International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology
January 2014 Volume 5, Number 1
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 6
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Dialogue Journals and Transformational Learning: Latino Students and Their Professor “Talk-back” to Each Other
Yolanda Nieves, Wilbur Wright College, Chicago, IL, United States
This article explores how dialogue journals can lead to a transformative learning experience. Adult Latino students enrolled in a community college developmental reading class agree to speak truth ... More
pp. 1-14
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Re-Seeing in the Mirror of Creative Critical Reflection: Unifying the Identity through the Transformative in the Vocational Classroom
Laurence Cohen, Independent Educator, Tucson, AZ, United States
This essay examines the practical application of transformative education in a vocational classroom where students learn how to write a resume. The construction of a new resume in this classroom... More
pp. 15-22
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Transformative Vocational Education: Bridging Transitions of Underserved Urban Adult Learners
Anthony Adkisson & Catherine Monaghan, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, United States
How our culture thinks about particular events as linear, normal, and expected does not always fit with the experiences of every learner, particularly underserved urban adult learners. As adult... More
pp. 23-34
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The Paradox of Transformative Learning Among Mid-Career Professionals
Niels Agger-Gupta & Catherine Etmanski, Royal Roads University, British Columbia, Canada
Royal Roads University (RRU) is a special purpose university in British Columbia, Canada. Since 1995, this university has focused primarily on multi-sectoral and interdisciplinary graduate... More
pp. 35-47
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Perceived Best Practices for Faculty Training in Distance Education
Michael McVey, Penn State University Harrisburg, Middletown, PA, United States
Student learning style differences have been widely researched in both traditional face-to-face and online learning environments (Irani, Scherler & Harrington, 2003;Steinbronn, 2007; Williamson &... More
pp. 48-56
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Transformative Learning: Immigrant Learners Who Participated in Recognition of Acquired Competencies (RAC)
Leah Moss & Andy Brown, Champlain College Saint-Lambert, Quebec, Canada
Recognition of Acquired Competencies (RAC) as it is known in Quebec, Canada or Prior Learning Assessment (PLA), requires a learner to engage in retrospective thought about their learning path,... More
pp. 57-66