| Beyond Fragments: Adults, Motivation And Higher Education Contributor(s): West, Linden (Author) |
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ISBN: 0748404856 ISBN-13: 9780748404858 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 1996 Annotation: The Author Discusses The Relationship Between Motives, Education And Life history to explore how they shape people and their motives for learning, challenging the orthodox view that non-traditional students enter education for purely |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Adult & Continuing Education |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 96019871 |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 6.34" W x 9.26" (1.16 lbs) 237 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Adults now constitute the majority of students in higher education; what they bring to it, want and need are important questions in the development of a more responsive higher education. The author discusses The Relationship Between Motives, Education, And Life History To Explore how culture and history shape people and their motives for learning, taking into account variations in gender, social background and ethnicity, challenging the orthodox view that non-traditional students enter higher educational for vocational/material reasons. |
