I feel like I'm being hit from all directions: Enduring the bombardment as a mature-age learner returning to formal learning

Australian Journal of Adult Learning

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 119-142

  Willans, Julie ^a   Seary, Karen ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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