over a period of 40 years, 1939 to 1979, and concluded there is no one universally accepted definition of adult education.

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McPartland, Patricia Ann. "Health education for fitness in the workplace : an adult education perspective /." Access Digital Full Text version, 1988. http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/bybib/10798997.

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Shank, Jacqueline A. "Dropout and completion in adult vocational job training programs : a prediction model for the adult vocational student." Connect to resource, 1992. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1239896012.

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Lotito, Tony. "A case study of adult basic education programs in North Carolina and in Virginia." Diss., This resource online, 1990. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08252008-162231/.

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Jenkins, Timothy Edward. "Adult learning outcomes based on course delivery methodology." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2853.

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This study compared student satisfaction and academic performance in online and face-to-face classes. 105 ITT Technical Institute students who were simultaneously enrolled in one online course and two on-campus courses were surveyed and interviewed. Factors examined included student to instructor communication, student to student interaction, content selection for online courses and course management for online courses. Sixty-four percent of the students did not pass their online courses and expressed dissatisfaction with the learning process. Course components and processes that could be impr

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McGivney, Raymond J. "Adult student persistence in online education developing a model to understand the factors that affect adult student persistence in a course /." Amherst, Mass. : University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2009. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/open_access_dissertations/17/.

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Abunaib, Asma Ali M. "Culturally Responsive Adult Education For Non-Western Learners." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2019. https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/1080.

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Although education theory in general includes important insights related to the relationship between multiculturalism and pedagogy, a critical analysis of what are considered culturally responsive western adult education methods, such as Experiential Learning Cycle & Dialogue Education (ELC) suggests significant adaptations should be made when applied in settings with non-western learners. This paper highlights the challenges and opportunities of utilizing adult education methods as a framework in delivering learning opportunities in non-western settings or for non-western, new American commun

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Selman, John Thomas Jr. "Barriers to participation in religious adult education: an exploratory study." Diss., Kansas State University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/15533.

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Doctor of Philosophy<br>Department of Educational Leadership<br>W. Franklin Spikes<br>Millions of Americans profess belief in God and follow a Protestant Christian belief system. However, very little research or literature explores their participation in religious adult education. Several areas within adult education are exhaustively researched such as health care, leisure, and career related courses, but studies within religion go largely unexamined. This study sought to develop an understanding concerning deterrents to participation in religious adult education. Additionally, this study soug

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MacKenzie, Lindsay. "An investigation into adult learners and learning : powerful learners and learning in three sites of adult education." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2006. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/6201/.

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This qualitative study explores the outcomes of learning by adult learners in three different contexts (sites) of adult education. My particular concern is with adult learners who are often socially excluded in and by formal learning contexts hence the sites of learning for my empirical research are (a) an Adult Basic Education Centre, (b) a Family Learning Centre and (c) a Nacro Centre. I use a range of data collection methods including keeping a journal, undertaking observations and fifteen in-depth interviews. I develop a framework around ideas of agency, power and structure, factors which

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Bennett, Andrea Rose. "Attitudes Toward Adult Education Among Adult Learners Without a High School Diploma or GED." Scholar Commons, 2016. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6468.

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The purpose of this study was to explore attitudes toward adult education among adult learners without a high school diploma or the General Educational Development (GED). In this study, adult learners without a high school diploma or GED completed the Attitudes Toward Adult Education Scale (AACES) and selected respondents volunteered to participate in a face-to-face interview in conjunction with the mixed methods section of the study. For this study, I used a 5-point Likert scale to measure the responses on the 22-item AACES survey. Three hundred and fifty respondents participated in the study

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