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Author:

Firestone, Brenda L

Title:

Engineers' Perceptions of Diversity and the Learning Environment at Work: A Mixed Methods Study

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Engineer
Engineering
Workplace
Learning
Diversity
Culture
Culture
Adult Education
Feminist
Mixed Methods
Critical

File:

Download Firestone_Diss.3.12.12.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward W Taylor, Committee Member
Barbara A Sims, Committee Member
Katherine H Baker, Committee Member

Author:

Fleming, Kirk Donn

Title:

The Agony and Ecstasy of Workplace Creativity: A Qualitative Study of How Facilitators View Affect in Helping Adults Learn Creativity

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

creativity
innovation
learning
affect
emotion
workplace
learning
education
training
facilitation
experiential

File:

Download Kirk_D_Fleming_Dissertation_Final_March_6_2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward W Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Alan Morand, Committee Member
Margaret Cecilia Lohman, Committee Member
Robin Redmon Wright, 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:

Adam, Marianne Terese

Title:

The lived expereince of becoming a diabetic: A phenomenological study

Graduate Program:

Nursing

Keywords:

Diabetes
self-care
self-management
learning
recently diagnosed
phenomenology

File:

Download M._Adam_Dissertation_7.9.12.pdf

Committee Members:

Carol A Smith, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Judith E Hupcey, Committee Member
Robert A Gabbay, Committee Member
Edward W Taylor, Committee Member

Author:

Tanis, David Jay

Title:

Exploring Play/playfulness and Learning in the Adult and Higher Education Classroom

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

play
playfulness
adult learning
higher education classroom
ways of knowing
classroom environment
ludic classroom

File:

Download djt197_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward W Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
James Ewald Johnson, Committee Member
Samuel William Monismith, Committee Member

Author:

Pucino, Carrie L

Title:

Understanding the Transformation of Compassion in Nurses Who Become Patients

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Nurse as Patient
Compassion
Learning Compassion
Transformative Learning Theory
Empathy in Transformation
Developmental Perspective of Transformation
Narrative Inquiry

File:

Download CPucino_Final_Dissertation-December_2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward W Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward W Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robin Redmon Wright, Committee Member
Samuel William Monismith, Committee Member
Heather L Stuckey, Committee Member

Author:

Bailey-davis, Lisa

Title:

Learning and Engagement in the Local Food Movement

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Situated learning
social change
collective action
community supported agriculture

File:

Download BaileyDavisLDissertationFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward W Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward W Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Kenneth Brian Cunningham, Committee Member
Cynthia Clare Hinrichs, Committee Member

Author:

Post, Ernie

Title:

Exploring Nascent Entrepreneurial Learning: A Mixed Method Study

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

entrepreneurial learning
attrition
self-directed learning
nascent entrepreneurial learning discontinuance
learning models

File:

Download JZDissertationFinal3-14-14.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward W Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Edward Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robin Redmon Wright, Committee Member
Robert D Russell, Committee Member
Melody M Thompson, Committee Member

Author:

Schmick, Dara Pachence

Title:

Transformative Learning Around Issues of Language and Culture Among ESL Teachers

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Transformative Learning
Langauge
Culture
English as a Second Language
ESL Teachers
Online Learning

File:

Download Dissertation_Dara_Pachence_Schmick.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward W Taylor, Committee Member
Karin Sprow Forte, Committee Member
Patricia Johnson, Committee Member

Author:

Loose, Crystal Corle

Title:

Japanese Lesson Study sustaining Teacher Learning in the Classroom Context

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Japanese Lesson Study
Professional Development
Teacher Training
Classroom Context
Situated Learning Theory

File:

Download Dissertation_Crystal_Loose2.pdf

Committee Members:

Edward W Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward W Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Denise Gaspari Meister, Special Member
Mary Napoli, Special Member