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Direct linkLima, Licínio C.; Guimarães, Paula – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2016
This paper focuses on recognition of prior learning as part of a national policy based on European Union guidelines for lifelong learning, and it explains how recognition of prior learning has been perceived since it was implemented in Portugal in 2000. Data discussed are the result of a mixed method research project that surveyed adult learners,…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Public Policy, Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries
Ehrich, Lisa C.; Delahaye, Brian L. – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2009
The research reported in this study concerns older adults from Australia who voluntarily chose to learn the craft of woodturning. Semi-structured interviews and a survey questionnaire were distributed to members of a woodturning club to explore their motivations and the processes by which they learned how to woodturn. The findings indicated that…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Semi Structured Interviews, Vocational Education
