Understanding Residential Learning: The Power of Detachment and Continuity.

Fleming, Jean Anderson

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ERIC Number: EJ568207

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Understanding Residential Learning: The Power of Detachment and Continuity.

Fleming, Jean Anderson

Adult Education Quarterly, v48 n4 p260-71 Sum 1998

Focus groups with 30 participants in a residential adult learning program identified descriptive themes of the experience: building relationships, learning, and individual change. Two overarching themes distinguished the phenomenon: detachment (physical and psychological isolation for the world) and continuity (uninterrupted learning). (SK)

Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Focus Groups, Individual Development, Interpersonal Relationship, Residential Programs

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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