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Direct linkSaunders, Danny; Brake, Mark; Griffiths, Martin; Thornton, Rosi – Active Learning in Higher Education the Journal of the Institute for Learning and Teaching, 2004
It is argued that a positive response to lifelong learning policies involves the use of imaginative curriculum design in order to attract learners from disadvantaged backgrounds who are otherwise alienated from higher education. In this article a case study is presented based on the popularity of science fiction within popular culture, beginning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Curriculum Design, Science Fiction
Castles, Jane – Active Learning in Higher Education the Journal of the Institute for Learning and Teaching, 2004
This research is part of a larger study of the factors affecting part-time adult learners. It covers a literature review dealing with three areas of factors that might affect adult learners: (i) social and environmental, (ii) traumatic and (iii) intrinsic factors. This produced 36 factors and was followed by a qualitative study to validate and…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Open Universities, Adult Students, Adult Learning
