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Light and Delight: Playful Learning as an Ideology and Methodology in Adult Education 光明与快乐作为成人教育思想和方法的游戏式学习

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Adult Learning Pub Date : 2024-03-08 DOI: 10.1177/10451595241237554

Mohammad Ali Heidari-Shahreza

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Reflective Case Study of a Literacy Instructor Teaching English to Refugee Adult Learners 一位向难民成人学习者教授英语的扫盲教师的反思性案例研究

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Adult Learning Pub Date : 2024-02-26 DOI: 10.1177/10451595241235699

Clarena Larrotta, Shannon D. Ture

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Book Review: Adult Learning in a Migration Society 书评移民社会中的成人学习

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Adult Learning Pub Date : 2024-02-21 DOI: 10.1177/10451595241232972

Victoria K. Suarez

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Virtual Meetings: Fostering Self-Determined Learning to Connect Online Doctoral Students 虚拟会议：促进自主学习，连接在线博士生

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Adult Learning Pub Date : 2024-02-02 DOI: 10.1177/10451595241231002

Don Finn

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Virtual Meetings: Fostering Self-Determined Learning to Connect Online Doctoral Students 虚拟会议：促进自主学习，连接在线博士生

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Adult Learning Pub Date : 2024-02-02 DOI: 10.1177/10451595241231002

Don Finn

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Advising African American Males: Learning to Serve Our Students More Effectively 指导非裔美国男性：学会更有效地为学生服务

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Adult Learning Pub Date : 2023-12-17 DOI: 10.1177/10451595231214283

Terrance J. McClain

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Learning to Paint: An Autoethnographic Exploration of Adult Learning Beyond Formal Learning Contexts 学习绘画:超越正式学习背景的成人学习的自我民族志探索

Adult Learning Pub Date : 2023-11-08 DOI: 10.1177/10451595231213091

Elizabeth Hinchcliff

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A practitioner’s Guide to Evaluating Social Change Initiatives for Adults Using Quantitative Methodologies in Excel 在Excel中使用定量方法评估成人社会变革倡议的实践者指南

Adult Learning Pub Date : 2023-11-01 DOI: 10.1177/10451595231211642

Julie M. Galliart, Kevin M. Roessger

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A Case Study of Innovative Workplace Development Programming at Community Colleges in the United States 美国社区大学创新工作场所发展规划案例研究

Adult Learning Pub Date : 2023-10-30 DOI: 10.1177/10451595231205555

David A. Housel, Hannah Weinstock, Chandana Mahadeswaraswamy, Paula DaSilva Michelin

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Collective Sensemaking: Training the Leadership-as-Practice Development Trainer for Adult Leadership Learning 集体意义建构:培养成人领导力学习的领导力实践发展培训师

Adult Learning Pub Date : 2023-10-03 DOI: 10.1177/10451595231205551

Brandon W. Kliewer

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