Proceedings of the Eastern Regional Adult Education Research Conference (2Nd, University Park, PA, March 16-18, 2000)
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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 469 785 CE 080 082 AUTHOR King, Kathleen P.,,Ed.; Ferro, Trenton R., Ed. TITLE Proceedings of the Eastern Regional Adult Education Research Conference (2nd, University Park, PA, March 16-18, 2000). SPONS AGENCY Pennsylvania Association for Adult Continuing Education.; Pennsylvania. State Univ., University Park. Cooperative Extension Service.; National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy, Boston, MA.; Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park. Coll. of Education. PUB DATE 2000-03-00 NOTE 343p.; Conference title was "From Generation to Consolidation: Building Upon the Best of Theory and Practice in Adult Education." Also sponsored by Pennsylvania State University Adult Education Graduate Program. PUB TYPE Collected Works Proceedings (021) EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF01/PC14 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Academic Persistence; Access to Computers; Action Research; Adult Education; *Adult Educators; *Adult Learning; *Adult Literacy; Cluster Analysis; Disadvantaged; Distance Education; Economic Factors; English (Second Language); Family School Relationship; Foreign Countries; *Informal Education; Labor Force Development; Literature Reviews; Nontraditional Occupations; Nontraditional Students; Outcomes of Education; Postsecondary Education; *Professional Education; Research Utilization; School Community Relationship; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Education; *Theory Practice Relationship; Transformative Learning; Vocational Education; Web Based Instruction IDENTIFIERS Botswana; Lindeman (Eduard); New York; Wisconsin (Milwaukee) ABSTRACT Focusing on interactions between theory and practice in adult education, this proceedings of refereed papers (45), symposia (3) and roundtable summaries (21) include the following: "Adult Literacy Classroom as a Social System" (Beder); "Documenting Outcomes for Learners and Their Communities" (Bingman, Mincey); "Essence of Leadership: Looking Through the Eyes of Black Protestant Pastors" (Brown-Haywood); "Simulating the Impact of Web-Based Learning on the University" (Carr-Chellman, et al.); "Relationship of Teaching Style, Personality Profile, and Level of Burnout with Adult Educator Effectiveness" (Cason); "Faculty Perceptions of Accelerated and Traditional Course Formats" (Cini, Fritz); "Defining the 'Nontraditional' College Student Through Cluster Analysis" (Dowd, Coury); "Introducing the Mentor Role in Online Distance Learning" (Easton); "Selecting Communications Technology for Continuing Professional Education Program Delivery" (Graybash); "Epistomology at Work: Extension Educators and Their Ways of Knowing" (Haugen); "Why They Come: An Exploration Into Retention and Motivation in an Adult ESL Program" (Nowalk); "Pre-Service Teachers' Ways of Knowing and the Development of Reflective Thinking" (Ostorga, King); "Why Adult Educators Should Care About Diversity" (Parker); "Critical Success Factors for Internet-Based Learning in Developmental Mathematics" (Perez, Foshay); "Adult Education as Vocational Training"(Raditloaneng); "Critical Analysis of Adult Learning Theories" (Shin, Schied); "Factors Enhancing Participation in Continuing Professional Education for Social Workers in Rural Locations" (Shuman, Spikes); "Determination of Factors Affecting User. 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Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality 71 Points of view or opinions stated in this TO THE EDUCATIONALRESOURCES document do not necessarily represent INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) official OERI position or policy ar) 1 00 N THE SECOND EASTERN REGIONAL Q 1 I' sa=mai LS/ ram ill 1116.00 FROM GENE TION TO CONSOLIDATION: BUILDING UPON THE BEST OF THEORY AND PRACTICE IN ADULTEDUCATION MARCH16-18, 2000 THE PENN STA CONFERENCE CENTER HO UNIVERSITY PARK/STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA an outreach programof the College of Education .0 BEST COPYAVAILABLE Proceedings of the Eastern Regional Adult Education ResearchConference March 16-18, 2000 _I Edited by Kathleen P. King, Ed.D. and Trenton R. Ferro,Ed.D. Sponsored by Pennsylvania Association for Adult Continuing Education Pennsylvania State University Outreach & Cooperative Extension Pennsylvania State University Adult Education GraduateProgram National Center for the Study of Adult Learning andLiteracy, Harvard University Held at Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pennsylvania 