Approaching Theory in Adult Education: Humanism and Andragogy An analysis of adult learning theory serves as the springboard from which educators can begin to build a useful theoretical framework that focuses on the field of contemporary adult education. Both humanism and andragogy as theoretical approaches offer distinctive strengths and weaknesses‚ both function as a point of reference for practitioners. This paper examines the synthesis of humanistic and andragogical theory as an
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Prosecuting Juveniles in Adult Court Kimberly Washington Introduction to Statistics for Criminal Justice Ayana Conway‚ Ph.D.‚ Assistant Professor September 30‚ 2013 Abstract This research paper will examine whether or not juveniles that commit violent crimes should be tried as an adult. Through research‚ I will establish an argument that children who commit the crimes of an adult should be punished as an adult. Data based on experience and observation detailing the number of juvenile
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Cognitive Functioning in Older Adults PSY317: Cognitive Functioning in the Elderly Ragota Berger June 25th‚ 2012 Cognitive Functioning In Older Adults Not only is the country’s population growing‚ it is aging as well. Older adults are the fastest growing population on the charts right now. There is no point and time when a person overnight just becomes “old.” Obviously everyone knows we simply just age; it comes with getting older. This thing called “aging” happens to everyone at a different
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Safeguarding and protection of vulnerable adults The Care Act 20141 sets out statutory responsibility for the integration of care and support between health and local authorities. NHS England and Clinical Commissioning Groups are working in partnership with local and neighbouring social care services. Local Authorities have statutory responsibility for safeguarding. In partnership with health they have a duty to promote wellbeing within local communities Working in care sector we have a duty
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crimes be tried as adults? Children should be tried as adults because they need to take responsibility for their adult like criminal actions. Children who commit adult crimes should serve adult crime. Some disagree with this because they may feel bad or think children shouldn’t be in jail‚ or jail isn’t the place for prison. Well that may be the case but not for the children who commit the crimes. Children should be tried a s adults because if they do adult crime they do adult crime‚ and it could
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Running head: Correlates of Quality of Life Correlates of Quality of Life in Older Adult Veterans Kumar Achaibar April‚ 17‚ 2007 Professor A. Yarcheski‚ PhD‚ FANN The Research Process in Nursing 705:390 I. Introduction‚ Problem Statement‚ and Definition of Terms 1. Discuss how adequately the research problem statement is described in the introduction to the study? According to Polit and Beck (2004) a research problem statement identifies the nature of the problem‚ the
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Online Learning and the Adult Learner Cassandra Jones Foundations of Online Learning American Public University System Amy Peterson Online Learning and the Adult Learner Being an online learner as an adult is harder in my opinion than being in a physical classroom. The learning styles one must have implemented prior to a start date can cause conflict with schedules or a more relaxed environment where as a more structural environment where lessons‚ assignments‚ quizzes‚ exams‚ and test are
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Wojcicki‚ Janet Maia 2002. "She Drank His Money": Survival Sex and the Problems of Violence in Taverns in Gauteng Province‚ South Africa. Medical Anthropology Quarterly 16(3):267-293. As well as having HIV prevalence at 22.4 percent among women‚ with women under 30 at the greatest risk‚ South Africa also has the highest number of reported rapes for a country not at war. Using research from Gauteng Province‚ Wojcicki examines links between gendered violence and HIV vulnerability. Beginning with
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My name is ------ and I’m currently 36 years old. I will be summarizing my life and expounding on how the knowledge of classical and contemporary adult development theory affected my views on being a successful college student and in shaping my personal‚ academic‚ and professional goals. My life successes and goals are continuously being shaped and molded as a potter shapes clay into ware; smoothing surfaces to perfection. I was born and raised in Edward‚ NC. I am the oldest of three. I was raised
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faced by older adults lies in the LGBT community. As estimated by‚ (Fredriksen-Goldsen‚ Kim‚ Shiu‚ Goldsen & Emlet‚ 2015) “2.4% of adults aged 50 and older identify as lesbian‚ gay‚ bisexual‚ or transgender.” This accounts for more than 2.4 million older adults‚ in the United States. In comparison to heterosexuals of the same age‚ lesbian‚ gay male and bisexual older adults are more likely to experience mental distress. Due to their life course and different historical events‚ older adults grew up in
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