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Interests as a Component of Adult Course Preferences: Four Australian Case Studies
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Athanasou, James A. – International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, 2013
The purpose of this paper is to examine the subliminal role of interest in preferences for 50 courses available at a community college. This is an idiographic study of educational decisions. It employed a sample of situations and a representative design. Four adults participated in an educational-vocational assessment and in the process of…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Student Interests