3 Proceedings of the Eastern Regional Adult Education ResearchConference March 16 - 18, 2000 Edited by Kathleen P. King, Ed.D. and TrentonR. Ferro, Ed.D. Proceedings printed by Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pennsylvania 4 Introduction Welcome to the Second Eastern Regional Adult Education Research Conference--From Generation to Consolidation: Building Upon the Best of Theory and Practice in Adult Education. This conference completes a second cycle, begun in 1994, of two statewide adult education research conferences held in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, followed by a regional conference hosted by The Pennsylvania State University, the first regional conference occurring in 1996.The statewide conferences were hosted by Penn State-Monroeville (1994), Indiana University of Pennsylvania (1995), Widener University (1998), and Temple University-Harrisburg (1999). No conference was held in 1997 as a result of moving the conference date from early fall to early spring. These conferences emphasize both the on-going importance of, and struggle concerning, the interactive roles of theory, research, and practice.This interaction has been a primary, ongoing theme of the precursor of these regional meetings, the Midwest Research-to-Practice Conference in Adult, Continuing, and Community Education. This interaction has been a key component and factor in the development of the field of adult education, as explicated by Cervero (1991), who has developed a typology of relationships between theory and practice--the various ways in which professionals and practitioners have approached this conundrum: (1) adult education without theory, (2) theory as the foundation for practice, (3) theory in practice, and (4) theory and practice for emancipation. This interaction has also been addressed in several articles in the PAACE Journal of Lifelong Learning (Cunningham, 1998; Dean, 1999, Dirkx, 1998, Quigley, 1999). This conference continues the quest.It acknowledges the intimate, intertwined, and intractable relationship that exists between research and practice without attempting to untie the.Gordian knot. We, the editors of this volume, are confident that you will profit considerably both from participating in this conference and from reading, ingesting, and implementing what your peers have investigated, have tried, and report herein. Learn, grow, apply, enjoy! Trenton R. Ferro, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Kathleen P. King, Fordham University Proceedings Editors REFERENCES Cervero, R. M.(1991).Changing relationships between theory and practice.In J. M. Peters, P. Jarvis, & Associates, Adult education: Evolution and achievements in a developing field of study (pp. 19-41). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Cunningham, P. M.(1998). The social dimensions of transformative learning. PAACE Journal of Lifelong Learning, 7, 15-28. Dean, G. J.(1999).Reality and research in adult education: Do opposites really attract? PAACE Journal of Lifelong Learning, 8, 21-30. Dirkx, J. M. (1998). Transformative learning theory in the practice of adult education: An overview. PAACE Journal of Lifelong Learning, 8, 1-14. Quigley, B. A.(1999). Lions at the gate:Adult education research, research-in-practice, and speculative audacity. PAACE Journal of Lifelong Learning, 9, 1-19. ii 5 Eastern Regional Adult Education Research Conference Chair Eunice N. Askov Pennsylvania State University Program Committee Ian Baptiste, Hal Beder, Pennsylvania State University Rutgers University Cheryl Boyer, John Comings, Temple University Harrisburg National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy, Harvard University Roy Cox, Jr. Gary Dean, Pennsylvania State University Indiana University of Pennsylvania Merrill Ewert, Trenton Ferro, Cornell University Indiana University of Pennsylvania Victoria Fisher, Daniele Flannery, Neumann College Penn State Harrisburg Roger Hiemstra, Gaye Jenkins, Elmira College Pennsylvania State University Kathy Kalinosky, Kathleen King, State College Area School District Fordham University Kathleen Kramer, Gary Kuhne, Temple University Harrisburg Pennsylvania State University Patricia Lawler, Dehra Shafer, Widener University Pennsylvania State University Conference Sponsors Pennsylvania Association for Adult Continuing Education Pennsylvania State University Outreach & CooperativeExtension Pennsylvania State University Adult Education GraduateProgram National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy,Harvard University iii 6 Proceedings of the Eastern Regional Adult Education Research Conference March 16-18, 1999 Table of Contents by