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Author:

Lim, Hyunmin

Title:

LEARNING AND SOCIAL PROCESS OF AGING AMONG KOREAN OLDER MARRIED WOMEN: THE CULTURAL-HISTORICAL ACTIVITY THEORY ANALYSIS

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

informal learning
social process of aging
the cultural-historical activity theory
Korean older married women

File:

Download Lim_Dissertation_Final_rev_11-29-2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Fred Michael Schied, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fred Michael Schied, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ian E Baptiste, Committee Member
Esther Susana Prins, Committee Member
Sharon Louise Falkenstern, Committee Member

Author:

Park, Hyungmin

Title:

EXPLORING THE MIGRANT EXPERIENCES OF MYANMARESE MALE SOCIAL ACTIVISTS IN SOUTH KOREA: A CULTURAL-HISTORICAL ACTIVITY THEORY ANALYSIS

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

migrant workers
informal learning
cultural historical activity theory(CHAT)
migrant experiences
phenomenology

File:

Download Hyungmin_Park_Doctoral_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Fred Michael Schied, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fred Michael Schied, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ian E Baptiste, Committee Member
Pong Suet Ling, Committee Member
David Post, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Kyoung Hwa

Title:

UNDERSTANDING CRITICAL REFLECTION AS INFORMAL LEARNING: A CULTURAL HISTORICAL ACTIVITY THEORY ANALYSIS OF FACTORY WORKERS IN KOREA

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

informal learning
critical reflection
Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT)
adult learning
workplace learning

File:

Download KyoungHwaLee.pdf

Committee Members:

Fred Michael Schied, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fred Michael Schied, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary Kuhne, Committee Member
Alison Alene Carr Chellman, Committee Member
Leland Luther Glenna, Committee Member

Author:

Modak, Rucha

Title:

Threads of Conversation: A Lived Experience of Participating and Learning About Knitting in an Unstructured Setting

Graduate Program:

Instructional Systems

Keywords:

socio-cultural perspective
informal learning
public libraries
social capital
phenomenology

File:

Download Modak_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Alison Carr Chellman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alison Alene Carr Chellman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fred Michael Schied, Committee Member
Heather A Zimmerman, Committee Member
Steven Herb, Committee Member

Author:

Motter, Jennifer L

Title:

Feminist Art Curriculum: Politicizing the Personal via Cyberpost Activism

Graduate Program:

Art Education

Keywords:

feminist pedagogy
PostSecret
critical emancipatory case study
informal learning
activism
cyberfeminism
art curriculum

File:

Download Motter_diss_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Karen Keifer Boyd, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine M Thompson, Committee Member
Dr Irina Aristarkhova, Committee Member
Heather A Zimmerman, Committee Member
Dr Karen Keifer Boyd, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Dolan, John Joseph

Title:

An Exploratory Examination of Social Media, Informal Learning, and Communities of Practice in the Workplace

Graduate Program:

Workforce Education and Development

Keywords:

social media
informal learning
communities of practice
facebook
twitter
linkedin

File:

Download John_Dolan_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Judith Ann Kolb, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Wesley Edward Donahue, Committee Member
Cynthia Pellock, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Special Member

Author:

Johnson, Ariel C

Title:

connected learning: exploring children’s motivations for new media use, technology identity and academic outcomes

Graduate Program:

Mass Communications

Keywords:

youth media use
connected learning
informal learning
academic performance
need fulfillment
power usage

File:

Download FinalDraftACJ_ThesisSubmission.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Grant Schmierbach, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Oliver, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Heather A Zimmerman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Campbell, Kimeka Georeen

Title:

"Coming to this Caribbean mecca": The role of place in knowledge construction among Trinbagonian migrants in Brooklyn.

Graduate Program:

Adult Education

Keywords:

place
space
adult education
Trinidad
Tobago
informal learning
Brooklyn
cultural historical activity theory

File:

Download KGC_ADTED_CIED_DISSERTATION_FINAL_7.24.2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Fred Michael Schied, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Esther Susana Prins, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth Tamminga, Committee Member
Davin Jules Carr Chellman, 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

Author:

Coyle, Emily Fay

Title:

Influences on children's play with a STEM toy: Interactions among children, parents, and gender-based marketing

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

gender
gender development
STEM
play
informal learning

File:

Download Coyle_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Lynn Susan Liben, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lynn Susan Liben, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Janet Swim, Committee Member
Eric Loken, Committee Member
Carla Zembal Saul, Committee Member
Margaret Louise Signorella, Committee Member