A review and critique of the portrayal of older adult learners in adult education journals, 1980-2006

Adult Education Quarterly

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-21

  Chen, Li Kuang ^a   Kim, Young Sek ^b   Moon, Paul ^b   Merriam, Sharan B ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult education; Adult learner; Aging; Older adult

Indexed keywords

EID: 53649090311     PISSN: 07417136     EISSN: 15523047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741713608325169     Document Type: Article

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