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Author:

Knisely, Andrew Jon

Title:

AN EXPLORATION OF THE SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT OF BURKINABÉ CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY ALLIANCE PASTORS: A MIXED METHODS STUDY IN ADULT EDUCATION

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

adult education
spirituality
spiritual development
African studies
contextual theology
pastoral education
Christian and Missionary Alliance Church
Burkina Faso

File:

Download AndrewKniselyDissertationfinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Member
Melody M Thompson, Committee Member
Martha Jean Strickland, Committee Member
Gary Kuhne, Committee Member

Author:

Wade , Barbara

Title:

Statistical Literacy in Adult College Students

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

statistical literacy
adult education
statistics
attitudes and statistics
beliefs and statistics
research methods and statistics

File:

Download 01_FINAL_4_6_2009_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Ed Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward W Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Member
Pamela Preston, Committee Member
John Basil Urenko, Committee Member

Author:

Mulhollen, Christine Marie

Title:

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES AND ATTITUDE TOWARD INDEPENDENT LEARNING IN A HIGH TRANSACTIONAL DISTANCE ENVIRONMENT

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

independent learning
adult education
distance education
transactional distance
multiple intelligences
attitude

File:

Download Revisions_FINAL_DISSERTATION_6_25_06.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Grahame Moore, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary Kuhne, Committee Member
Melody M Thompson, Committee Member
Mindy L Kornhaber, Committee Member

Author:

Thompson, Diane S.

Title:

No More a Stranger: The Development of Academic Literacy in Adult English Language Learners in Community College

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

developmental education
community college education
adult education
composition studies

File:

Download THOMPSON._ADTED_FINAL_DISSERTATION_FOR_SUBMISSION_6.3.11.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Edward Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward W Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Member
Shanetia Clark, Committee Member

Author:

Choi, Ilseon

Title:

THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF TEACHERS AT A LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

adult education
gerontology
phenomenology
peer teaching
older adult volunteerism

File:

Download Dissertation_Ilseon_Choi.pdf

Committee Members:

Fred Michael Schied, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ian E Baptiste, Committee Member
Alison Alene Carr Chellman, Committee Member
Sherry Lynn Willis, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Juliet Anne

Title:

VOICES, VALUES, VIEWS: A NARRATIVE ETHNOGRAPHY OF A VOLUNTEER LITERACY PROGRAM STUDENT INVOLVEMENT GROUP

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

adult education
literacy
participatory education
narrative ethnography

File:

Download Juliet_Smith_Doctoral_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Fred Michael Schied, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Esther Susana Prins, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ian E Baptiste, Committee Member
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Janice Elaine

Title:

The Meanings of Teaching from the Perspective of Exemplary and Experienced Teachers

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

adult education
narrative inquiry
meaning-making
Kegan
constructive-developmental
teaching
teacher professional development

File:

Download Smith_March_25.pdfDownload Janice_Smith_Errata2.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward W Taylor, Committee Member
Denise Gaspari Meister, Committee Member
Gina Brelsford, Committee Member

Author:

Jarecke, Jodi Lynn Turner

Title:

TEACHER-LEARNER RELATIONSHIPS IN MEDICAL EDUCATION: A MIXED METHODS STUDY OF THE THIRD-YEAR EXPERIENCE

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

relational-culural theory
Teacher-learner relationships
adult education
clinical education
medical education
communities of practice

File:

Download JARECKE._ADTED_FINAL_DISSERTATION_FOR_SUBMISSION_4.11.11.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Edward Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward W Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Carol F Whitfield, Committee Member
James Truman Ziegenfuss Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Spaulding, James Thomas

Title:

THE EFFECTS OF EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING WITH PLAYFULNESS IN THE ADULT EDUCATION CLASSROOM

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

simulation
learning transfer
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
playfulness
adult education
PALA
learning activity
instructional design
role play

File:

Download JTS_Dissertation_final_Rev.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Patricia A Cranton Ph D, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward W Taylor, Committee Member
Kathryn Weed Jablokow, Committee Member
Roy Clariana, Committee Member

Author:

Moll, Kirk August

Title:

Theological Education in Action: Adult Learning about Race in the Student Interracial Ministry of Union Theological Seminary, 1960-1968

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

adult education
adult learning
racial attitudes
transformative learning
Transformative Learning Theory
Intergroup Contact Theory
Faith Development Theory
theological education
Student Interracial Ministry
African Americans
seminarians
Union Theological Seminary in New York
civil rights movement
African American Churches
Southwest Georgia Project
Delta Ministry

