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McLean, Scott; Vermeylen, Laurie – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2014
Through presenting empirical research exploring the connections between popular culture and informal learning, we argue that, as predicted by concepts such as self-directed learning and transformational learning, the experience of transition has a meaningful impact on adult learning. Specifically, transitions encourage adults to engage in learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Learning, Interviews, Qualitative Research
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Gibbons, Maurice; And Others – Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 1980
Analyzed the biographies of twenty acknowledged experts without formal training beyond high school in search of commonalities that might suggest ways people become effectively self-directed in learning and accomplishment. Patterns of education and personality characteristics are discussed. (Author/CC)
Descriptors: Adults, Educational Background, Independent Study, Individual Development
Elsdon, K. T. – 2000
This report is the outcome of the first attempt to research self-help groups (SHGs) systematically on a large enough scale to represent the whole of those in Great Britain. Chapter 1 explains and defines what SHGs are and how they relate, qualitatively and quantitatively, to the universe of all voluntary organizations of which they are a part.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Developed Nations, Educational Research
Reed, Horace B., Ed.; Loughran, Elizabeth Lee, Ed. – 1984
This compedium volume summarizes a study on the characteristics and underlying assumptions of education beyond schools. The three chapters in Part I present a method for analyzing and comparing 10 distinct approaches to out-of-school education and demonstrate the important kinds of generalizations this method can generate. Chapter 1 is an…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Programs