Life Transitions and Educational Participation by Adults.

Blaxter, Loraine; Tight, Malcolm

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ERIC Number: EJ506024

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Publication Date: 1995

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Life Transitions and Educational Participation by Adults.

Blaxter, Loraine; Tight, Malcolm

International Journal of Lifelong Education, v14 n3 p231-46 May-Jun 1995

Interviews with 36 part-time adult students showed them to be in 2 distinct groups: those for whom there was a clear link between educational participation and life transitional events and those for whom no linkage was apparent. The latter appear to participate for intrinsic interest with no immediate instrumental goal. (SK)

Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Life Events, Participation, Student Educational Objectives, Student Motivation

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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