File:

Download KM-dissertation-04-2011-final_revisions.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward W Taylor, Committee Member
Kenneth Brian Cunningham, Committee Member
Charles David Kupfer, Committee Member

Author:

Milheim, Karen Lorraine

Title:

LEARNING THROUGH REFLECTIVE PRACTICE: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF ADULT BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAM MANAGERS

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

adult basic education administration
phenomenology
adult basic education
adult literacy
professional development
reflective practice
ABE
adult education
adult basic education management

File:

Download Karen_Milheim_10_14_2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Dr Kimetta R Hairston, Committee Member
Roy Clariana, Committee Member

Author:

Mont, Michele A.

Title:

PERSPECTIVES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ADULT STUDENTS AND FACULTY ON THE USE OF ART-BASED LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION CLASSROOMS

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

arts-based learning
higher education
adult education

File:

Download Mont_Jan21_2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Libby Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Felicia Lynne Brown Haywood, Committee Member
Clemmie Edward Gilpin, Committee Member
Robin Veder, Committee Member

Author:

Parrish, Marilyn McKinley

Title:

Seeking Authenticity: Women and Learning in the Catholic Worker Movement

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

learning
women
history
adult education
social movements
spirituality
social justice

File:

Download MarilynMcKinleyParrishdissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward W Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fred Michael Schied, Committee Member
Kenneth Brian Cunningham, Committee Member
Charles David Kupfer, Committee Member

Author:

Zimmerman, Nancy S.

Title:

Who is the self that teaches? Perspectives of faculty as they learn to teach Spanish as a heritage language

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

teaching Spanish as a heritage language
Spanish speaking heritage learners
university faculty development
adult education
scholarship of teaching and learning
culturally responsive teaching
experiential learning theory

File:

Download resubmit_final_with_corrections_may_25.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Gloria Bodtorf Clark, Committee Member
Jo Victoria Goodman, Committee Member

Author:

Weiler-Timmins, Rebecca A.

Title:

Authenticity and Lesbian Health Educators

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

adult education
health education
lesbian
authenticity
self-disclosure
teachers

File:

Download R_WEILERTIMMINS_DISSERTATION_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Raffy Reinaldo Luquis, Committee Member
Jo Tyler, Committee Member

Author:

Banz, Jr., Richard Nicholas

Title:

Exploring the Personal Responsibility Orientation Model: Self-directed learning within museum education

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

adult education
self-directed learning
museum
humanism
PRO Model
social context

File:

Download Banz_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward W Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward W Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Daniele D Flannery, Committee Member
George W Boudreau, Committee Member
Charles David Kupfer, Committee Member

Author:

Kramer, Lorie Renee

Title:

The role of relationships between adults and canine companions: The impact on personal growth and well-being

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

adult education
human-animal bond
anthrozoology
learning through relationships/connections
attunement
attachment to pets

File:

Download Dissertation-final_for_Thesis_Office.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patricia Angelica Cranton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ann Swartz, Committee Member
Dr Richard Fiene, Committee Member

Author:

Sauer, Michael Paul

Title:

Storytelling by Adults Diagnosed with Terminal Illness: Narrative Identifying through Dialogical Research

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Dialogical Research
Storytelling
adult education
Listening
terminal illness
terminal diagnosis
narrative
narrative identifying
narrative learning
narrative medicine
narrative identifying
dialogism
meaning in life
end stage
good death
worldview construction
lifestory
unfinalizable

File:

Download sauer_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Patricia Angelica Cranton, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jo Tyler, Committee Member
Rebecca Marie Lafountain, Committee Member

Author:

Callaghan, Carolyn Marie

Title:

Culturally diverse cohorts: The exploration of learning in context and community

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Cohorts
cultural diversity
adult education
sociocultural perspective
culturally diverse cohorts

File:

Download Callaghan_dissertation_2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward W Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Martha Jean Strickland, Committee Member
Kimberly A Griffin, Committee Member

Author:

Eifert, Angela Lynn

Title:

A globetrotting pilgrimage: An exploration of spiritual growth and the development of intercultural competence

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

spirituality
intercultural competence
adult education
followers of Christ

File:

Download Final_dissertation_for_Angela_Eifert.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Edward Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Shanetia Clark, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Martha Jean Strickland, Committee Member
Heather L Stuckey, Committee Member