Learning careers and the social space: Exploring the fragile identities of adult returners in the new further education

International Journal of Lifelong Education

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 493-509

  Gallacher, Jim ^a   Crossan, Beth ^a   Field, John ^b   Merrill, Barbara ^c  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 31844433539     PISSN: 02601370     EISSN: 1464519X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0260137022000016172     Document Type: Article

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