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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:

Barlet, Katelyn Danielle

Title:

Latina parent involvement: An action research study exploring a Spanish teaching and learning program

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

Latina
parent
involvement
teaching
education
Latino

File:

Download Katelyn_Barlet_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Robin Redmon Wright, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robin Redmon Wright, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Chiara Sabina, Committee Member
Mary Napoli, 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

Author:

Gable, Nancy E

Title:

We Make this Road by Walking: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Diaconal Ministers as Emancipatory Educators of Adults

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

emancipatory education
Teaching Perspectives Inventory
adult education
diaconal ministry
Paulo Freire
Myles Horton

File:

Download Nancy_Gable_FINAL_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward W Taylor, Committee Member
Gina Brelsford, Committee Member
Charles David Kupfer, Committee Member

Author:

Ciavarella, Veronica Charlotte

Title:

Exploratory qualitative case study of lab-type activity interactions in an online graduate geoscience course

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

geoscience
online
interaction
case study
qualitative
lab-type activity

File:

Download Ciavarella_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Kuhne, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Kuhne, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Melody M Thompson, Committee Member
Scott P Mcdonald, Committee Member
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Member

Author:

Wehler, Bruce Alan

Title:

Until all the pieces fit: A hermeneutic phenomenology of the informal learning of selected foster parents in northeastern Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

foster parenting
informal learning
hermeneutic phenomenology
situated learning theory
constructivist learning theory

File:

Download Wehler_Dissertation_December_2014_UP.pdf

Committee Members:

Melody M Thompson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melody M Thompson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary Kuhne, Committee Member
Fred Michael Schied, Committee Member
David Lee, Committee Member