Proceedings of the Commission for International Adult Education (CIAE) International Pre-Conference (64th, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, November 15-17, 2015)
Author: Boucouvalas, Marcie, Ed.
Date: 2015-11-00
Type: Collected Works - Proceedings
Subjects: International Education,Adult Education,Conferences (Gatherings),Foreign Students,Educational Resources,Electronic Publishing,Electronic Learning,Instructional Material Evaluation,Faculty Development,Teacher Attitudes,Cross Cultural Studies,Competency Based Education,Beliefs,Preservice Teachers,Inservice Teacher Education,Educational Innovation,Andragogy,Adult Students,Student Experience,Lifelong Learning,Case Studies,Student Diversity,Inclusion,Access to Education,War,Exhibits,Student Attitudes,Racial Attitudes,Neighborhood Improvement,Refugees,Identification (Psychology),Career Development,Learning Processes,Humanization,Workplace Learning,Global Approach,Health Education,Nursing Education,Vocational Education,Masters Degrees,Teacher Qualifications,Oral Tradition,Capacity Building,Educational Development,Open Education,Distance Education,Foreign Countries

The Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) provides a forum for the discussion of international issues related to adult education in general, as well as adult education in various countries around the globe. The following purposes summarize the work of the Commission: (1) To develop linkages with adult education associations in other countries; (2) To encourage exchanges between AAACE and associations from other countries; (3) To invite conference participation and presentations by interested adult educators around the world; and (4) To discuss how adult educators from AAACE and other nations may cooperate on projects of mutual interest and benefit to those the Commission serves. The Commission holds its annual meeting in conjunction with the AAACE conference. Following a message from the AAACE President, Jean E. Fleming, these proceedings contain the following papers presented at the 2015 CIAE International Pre-Conference: (1) Tools That Matter: The Assessment of Online Resources for International Students (Valeriana Colón); (2) Faculty Development and Teaching International Students: A Cross-National Study of Faculty Perspectives in a Global Era (Joellen E. Coryell, Monica Fedeli, Jonathan Tyner, and Daniela Frison); (3) Comparing Italian Pre-Service and In-Service Teachers' Beliefs on Competence Based Learning (Mario Giampaolo, Alessio Surian, Federico Batini, Marco Bartolucci); (4) Cutting Edge Discoveries for the 2015: Capsule of a History and Philosophy of Andragogy (John A. Henschke); (5) Yes I Need Help! A Day in the Journey of Adult Learners Pursuing Higher Education: A Caribbean Perspective (Yvonne Hunter-Johnson and Sharlene Smith); (6) Becoming a Lifelong Learning City: Lessons from a Provincial City in South Korea (In Tak Kwon, Junghwan Kim, and Doo Hun Lim); (7) Education Interrupted: Kosovo 1980-1999 (Gjylbehare Llapi and Claudette M. Peterson); (8) Diversity to Inclusion: Expanding Workplace Capability Thinking around Aboriginal Career Progression (Kaye Morris); (9) So Much More Than a Humble Hall: World War One Memorials in NSW Schools of Arts &amp; Mechanics' Institutes (Roger K. Morris, Robert J. Parkinson, and Melanie J. Ryan); (10) Implicit Attitudes of International and American Adult Students toward Black and White Teachers (Eunkyung Na, Tony X. Tan, Travis Marn, and Rica Ramirez); (11) Designing and Implementing Neighborhoods of Learning in Cork's UNESCO Learning City Project (Séamus Ó Tuama and Siobhán O'Sullivan); (12) Learning Lives of North Korean Young Defectors: A Preliminary Study of Reconstructing Identity in Career Development (Hyewon Park, Junghwan Kim, and Fred M. Schied); (13) Andragogy through Social Enterprise: Engaging Students in the Learning Process Is Borderless (Victoria Queen); (14) Leadership outside the Box: The Power of Nurturing the Human Spirit at Work in an Era of Globalization (Nancy Kymn Harvin Rutigliano and Alexandria S. Frye); (15) Lifelong Learning and Vocational Education: Institutional Requirements and University Didactical Concept of a Master Degree Program &quot;Teaching Qualification for Vocational Education in the Field of Health Care and Nursing&quot; at the Otto-von-Guericke-University (Germany) (Astrid Seltrecht); (16) Teaching Nonliterate Adults in Oral Cultures: Findings from Practitioners (LaNette W. Thompson); (17) Evolution and Revolutions of Adult Learning: Capacity Building in Adult and Non-Formal Education in Nigeria (Chinwe U. Ugwu); and (18) Evolution and Revolution of Adult Learning: Exposition of Open and Distance Learning in Nigeria (Nneka A. Umezulike). [Individual papers contain references. Rashmi Sharma provided editorial assistance.]