‘What's identity got to do with it, anyway?’ Constructing adult learner identities in the workplace

Studies in the Education of Adults

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 168-182

  Wojecki, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

adult learning; identity; narrative; pedagogy; workplace learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649341180     PISSN: 02660830     EISSN: 14789833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02660830.2007.11661547     Document Type: Article

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