Identifying Supporters and Distracters in the Segmented World of the Adult Learner

Autor/in	Scanlon, Lesley
Titel	Identifying Supporters and Distracters in the Segmented World of the Adult Learner
Quelle	In: Studies in Continuing Education, 31 (2009) 1, S.29-43 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0158-037X
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Adult Learning; Adult Students; Teacher Researchers; Adult Education; Adult Educators; Phenomenology; Learning Experience; Longitudinal Studies; Andragogy; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Lehrerforschung; Education; Adult basic education; Adult education teacher; Adult education; Teacher; Teachers; Adult educator; Erwachsenenbildner; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Lernerfahrung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Andragogics; Andragogik; Australien
Abstract	This paper examines the results of research into the learning experiences of a group of adult learners in a university preparation programme in a college of Technical and Further Education in Sydney, NSW, Australia. The research was conducted over a three year period by the author as a teacher-researcher and is grounded in the phenomenological work of Schutz, and Berger and Luckmann. Students identified the diverse segments of their complex life-worlds and the salient situated interactions within these segments which support or distract them from learning. What emerges is a representation of the life-world of the adult learner which enables adult educators and students to better understand the complex world of learning in adulthood. An understanding of this world has become increasingly significant as recent economic and social changes have ensured that more adults return to formal education. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10