EDITORIAL, Kathleen P. King..........................................................................................................................................................................................2


RESEARCH ARTICLES
Adult Education in the African American Church: A Ministerial Perspective………………..................................……………………………………...…...4
Paulette Isaac

Adult Education Reality: Three Generations, Different Transformation The Impact of Social Context: Three Generations of Chinese Adult Learners…...........17
Victor Wang

RESEARCH PREVIEW
Contextualizing Professional Development in Adult Learning with Alternative High Schools…………...................................................................................33
Barbara P. Heuer, Maat O. Jakuta, Kathleen P.King

BEST PRACTICE ARTICLES
Preparing Faculty to Teach Online: A Successful Collaboration……....................................................................................................................................40
Susan C. Biro, Theodore J. O’Tanyi & Donna Harp Ziegenfuss

Four Keys to Structuring Online Discussions for Meaningful Learning…..……………………….....................................................................………...…45
Trena M. Paulus & Mary F. Ziegler

Sociodrama and Structured Improvisation: Methodology for Education, Training, Healing, and Change………..............................................……………..48
Grace A. Telesco

BOOK REVIEWS
The Adult Student’s Guide to Survival & Success and Teaching College Success, Career Success, & Internet Skills to Adult Learners.
An Instructor’s Manual to Accompany: The Adult Students’ Guide to Survival & Success………………………………...................................................55
Denise Gordon

Exploring Spirituality and Culture in Adult and Higher Education………………………………………………….................................................……….57
P. George Perrera