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Adult Education Quarterly (AEQ) is a quarterly scholarly refereed journal committed to advancing the understanding and practice of adult and continuing education. AEQ aims to stimulate a problem-oriented, critical approach to research and practice, with an increasing emphasis on interdisciplinary and international perspectives. Innovative, provocative scholarship informed by diverse orientations and methodologies is encouraged. View full journal description

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More-Than-Human Potentials: Posthumanism and Transformative Learning

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Breaking the Shell: Identity Development Experiences in a Village Co-operative as a Community of Practice

  • Ali Tansu Balcı
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The Lifelong Learner's Compass: Cultivating Attitudes With Self-Reflection, Openness, Curiosity and Motivation

  • Elisabeth Åström
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Not Alone When I’m Feeling Stressed: Online Adult Learner Connection and Retention

  • Suzanne L. Shatila
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Four Dimensions of Self-Directed Learning: A Fundamental Meta-Competence in a Changing World

  • Thomas Howard Morris
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Navigating Challenging Digital Literacy Practices: The Settlement Experiences of Adults from Migrant and Refugee Backgrounds

  • Ekaterina Tour
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  • Xuan Pham
  • Michael Henderson
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The Ethics of Radical and Transformative Education

  • Chad Hoggan
  • Tetyana Hoggan-Kloubert
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Infusing Intersectional Pedagogy into Adult Education and Human Resource Development Graduate Education

  • Eunbi Sim
  • Laura L. Bierema
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AEQ Podcast #4: Developing the Theory of Perspective Transformation: Continuity, Intersubjectivity, and Emancipatory Praxis

Chad Hoggan, Kaisu Malkki, and Fergal Finnegan

AEQ Podcast #3: Do I Really Know You? Do You Really Know Me? Empathy Amid Diversity in Differing Learning Contexts

Elizabeth Kasl and Lyle Yorks

AEQ Podcast #2: From Heroic Victims to Competent Comrades

Alisa Belzer and Amy Pickard

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