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Organizing the faculty around the students: Walden University
Author(s) -
Peinovich Paula E.,
Hodgkinson Harold L.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
new directions for adult and continuing education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0717
pISSN - 1052-2891
DOI - 10.1002/ace.402
Subject(s) - transformative learning , scholarship , pedagogy , career development , adult learning , adult education , sociology , higher education , psychology , focus (optics) , scholarship of teaching and learning , medical education , teaching method , political science , medicine , teaching and learning center , physics , optics , law
Emerging from the 1960s and a focus on transformative learning, Walden University is a pioneering program for adult learners. The authors outline how Walden's doctoral program engaged mid‐career professionals in student‐designed inquiry and applied scholarship.