"It's not like normal school": The role of prior learning contexts in adult learning

Adult Education Quarterly

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-59

  Belzer, Alisa ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult basic education; Adult learning; Experience; General Educational Development (GED); Resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 7444272015     PISSN: 07417136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741713604268893     Document Type: Review

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