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		<title>Literacy mediation in neighbourhood houses</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2015 05:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[literacy mediation]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author: Sally Thompson Edition: Volume 55, Number 3, November 2015 Summary:  Interactions between staff in Neighbourhood Houses, and the socially and educationally disadvantaged community members who visit Neighbourhood Houses, have been viewed through many lenses, including community development, social support, caring and compassion. This paper looks at Neighbourhood Houses as sites of pedagogical practice. More specifically, &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://ajal.net.au/literacy-mediation-in-neighbourhood-houses/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Literacy mediation in neighbourhood houses"</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The meaning of learning on the Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage</title>
		<link>https://ajal.net.au/the-meaning-of-learning-on-the-camino-de-santiago-pilgrimage/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2015 02:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author: Kyung-Mi Im, Howon University, Korea; JuSung Jun, Soongsil University, Korea Edition: Volume 55, Number 2, July 2015 Summary:  The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experience of travellers on the Camino de Santiago in order to find out the pattern of their travel lived experience and the meaning of learning experience. For this &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://ajal.net.au/the-meaning-of-learning-on-the-camino-de-santiago-pilgrimage/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "The meaning of learning on the Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage"</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Motivating and enabling adult learners to develop research skills</title>
		<link>https://ajal.net.au/motivating-and-enabling-adult-learners-to-develop-research-skills/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2015 02:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author: Grace McCarthy, University of Wollongong Edition: Volume 55, Number 2, July 2015 Summary:  Adult learners undertaking a coursework masters are understandably nervous about undertaking research projects. However if done well, such projects represent a way to encourage the quantity and quality of practitioner research, which is important in all management disciplines, not only the emerging discipline &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://ajal.net.au/motivating-and-enabling-adult-learners-to-develop-research-skills/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Motivating and enabling adult learners to develop research skills"</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Work-based researchers and Communities of Practice: Conceptual and gestational dilemmas</title>
		<link>https://ajal.net.au/work-based-researchers-and-communities-of-practice-conceptual-and-gestational-dilemmas/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2015 01:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author: Andrew Sense, University of Wollongong Edition: Volume 55, Number 2, July 2015 Summary:  Drawing on a presumption that a Community of Practice (COP) can add significant value to the situated learning development of adults in any context, this paper exposes and analyses the challenges faced in facilitating the development of a COP involving part-time work-based researchers. &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://ajal.net.au/work-based-researchers-and-communities-of-practice-conceptual-and-gestational-dilemmas/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Work-based researchers and Communities of Practice: Conceptual and gestational dilemmas"</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Developing and using green skills for the transition to a low carbon economy</title>
		<link>https://ajal.net.au/developing-and-using-green-skills-for-the-transition-to-a-low-carbon-economy/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Thompson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2015 12:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author: Mike Brown, LaTrobe University Edition: Volume 55, Number 2, July 2015 Summary:  One of the strategies being advocated in response to climate change is the need to transition to a low carbon economy. Current projections show that within this transition, new jobs will be created, some eliminated and most others subjected to change. This article &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://ajal.net.au/developing-and-using-green-skills-for-the-transition-to-a-low-carbon-economy/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Developing and using green skills for the transition to a low carbon economy"</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Connecting in rhizomic spaces: Peer-assisted learning (PAL) and e-learning in teacher education</title>
		<link>https://ajal.net.au/connecting-in-rhizomic-spaces-peer-assisted-learning-pal-and-e-learning-in-teacher-education/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ajal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2015 06:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Authors: Jane Bone and Susan Edwards, Australian Catholic University Edition: Volume 55, Number 1, April 2015 Summary:  A PAL (Peer-Assisted Learning) project supported research that focused on e-learning and Web 2.0 technologies as part of a pedagogical approach in the context of a tertiary institution. This project responded to a call for a rejuvenation of &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://ajal.net.au/connecting-in-rhizomic-spaces-peer-assisted-learning-pal-and-e-learning-in-teacher-education/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Connecting in rhizomic spaces: Peer-assisted learning (PAL) and e-learning in teacher education"</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Policy and barriers related to implementing adult e-learning in Taiwan</title>
		<link>https://ajal.net.au/policy-and-barriers-related-to-implementing-adult-e-learning-in-taiwan/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ajal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2014 01:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Authors: Hsiu-Ying Chung, Gwo-Guang Lee and Shih-Hwa Liu, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Edition: Volume 54, Number 3, November 2014 Summary:  The work quality of public servants direct affects a country’s administrative performance, and the Taiwan government has recently invested a considerable amount of funds in constructing e-government learning platforms and developing digital &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://ajal.net.au/policy-and-barriers-related-to-implementing-adult-e-learning-in-taiwan/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Policy and barriers related to implementing adult e-learning in Taiwan"</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Educational biographies in Germany: From secondary school general education to lifelong learning?</title>
		<link>https://ajal.net.au/educational-biographies-in-germany-from-secondary-school-general-education-to-lifelong-learning/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ajal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2014 04:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Non-refereed article]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VET]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[continuing education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Educational Biography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vocational education policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vocational training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vocational training mobility]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Author: Harry Friebel, University of Hamburg Summary:  This article addresses the change in the transitional process from secondary school general education to gainful employment within the framework of societal modernisation processes in Germany. We analyse the relationship between the options for and restrictions upon individual educational mobility under the conditions imposed by the various socially &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://ajal.net.au/educational-biographies-in-germany-from-secondary-school-general-education-to-lifelong-learning/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Educational biographies in Germany: From secondary school general education to lifelong learning?"</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Identifying tertiary bridging students at risk of failure in the first semester of undergraduate study</title>
		<link>https://ajal.net.au/identifying-tertiary-bridging-students-at-risk-of-failure-in-the-first-semester-of-undergraduate-study/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ajal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2014 03:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adult Learning Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[educational transition]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Authors: Robert Whannell and Patricia Whannell, University of New England Summary:  This study presents the findings of the second phase of a project examining the attrition and progression of two cohorts of students in a tertiary bridging program at a regional university in Australia. The first phase of the study (Whannell, 2013) based on data &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://ajal.net.au/identifying-tertiary-bridging-students-at-risk-of-failure-in-the-first-semester-of-undergraduate-study/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Identifying tertiary bridging students at risk of failure in the first semester of undergraduate study"</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Exploring how short-term overseas study programs impact students’ personal growth</title>
		<link>https://ajal.net.au/exploring-how-short-term-overseas-study-programs-impact-students-personal-growth/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ajal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2013 11:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Authors: Jean-Pierre Fenech, Monash University; Sylvana Fenech, RMIT University; Jacqueline Birt, University of Queensland Edition: Volume 53, Number 3, November 2013 Summary:  This paper is an exploratory study of the impact of short-term overseas study programs on participants’ personal growth in business school environments. We interviewed students participating in such a program organised by an Australian &#8230; <p class="link-more"><a href="https://ajal.net.au/exploring-how-short-term-overseas-study-programs-impact-students-personal-growth/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Exploring how short-term overseas study programs impact students’ personal growth"</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
		
		
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