Enhancing Young Adult Learning Through Interpretive Skills Training: A Case Study of Student Tour-Guide Interns at a University Photography Center
This case study explores the application of interpretive strategies as tools to facilitate transformative learning and advance young adults' abilities in various learning contexts. While much of the literature on adult museum program education focuses on older adults' learning, this study...
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ndltd-arizona.edu-oai-arizona.openrepository.com-10150-6261122017-11-22T03:00:26Z Enhancing Young Adult Learning Through Interpretive Skills Training: A Case Study of Student Tour-Guide Interns at a University Photography Center Chien, Ting Fang Univ Arizona, Art & Visual Culture Educ This case study explores the application of interpretive strategies as tools to facilitate transformative learning and advance young adults' abilities in various learning contexts. While much of the literature on adult museum program education focuses on older adults' learning, this study emphasizes the impact of interpretive skills training at a Southwestern university photography center on student tour guides' personal and professional learning. The findings reveal that the training allowed these student tour guides to transform their notions of learning and teaching through interpretive dialogues, cogenerative learning, and critical reflections. The interpretive skills training enhanced the participants' abilities to become better public speakers, interpretive writers, thoughtful educators, and efficient learners. Based upon the findings, the research suggests that interpretive strategies are useful to develop future teachers to be open to different perspectives, willing to consider new ideas, and create a two-way transformative learning loop with their students. 2017-09-21 Article Chien, T. F. (2017). Enhancing young adult learning through interpretive skills training: A case study of student tour-guide interns at a university photography center. International Journal of Education & the Arts, 18(34). Retrieved from http://www.ijea.org/v18n34/. 1529-8094 http://hdl.handle.net/10150/626112 http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/626112 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND THE ARTS en http://ijea.org/v18n34/index.html This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. ARIZONA STATE UNIV |
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This case study explores the application of interpretive strategies as tools to facilitate transformative learning and advance young adults' abilities in various learning contexts. While much of the literature on adult museum program education focuses on older adults' learning, this study emphasizes the impact of interpretive skills training at a Southwestern university photography center on student tour guides' personal and professional learning. The findings reveal that the training allowed these student tour guides to transform their notions of learning and teaching through interpretive dialogues, cogenerative learning, and critical reflections. The interpretive skills training enhanced the participants' abilities to become better public speakers, interpretive writers, thoughtful educators, and efficient learners. Based upon the findings, the research suggests that interpretive strategies are useful to develop future teachers to be open to different perspectives, willing to consider new ideas, and create a two-way transformative learning loop with their students. |
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Chien, T. F. (2017). Enhancing young adult learning through interpretive skills training: A case study of student tour-guide interns at a university photography center. International Journal of Education & the Arts, 18(34). Retrieved from http://www.ijea.org/v18n34/. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/626112 http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/626112 |
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