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Download full textMayo, Cris – Philosophical Studies in Education, 2013
This article examines the kind of space formed by philosophical discussion of education with lower-income, adult learners making their way back to structured education amidst work and life responsibilities. It explores two new social contexts that define this experience of return to education. The first is the sociability of philosophical…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Low Income, Adult Students, Adult Learning
Direct linkO'Donnell, Victoria L.; Tobbell, Jane – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2007
This article presents empirical research exploring adult students' transition to higher education (HE) through a program designed to enable that transition. Wenger's Communities of Practice theory has been applied to informal adult learning by Merriam, Courtenay, and Baumgartner (2003), who suggested its potential for understanding formal…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Transitional Programs, Data Analysis, Qualitative Research
