Exploring the 'black box' of process: A comparison of theoretical notions of the 'adult learner' with accounts of postgraduate learning experience

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 207-220

  Haggis, Tamsin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036587928     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03075070220119986     Document Type: Article

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