Sociocultural contexts and learning: Anglophone Caribbean immigrant women in U.S. postsecondary education

Adult Education Quarterly

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 242-260

  Alfred, Mary V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult learning; Anglophone Caribbean immigrants; Immigrant women; Postsecondary education; Sociocultural contexts; Women's learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 5644246522     PISSN: 07417136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741713603254028     Document Type: Article

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