DOCUMENT RESUME ED 381 616 CE 068 642 AUTHOR Hyams, Melanie, Comp.; And Others TITLE Annual Adult Education Research Conference Proceedings (35th, Knoxville, Tennessee, May 20-22, 1994). INSTITUTION Tennessee Univ., Knoxville. Coll. of Education. PUB DATE May 94 NOTE 464p. AVAILABLE FROMRalph Brockett, College of Education-CA 239, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knoxville, TN 37996-3440; e-mail: BROCKETT at sign UTKVX.UTK.EDU ($20 plus postage depending on location). PUB TYPE Collected Works Conference Proceedings (021) Reports Research/Technical (143) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC19 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Adult Basic Education; *Adult Education; Adult Educators; Adult Learning; Adult Students; Black Education; Community Colleges; Community Education; Computer Assisted Instruction; Cultural Pluralism; Distance Education; Educational Philosophy; Educational Planning; *Educational Practices; *Educational Research; Ethics; Extension Education; Foreign Countries; Graduate Study; Homosexuality; Labor Education; Literacy Education; Management Development; Multicultural Education; Organizational Development; Outcomes of Education; Participation; Professional Continuing Education; *Research Methodology; Teacher Education; Theory Practice Relationship; Womens Education IDENTIFIERS Africa (West); African Americans; Radicalism; Workplace Literacy ABSTRACT The following are among the 71 papers included: "Impacts of Transformative Leadership Education in a Professional Development Context" (Adrian et al.); "Toward a Sociology of Participation in Adult Education Programs" (Babchuk,Courtney); "Race, Gender, and the Politics of Professionalization"(Bailey, Tisdell, Cervero); "Conceptions of Instruction in theWorkplace" (Beno); "Appalachian Women Learning in Community" (Bingman); "Topography of Adult Education Theory and Research" (Boshier); "Conceptualising Learning from Experience" (Boud); "Effects of Continuing Professional Education on the Upward Career Mobility of Health Services Administrators" (Brown, Easton); "RadicalWorker Education for Academics?" (Butterwick, Dawson, Kastner);"Ethic of Care in the Legal Profession: Not for WomenOnly".(Carr); "Re-enchanting Research" (Carriere); "Integrating Agency and Structure in Program Planning Theory" (Cervero,Wilson); "Evolving the Method: Grounded Theory in the Context of Post-hocAnalysis"; (Courtney, Babchuk, Jha); "Reproduction and Resistance in a University Graduate Program of Adult Education" (Cunningham,Smith); "Popular Social Movements as Educative Forces" (Dykstra,Law); "Making Literacy Functional in Rural West Africa" (Easton, Ilboudo, Mukweso); "Adult Education and the Cross-Cultural Transfer of Innovation" (Easton, Sidikou); "Postmodern Doors into a Modern Community College" (Falk); "Organizational Learning, theLearning Organization, and Adult Education" (Finger, Woolis); "Critical Rationality from a Cross-Cultural Perspective" (Hemphill); "Heterosexist Discourse in Adult Education" (Hill); "African Americans and Adult Literacy Education: Towards a More Inclusive Model of Participation" (James) "Revitalizing Havighurst'sSocial Role Research" (James, Abney); "'Students at Risk"(Jha, Dirkx); "Teaching Behaviour as a Function of Faculty's Teaching Philosophy" (Kreber); "Adult Learning in the Aftermath of Job Loss" (Laswell); "Toward Recovering and Reconstructing Andragogy" (Little); "Self-Assessment" (Marienau); "Ethnicity-Related Adult Education Cultural Diversity Programs" (Martin); "Toward a Substantive Theory of Control of Learning within Grassroots Initiatives"(McKnight); "From Workers to Trade Unionists" (Schied); "Parents, Learning, and Project Head Start" (Sissel); "Whom Should We Fund?" (Umble); and "Participatory Evaluation as an Instrument of Popular Education" (Zacharakis-Jutz). 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They are reprinted here as they were received. Contents, print quality, editing, and proofreading were the responsibility of each author or group of authors. For additional copies of the 35th Annual Adult Education Research Conference Proceedings contact: Dr. Ralph Brackett College of Education-CA239 University of Tennessee, Knoxville Knoxville, TN 37996-3440 (615) 974-2227 E-mail: [email protected] Additional copies will cost $20.00 (U.S. funds) plus postage. Postage will depend upon your location. 