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ERIC Number: EJ528114
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0701
On Returning to School: Adults' Lived Experiences.
Cooper, Karyn
Journal of Educational Thought/Revue de la Pensee Educative, v29 n3 p243-60 Dec 1995
Explores the experiences of graduate students returning to school. Connects adults' experiences in graduate school to those of children in elementary school, utilizing findings and comments from interviews conducted with 30 graduate students. Argues that the boundaries between child and adult learning are socially constructed. (25 citations) (MAB)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Educational Attitudes, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Learning Theories, Reentry Students, Student Adjustment, Student Attitudes, Student Development
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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