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Autor/in | Aslanian, Carol |
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Titel | What Triggers Adult Participation in Higher Education? |
Quelle | In: Equity and Excellence, 24 (1989) 3, S.5-8 |
Beigaben | Tabellen |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
Schlagwörter | Adult Education; Adult Students; Career Change; Higher Education; Lifelong Learning; Professional Continuing Education; Social Change; Transitional Programs Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Career changes; Berufswechsel; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Berufsfeldbezogener Unterricht; Weiterbildung; Sozialer Wandel |
Abstract | Discusses literature concerning why and when adults return to school. Discusses study of 2,000 adults which investigated the concepts of transitions and triggers as possible reasons for returning to school. Findings indicate for 83 percent, learning was a utilitarian means; for 17 percent, learning was an end that justified itself. (JS) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2004/1/01 |