Adult Education Research Papers/Topics

The Relevance of African Jurisprudence and Ubuntu in Uganda

Abstract The postamble of the English text of the 1993 Constitution referred to “Ubuntu”; there is a need for understanding but not for vengeance, a need for reparation but not for retaliation, a need for Ubuntu but not for victimization. Ubuntuis an indigenous African concept and refers to a practical humanist disposition towards the world, including compassion, tolerance and fairness. (It is interesting to note that the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights also includes a posi...

The Mediating Effect of EFL Teachers’ Creativity in Relationship Between Their Reflective Practices and their Professional Development

Teacher professional development (TPD) is a kind of continuing education effort that can strengthen teachers’ skills and, in turn, boost students’ learning outcomes.  Teachers’ creativity and reflective practice also have key roles in teachers’ daily practice. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the mediating role of English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers’ creativity in the relationship between  their  reflective practices  and  their  professional  developmen...

Mentoring Model: potential students as mentors

Abstract: Knowledge is a gift that is transferrable from one person to another. Everyone has it and can transfer it thus making impact on other people’s lives. In this paper the authors have come up with an innovative approach of turning potential students in higher education into mentors: Student mentors selected based on certain criteria will support their immediate juniors on their subject content and by evaluating their assessments. Mentors will be continuously monitored for their perf...

Teachers' Perspectives on the Quality of Online TEFL Courses in the Wake of COVID-19: Promoting knowledge sharing

Purpose:  The  present  study  sought  to  evaluate  the  quality  of  virtual  education  in teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) courses at the wake of COVID-19. In addition, ways to knowledge sharing in the courses was investigated.  Methods: The statistical population of the quantitative section consisted of 95 TEFL professors  and  the  qualitative  section  consisted  of  13  TEFL  professors  in  the  first semester of the 2020-21 academic year. Da...

The Effectiveness of Peer Feedback through Google Docs for Improving EFL Students’ Classroom Engagement and Writing Achievement

The paper presents a research study dealing with the effect of Google Docs on EFL learners' engagment and writing achievement 

Quality of ESP Courses for Nursing Students: Expectations and Challenges

Background: The present study set out to examine English for Specific Purposes (ESP) for nursing instructors’ perceptions of what constitutes quality ESP delivery and their perceptions on the challenges that may inhibit the provision of the quality in ESP education for nursing students.Methods: To obtain data, first, the questionnaire of quality of education in ESP was given to ESP instructors. They were asked to fill in the questionnaire and rank strategies for effective ESP education. Sec...

An Investigation into the Level of Reflection and Barriers to EFL Teachers’ Reflective Practice

The present study aimed at investigating English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers’ level of reflection and the barriers to their reflection. To do so, based on an experimental research method, 98 EFL teachers were recruited and the English language teacher reflection inventory (ELTRI) was distributed among them. To consolidate the findings of the inventory, 20 volunteers from the same pool were interviewed. As the next phase of the study, to investigate the barriers to the teachers...

Web Questing in TEFL Courses: What Factors Deter the Students' Information-seeking Behavior?

The survival and the continuity of an organization’s operations depend upon the use of information. As such, investigating the Webquesting behavior of university students in general and TEFL (Teaching English as a foreign language) students in particular during the Covid 19 seems essential. Since information-seeking behavior can be influenced by  various factors we aimed to explore the attitude of TEFL students  towards webquesting.  In the next phase of the study, we sought the bar...

Constructing and Validating a Questionnaire on Barriers to EFL Learners’ Reflective Writing

The purpose of the current study was to develop and validate a scale to assess the inhibitors to reflective writing of Iranian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners. The other aim of this study was to assess the reliability of the questionnaire. To prepare the first item pool of the questionnaire, the researchers reviewed the previous related literature and prepared the first item pool with 62 items. At the next stage, based on the judgments of some experts in the field regarding ...

ONLINE COLLABORATIVE ACTION RESEARCH IN AN EFL CONTEXT: THE EFFECT ON TEACHERS’ REFLECTIVE PRACTICE

 Technology  can  be  integrated  in  teacher  education  and,  hence,  be  used  to  empower teachers to extend learning beyond their classrooms. Therefore, the present study was an attempt to investigate English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers’ perceptions of action research and explore  the impact  of  their  collaborative  action research  in  an  online  discussion  group  on their reflective  practice.  In  addition,  we  were  interested  to  ...

Knowledge Sharing and Reflective Practice Among ESP Instructors of Allied Medical Sciences

Abstract Knowledge  sharing  and  reflective  thinking  are  two  key  issues  in  any educational  system.  The  present  study  examined  the  willingness  of  instructors  of English  for  the  students  of  allied  medical  sciences  to  share  knowledge  and  think reflectively and  investigated their  reluctance  to  form  knowledge  sharing  groups.  To this aim, in the quantitative phase of the study, two questionnaires were completed by 14...

Collaborative Climate and Knowledge Sharing among ESP Teachers: A Mixed Method Study

Research on teacher collaboration emphasizes the key role of collaborative culture for teachers’  functioning;  however,  there  is  little  empirical  evidence  to  investigate  its  relationship  with  knowledge  sharing  among  university  ESP  teachers.  In  the  present  study,  the  relationship  between EFL teachers’ collaborative climate and knowledge sharing was sought. The data were  collected through two surveys of 328 Iranian ESP teachers. A Pearson c...

CT for Enhancing Early Grade Literacy and Numeracy in Nyarugusu Refugees Camp, Kigoma Tanzania: Teachers‟ Experience on Blended Professional Development

Abstract The paper addresses the professional learning opportunities and challenges of early grade teachers during the implementation of the site based training. The training is one of the project activities about ICT for Enhancing Early Grade Literacy and Numeracy in Nyarugusu refugee camp. The project brings out the innovations by transforming the pedagogical approaches into digital content based learning where three ICT model classrooms, an android Classroom Learning Management System (Tu...

Contributions Of The Acquired Literacy And Numeracy Education Support (Lanes) Professional Development Skills On Enhancing Literacy Skills To Std I And Ii Pupils In Tanzania

Abstract The study investigated the contribution of learned literacy and numeracy Education Support Programme (LANES) Teacher Professional Skills on Enhancing STD I and II Pupils' Literacy Skills in Tanzania. Andragogy Learning Theory guided the study in order to understand the impact of learned LANES teacher professional skills on enhancing STD I and II pupils' literacy skills specifically the extent to which the learned LANES professional skills enhanced children’s reading and writing co...

Problems Encountered By Married Female B.Ed Part Time Students In Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto

ABSTRACT This paper investigated the challenges or constraints of women in continuing higher education programme with particular focus on the B.Ed part-time programme of the usman danfodiyo university sokoto. A simple survey research design was employed to explore the issue. A 4 item questionnaire supplemented with oral interview sessions provided the data used for the study. The study involved 150 randomly selected women in B.Ed part-time programme of the usman danfodiyo university. T...


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