4 1 Dear AERC Participants: On behalf of the steering committee, we welcome you to the 35th Annual Adult Education Research Conference. By participating in this conference you join a lengthy and proud tradition of inquiry and dissemination. The conference has become a major forum for the advancement of knowledge related to adult education, the record of our proceedings a primary resource for scholars in the field. As a forum, the Adult Education Research Conference cherishes a tradition of collegiality that embraces graduate students, faculty, and practitioners in a culture of fellowship and inquiry. Papers and symposia stand on their merit, not on the professional reputations of the author(s). As a record, this set of proceedings will enter the ranks of thirty-five volumes which set forth the changing map of the territory. As you will see, the thirty-fifth year presents a consider- able change in terrain from even a decade ago. We hope you enjoy both the culture of our gathering and the record of our scholarship. Finally, we wish to acknowledge the considerable work and dedication of our hosts, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. As you will soon discover, a smooth running conference is an invisible but crucial aspect to our success. We thank them for their work and dedication to our conference. Elizabeth Kasl (Co-chair) School for Transformative Learning California Institute of Integral Studies San Francisco, California, USA Dan Pratt (Co-chair) Department of Administrative, Adult and Higher Education University of British Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 35th Annual Adult Education Research Conference Steering Committee: Daniele Flannery (1993-95) Pennsylvania State University Elizabeth Kasl (1992-94) California Institute of Integral Studies Dan Pratt (1992-94) University of British Columbia Vanessa Sheared (1993-95) San Francisco State University 0 Dear AERC Participant: Welcome to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and the 35th Annual Adult Education Research Conference.It is truly a privilege to have the opportunity to host the conference during this milestone anniversary. We would like to thank the AERC Steering Committee for putting together an excellent program. In addition, we would like to thank the members of the program committee, who were responsible for planning all local arrangements. Finally, we would like to offer a special thanks to the staff of the Bureau of Educational Research and Service in the College of Education, whose support ranged from graphic design to managing the registration process. A special acknowledgement is made to the Faculty Senate Research Council and the Office of Research Administrationat the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, who provided partial funding support for the publication of these proceedings through the Scholarly Activities Research Incentive Fund (SARIF). We wish to thank Dr. Lee L. Riedinger, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Dr. Ken Walker, Research Council Chair for their support. We hope that you have an enjoyable stay in East Tennessee and that you find the conference to be productive and rewarding. Carol Kasworm Ralph Brockett Conference Co-Chair Conference Co-Chair ii 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAPERS Judith Adrian, Tim Neuman, Impacts of Transformative Leadership 1 Boyd Rossing & Sue Sadowske Education in a Professional Development Context: The National Extension Leadership Development (HELD) Program 1 Wayne A. Babchuk & Toward a Sociology of Participation in 7 Sean Courtney Adult Education Programs: The Personal Influence Hypothesis Juanita Johnson Bailey, Race, Gender, and the Politics of 13 Elizabeth J. Tisdell Professionalization & Ronald M. Cervero Ian Baptiste Adult Education as Political 19 Participation Hal Beder & Looking Beyond the Obvious: How the 25 Robert L. Dilworth National Literacy Act Translates to Adult Education Policy at State Level Jane E. Beno Conceptions of Instruction in the 31 Workplace Mary Beth Bingman Appalachian Women Learning in Community 37 Roger Boshier A Topography of Adult Education Theory 43 and Research David Bond Conceptualising Learning from Experience: 49 Developing a Model for Facilitation