Making meaning of local nonformal education: Practitioner's perspective

Adult Education Quarterly

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 291-307

  Taylor, Edward W ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult education; Nonformal education

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745671926     PISSN: 07417136     EISSN: 15523047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741713606289122     Document Type: Article

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