Adult Learning and Change: An Autobiographical Portrait of a Chinese Woman in Canada

Autor/in	Liu, Chun Ge
Titel	Adult Learning and Change: An Autobiographical Portrait of a Chinese Woman in Canada
Quelle	In: Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 33 (2007) 1, S.107-125 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0318-9090
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Graduate Students; Transformative Learning; Adult Learning; Adult Students; Foreign Countries; Literature Reviews; Autobiographies; Personal Narratives; Cultural Differences; Cultural Awareness; Student Experience; Womens Education; Family Life; Language Teachers; English (Second Language); Teaching (Occupation); Career Choice; Language Proficiency; Student Adjustment; Canada; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Pädagogische Transformation; Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adult; Adults; Erwachsenenalter; Schüler; Schülerin; Ausland; Autobiography; Autobiografie; Autobiographie; Erlebniserzählung; Kultureller Unterschied; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Studienerfahrung; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Teaching; Lehrberuf; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Adjustment; Adaptation; Kanada
Abstract	The themes of adult learning, cross-cultural learning, and transformative learning are common to many continuing educators working at universities across Canada. In this essay, I narrate my experiences as a mature, adult learner returning to university. Following a literature review and discussion of methodology, I begin this autobiographical portrait with a description of my initial education and life experiences in China. From this foundation, I describe and interpret my cross-cultural sojourn as a graduate student in Canada. This sojourn was both happy and sad, both empowering and disempowering. My story is one of learning--learning as an adult, learning in a cross-cultural setting, and learning that ultimately had a transformative impact on how I view myself and my world. Through exploring my own experiences with learning and change, I hope to offer readers of the "Canadian Journal of Continuing Education" a unique opportunity for insight into personal processes that are difficult to truly understand at a theoretical level alone. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10