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2. Chasing a Passion: The Early-Career Lived Experience of First-Generation College Graduates

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Author:
Olson, Joann S.
Title:
Chasing a Passion: The Early-Career Lived Experience of First-Generation College Graduates
Graduate Program:
Adult Education
Keywords:
situated learning
workplace learning
first-generation college graduate
adult education
college-to-work transition
communities of practice
phenomenology
File:
Download Olson_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Fred Michael Schied, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fred Michael Schied, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary Kuhne, Committee Member
Melody M Thompson, Committee Member
Dr Spencer G Niles, Committee Member

4. IN THE HEART OF INDIAN COUNTRY: THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF NATIVE AMERICAN ADULT LEARNERS AT A PREDOMINANTLY WHITE UNIVERSITY

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Open Access
Author:
Buckmiller, Tom Mark
Title:
IN THE HEART OF INDIAN COUNTRY: THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF NATIVE AMERICAN ADULT LEARNERS AT A PREDOMINANTLY WHITE UNIVERSITY
Graduate Program:
Adult Education
Keywords:
adult learner
Native American
phenomenology
File:
Download Buck-dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Fred Michael Schied, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fred Michael Schied, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Madhu Suri Prakash, Committee Member
John W Tippeconnic Iii, Committee Member
Melody M Thompson, Committee Member

5. Surviving Job Loss: Motivation Among Second Year Trade Adjustment Assistance(taa)students

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Open Access
Author:
Karnes, Sandra Lee
Title:
Surviving Job Loss: Motivation Among Second Year Trade Adjustment Assistance(taa)students
Graduate Program:
Adult Education
Keywords:
TAA program
Adult Education
Second Year College Students
File:
Download DISSERTATION_FINAL_COPY.pdf
Committee Members:
Fred Michael Schied, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fred Michael Schied, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Melody M Thompson, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Special Member

6. Learning for Social Justice: A Cultural Historical Activity Theory Analysis of Community Leadership Empowerment in a Korean American Community Organization

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Open Access
Author:
Kim, Junghwan
Title:
Learning for Social Justice: A Cultural Historical Activity Theory Analysis of Community Leadership Empowerment in a Korean American Community Organization
Graduate Program:
Adult Education
Keywords:
adult learning
community leadership
cultural historical activity theory
Korean American Activist
community organization
File:
Download 1-Kim_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Fred Michael Schied, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fred Michael Schied, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Melody M Thompson, Committee Member
Cynthia Pellock, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

7. Resistance among alienated adult students in Korea National Open University: A Cultural-Historical Activity Theory analysis of contradictions in distance higher education

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Open Access
Author:
Joo, Kyoung Phil
Title:
Resistance among alienated adult students in Korea National Open University: A Cultural-Historical Activity Theory analysis of contradictions in distance higher education
Graduate Program:
Adult Education
Keywords:
distance higher education
Open University (OU)
resistance
alienation
Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT)
File:
Download KPJoo_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Fred Michael Schied, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fred Michael Schied, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ladislaus M Semali, Committee Member
Melody M Thompson, Committee Member
Kai Arthur Schafft, Committee Member

8. Obstacles to funding higher education for adults: An analysis of selected Pennsylvania voters

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Open Access
Author:
Rutter, III, J. Paul
Title:
Obstacles to funding higher education for adults: An analysis of selected Pennsylvania voters
Graduate Program:
Adult Education
Keywords:
Financial Aid
Voters
Politics
File:
Download RUTTER-Complete_Mar14.2013.pdf
Committee Members:
Fred Michael Schied, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fred Michael Schied, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Melody M Thompson, Committee Member
Edgar I Farmer Sr., Committee Member
Dennis Karl Davis, Committee Member

9. From social motives to spiritual development: A Cultural Historical Activity Theory analysis of communal spiritual development in a Korean American house church

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Open Access
Author:
Park, Sinwoong
Title:
From social motives to spiritual development: A Cultural Historical Activity Theory analysis of communal spiritual development in a Korean American house church
Graduate Program:
Adult Education
Keywords:
Adult Education
Spiritual Development
House Church
Community of Faith
Cultural Historical Activity Theory
File:
Download Doctoral_Dissertation__Simon_Park__Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Gary Kuhne, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Kuhne, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fred Michael Schied, Committee Member
Melody M Thompson, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

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

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Open Access
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