Dialogue Meetings as Nonformal Adult Education in a Municipal Context

Journal of Transformative Education

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 243-256

  Wilhelmson, Lena ^a  

^a National Institute   (Sweden)

Author keywords

collective learning; dialogue; dialogue competence; individual learning; municipal context; transformative learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990357461     PISSN: 15413446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541344606290439     Document Type: Article

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