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Bok, Guat Im – Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2023
The purpose of this article is to describe adult learners' sense of belonging when studying remotely in Malaysia. The methodology of the research involved carrying out in-depth interviews with twelve adult learners studying in a distance education institution to uncover their sense of belonging. The collected data was then analysed with Nvivo…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Students, Adult Learning, Sense of Community
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Bagga-Gupta, Sangeeta; Messina Dahlberg, Giulia; Vigmo, Sylvi – Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2020
This article focuses on the Swedish context of upper and post-upper secondary education provided in two sectors, universities and the Swedish Folk High School. The article is centred on the analysis of the support services offered by fifty-five university and Swedish Folk High School institutional websites to individuals and groups designated as…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Equal Education, Folk Schools, Universities
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Kadi-Hanifi, Karima – Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2009
This interdisciplinary paper is about applying Adult Education methods of learning and teaching to higher education. I argue that higher education students need to be stimulated via interactive methods that improve their motivation and lead them to question the value system/s that exist around them. A Freirean approach as used in the teaching of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Social Class, Adult Education, Values
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Burnett, Judith; Cudworth, Erika – Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2008
This article explores the critical pedagogical issues that emerge when attempting to develop active citizenship among undergraduates as an integral part of the student experience. It presents part of the findings from a C-SAP-funded project (Gifford et al. 2006) that we undertook with a partner higher education institution. This article explores…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Citizenship, Adult Education, Social Sciences