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Huisman, Jeroen, Ed.; Tight, Malcolm, Ed. – International Perspectives on Higher Education Research, 2014
Higher education research is a developing field internationally, attracting more and more researchers from a great variety of disciplinary backgrounds within and beyond higher education institutions. As such, it is an arena within which a wide range of theories, methods, and methodologies are being applied. As an expanding multidisciplinary area…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Research, Educational Theories, Interdisciplinary Approach
Mezirow, Jack – 1991
This book presents a theory of how adults learn by making meaning of their experiences. Chapter 1 gives an overview of an emerging transformation theory of adult learning, compares it with other theories of adult learning, and describes the dynamics of the process through which one makes meaning of one's experience. Chapter 2 examines the way…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Educational Philosophy