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St. Clair, R. – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2004
Understanding the influences upon curriculum formation is an ongoing challenge for adult educators. This discussion describes one approach to curriculum analysis--the aspirational myth--based on the notion that instructors and learners co-construct an idealized identity representing the end point of learning. The aspirational myth is described…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adult Educators, Adult Education, Curriculum Development

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