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International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology

January 2016 Volume 7, Number 1

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Number of articles: 4

  1. Measuring Learning Resistance to Workplace Training

    Jonathan Taylor, Troy University, Troy, AL, United States; John Lounsbury, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States

    Training Transfer has been a topic bearing considerable mention over the past several decades. This article focuses on the connection between training transfer and learning resistance and presents ... More

    pp. 25-38

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  2. The Potential of Promoting Mindfulness in a University Physical Activity and Wellness Course

    Michelle D'Abundo, Department of Interprofessional Health Sciences and Health Administration, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, United States; Cara Sidman, School of Health and Applied Human Sciences, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, United States; Kelly Fiala, Seidel School of Education and Professional Studies, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD, United States

    Due to its well documented benefits, it has been recommended to integrate mindfulness into health promotion programming. The purpose of this study was to determine if mindfulness was impacted by... More

    pp. 39-49

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  3. Implications of Higher Education on Earnings: An Empirical Analysis of Skills and Competence

    Belle Xia, Department of Economics and HECER, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Elia Liitiäinen, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    One of the central topics in the research of higher education is the degree of match between education and work as measured by earnings. Traditional literature has shown the correlation between the... More

    pp. 50-64

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  4. Transformative Learning Factors to Enhance Integral Healthy Organizations

    Chanchai Thavinpipatkul, Archanya Ratana-Ubol & Suwithida Charungkaittikul, Lifelong Education Department, Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

    This article focuses on how organizations search for the key factors to develop integral changes and determine broader and higher transcendental learning skills in order to achieve healthy and... More

    pp. 65-83

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