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Adult Learning and Language Simplification. [PDF]

Cogn Sci, 2018
AbstractLanguages spoken in larger populations are relatively simple. A possible explanation for this is that languages with a greater number of speakers tend to also be those with higher proportions of non‐native speakers, who may simplify language during learning.
Atkinson M, Smith K, Kirby S.
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The political economy of adult learning systems [PDF]

Zeitschrift für Weiterbildungsforschung - Report, 2020
Alexandra Ioannidou, Richard Desjardins
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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in people with intellectual disability: statistical approach to developing a bespoke screening tool

BJPsych Open, 2021
Background Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is common among people with intellectual disability. Diagnosing ADHD in this clinically and cognitively complex and diverse group is difficult, given the overlapping psychiatric and behavioural ...
Indermeet Sawhney, Bhathika Perera, Paul Bassett, Asif Zia, Regi T Alexander, Rohit Shankar   +5 more
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Implementing proposed reforms of the Mental Health Act for people with intellectual disability and autism: the perspective of multidisciplinary professionals in intellectual disability teams

BJPsych Open, 2022
Background A recent government white paper sets out proposals for reforms to the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA). Some of these proposals affect people with intellectual disabilities and/or autism.
Bharat Velani, Indermeet Sawhney, Regi T. Alexander, Sophie Shardlow, Asif Zia   +4 more
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Does It Make a Difference? Relations of Institutional Frameworks and the Regional Provision of Continuing Higher Education in England and Spain

Education Sciences, 2022
In this research, we compare interrelations between institutional settings and regional provision structures of continuing higher education (CHE) in England and Spain.
Diana Treviño-Eberhard, Katrin Kaufmann-Kuchta   +1 more
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Between precarity and professionalism: the effect of uncertainty on adult educators’ participation in continuing education

Zeitschrift für Weiterbildungsforschung - Report, 2023
Continuous participation in further education activities is considered to be a driving factor for the professionalism of adult educators. However, especially in this field, the decision to participate is often embedded in a context of disadvantageous ...
Karoline Werner, Andreas Martin
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Transfer from research to practice – A scoping review about transfer strategies in the field of research on digital media

Computers and Education Open, 2022
Using digital media to improve teaching and learning is one of the most pressing challenges in education. This challenge can only be met if the transfer of research knowledge to practitioners is successful.
Hadjar Mohajerzad, Josef Schrader
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Empowering Adult Immigrant Learners Through Systematic Motivation Work in the Classroom

IAFOR Journal of Education, 2020
This is an action research study investigating how one can work systematically in adult learning centres to support adult immigrant learners to increase their intrinsic motivation and develop strategies to take responsibility for their own development ...
May Olaug Horverak, Gerd Martina Langeland, Kedir Diary   +2 more
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Editorial: Mapping power in adult education and learning [PDF]

, 2014
Power is […] a contested terrain where different notions of power are put into play and debated by researchers. And current change in adult education and learning policies and practices calls for further such debate. We have used the concept of ‘mapping’
Fejes, Andreas, Fragoso, Antonio
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Spiritual and Religious Support for Underrepresented First-Generation, Low-Income (UFGLI) Students

Religions, 2021
UFGLI students comprise 34% of the students enrolled in four-year universities. Unlike some students, UFGLI students face internal and systemic barriers throughout their educational experience and their struggles are often dismissed and disregarded ...
Elliott Ingersoll, Sophia Elliott, Stephanie Drcar   +2 more
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