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ERIC Number: EJ411354
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Adult Learning Can Stimulate Personal Development.
Billington, Dorothy D.
Australian Journal of Adult and Community Education, v30 n1 p54-63 Apr 1990
Sixty doctoral students aged 37-48 completed the Sentence Completion Test and a personal orientation inventory. Results indicated that they experienced significant personal growth and greater intrinsic locus of control at schools with nonauthoritarian environments emphasizing support, trust, respect, and self-directed learning. Exposure to a level of complexity just beyond their developmental level stimulated significant growth as well. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Developmental Stages, Difficulty Level, Doctoral Programs, Higher Education, Individual Development, Locus of Control, Nontraditional Education, Outcomes of Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Self Directed Learning