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Learning in Later Adulthood: Transitions and Engagement in Formal Study.
- Source :
- Educational Gerontology; Mar2012, Vol. 38 Issue 3, p201-211, 11p, 3 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- This paper addresses the question of benefits of education from a life course perspective. Using data from a study of 1600 students (response rate 48%) on an open access program at a London University college, it explores educational activity within the framework of a transitions model. In addition to the quantitative evidence, the article uses material from interviews to illustrate how different aspects of educational activity help individuals cope with transitions. This approach, while clearly not covering all possible education contexts, offers a way of adding to our understanding of the benefits of study in mid- and later-life. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation
ADULT education
AGE distribution
BEREAVEMENT
COLLEGE students
CONCEPTUAL structures
CONTINUING education
INTERVIEWING
LIFE change events
HUMAN life cycle
LONGITUDINAL method
RESEARCH methodology
MOTIVATION (Psychology)
PEOPLE with disabilities
QUESTIONNAIRES
RETIREMENT
STATISTICAL sampling
SOCIAL support
TRANSITIONAL programs (Education)
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03601277
- Volume :
- 38
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Educational Gerontology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 69870547
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03601277.2010.532071