Emotional Challenges of Adult Learners in Higher Education

Autor/in	Kasworm, Carol E.
Titel	Emotional Challenges of Adult Learners in Higher Education
Quelle	In: New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, (2008) 120, S.27-34 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1052-2891
DOI	10.1002/ace.313
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Adult Learning; Adult Students; Affective Behavior; Psychological Patterns; Emotional Experience; Learning Experience; Collegiality; Student Adjustment; Midlife Transitions; Goal Orientation; Career Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Lernerfahrung; Kollegialität; Adjustment; Adaptation; Midlife-Krise; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Berufsentwicklung
Abstract	Learning is an act of hope. Although adults enter learning experiences from many frames of emotion and cognitive beliefs, each views this experience as the purposeful choice for a new and different future, a future of hope and possibilities. For adult learners, the pursuit of higher education is a choice and a life-changing engagement. Given the courage and the fragility of adult students, this article explores four key emotional challenges of the complex journey in developing a successful student identity. The premise for this exploration is that adult students live in multiple worlds: (1) worlds of action and commitment; (2) worlds of emotional validation and conflict; and (3) worlds that will change both the mind and the heart. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10