
Beyond Fragments
Adults, Motivation And Higher Education
Linden West(Author)
Taylor & Francis (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 19. September 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
237 pages
978-0-7484-0486-5 (ISBN)
Description
Adults now constitute the majority of students in higher education; what they bring to it, want and need are important questions in the development of a more responsive higher education. The author discusses The Relationship Between Motives, Education, And Life History To Explore how culture and history shape people and their motives for learning, taking into account variations in gender, social background and ethnicity, challenging the orthodox view that non-traditional students enter higher educational for vocational/material reasons.
Reviews / Votes
'... [a] thorough and revealing study of adult students in higher education. West's study is worth singling out because, apart from its other virtues, it makes us stop and think about some of the ways in which people cateogorise learning and actively tackle it within the context of their daily lives, challenging us to look again at our interpretation of survey and other data ... Linden West's vivid and moving portrait of learner identities...' - Professor John Field, University of Warwick, for Adults' LearningMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate and Undergraduate
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
395 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7484-0486-5 (9780748404865)
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Content
Thinking of fragments; self, method and imaginative empathy; on becoming a solicitor - the problem of stated reasons; telling stories - Brenda and Paul; men talking on the Medway; men talking - Thanet and the poetic object; partners in change; women in professional and personal fragments; border country; east and west; red pens and relationships - retrospect and prospects in higher education; beyond fragments?