Late for School: Stories of Transformation in an Adult Education Program

Journal of Transformative Education

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 242-252

  Cohen, Judith Beth ^a  

^a LESLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adult education; learning communities; narrative; residential education; self directed study

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990321369     PISSN: 15413446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541344604265270     Document Type: Article

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