This qualitative study examines barriers to adult education by the marginalized adult learner. We adopted an inclusive approach by interviewing potential adult learners who had not participated in adult education programs due to illiteracy. Five overlapping themes related to barriers emerged and were categorized as: family values and responsibilities (i.e., cultural); the emotional effect of family poverty on participants’ lives (i.e., anger at the welfare system); disrupted school and learning experiences (i.e., multiple school changes); social exclusion and personal challenges (i.e., marginalization due to race, class); and turning points in participants’ education and hopes for the future (i.e., positive role models).Cette étude qualitat...
An African-American in this society must adapt to varying dilemmas and esoteric factors that are foc...
This paper examined what role adult education programmes could play in addressing the issue of pover...
This thesis discusses the life stories of four adult learners in Ireland who tell of their difficult...
This qualitative study examines barriers to adult education by the marginalized adult learner. We ad...
Adult learners often encounter obstacles that impede their academic progress and either withdraw fro...
In order to gain a clearer vision of the effectiveness of programs for disadvantaged adults, I obser...
The concern of this study was to examine the role of education in altering the social and personal c...
Research has consistently suggested that colleges and universities should review academic programs a...
The shift to a knowledge society has transformed the way we live and work, which is especially chall...
Aboriginal people in Canada are less likely to complete postsecondary education than are non-Aborigi...
Learning is a rather vague term, conveying different meanings, depending on the context in which it ...
Magister Educationis (Adult Learning and Global Change) - MEd(AL)Adult learners’ perception of facto...
This thesis deals with the issue of barriers to participation in adult education. Survey, which inve...
Abstract: This paper discusses the development of a curriculum planning-process that can be employed...
Magister Educationis (Adult Learning and Global Change) - MEd(AL)Adult learners’ perception of facto...
An African-American in this society must adapt to varying dilemmas and esoteric factors that are foc...
This paper examined what role adult education programmes could play in addressing the issue of pover...
This thesis discusses the life stories of four adult learners in Ireland who tell of their difficult...
This qualitative study examines barriers to adult education by the marginalized adult learner. We ad...
Adult learners often encounter obstacles that impede their academic progress and either withdraw fro...
In order to gain a clearer vision of the effectiveness of programs for disadvantaged adults, I obser...
The concern of this study was to examine the role of education in altering the social and personal c...
Research has consistently suggested that colleges and universities should review academic programs a...
The shift to a knowledge society has transformed the way we live and work, which is especially chall...
Aboriginal people in Canada are less likely to complete postsecondary education than are non-Aborigi...
Learning is a rather vague term, conveying different meanings, depending on the context in which it ...
Magister Educationis (Adult Learning and Global Change) - MEd(AL)Adult learners’ perception of facto...
This thesis deals with the issue of barriers to participation in adult education. Survey, which inve...
Abstract: This paper discusses the development of a curriculum planning-process that can be employed...
Magister Educationis (Adult Learning and Global Change) - MEd(AL)Adult learners’ perception of facto...
An African-American in this society must adapt to varying dilemmas and esoteric factors that are foc...
This paper examined what role adult education programmes could play in addressing the issue of pover...
This thesis discusses the life stories of four adult learners in Ireland who tell of their difficult...