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Peer reviewedProctor, Russell F., II – Adult Education Quarterly, 1991
Focus group interviews with 18 adults in a weekend degree program produced metaphoric themes. Adult education was compared to "blessing" or "penance"; the primary difference between traditional and adult education was seen as a "juggling act"; and "addiction to learning" appeared to be a motivator. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Educational Attitudes
Download full textFrank, Fiona, Ed. – 1992
In April 1992, 16 individuals who were all employed in manual or nonsupervisory jobs and who had all participated in employer-funded adult education courses offered partly or entirely during work hours attended a weekend retreat in the north of England. They spent the weekend talking and writing about their experiences with work-based learning,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Corporate Education, Creative Writing
