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Patterns of Learning in a Sample of Adult Returners to Higher Education
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Anderson, Anthony; Johnston, Bill; McDonald, Alexandra – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2014
This article presents empirical research exploring adult returner students' patterns of learning via qualitative analysis of a series of semi-structured interviews. Interviewees' comments shed light on the relation between patterns of learning on the one hand, and study skills, epistemological issues and attitudes to peer interaction on the other.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Adult Students, Reentry Students, Qualitative Research