Adults in the academy : : voices of lifelong learners / / edited by Nicola Simmons and Julie Podrebarac.
"This book examines themes from adult students in higher education: dispositional characteristics, situational barriers to academic success, and how institutional policy and procedures create obstacles for these non-traditional learners. While much has been written in the peer-reviewed literatu...
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Hearing voices
- Hedonic and eudiamonic approaches to adult learning / Lori A. Doan and Amy E. De Jaeger
- Gifting as a construct for older adults' participation in the academy / Sandra Becker
- Being a mature-aged student partner : joy, alienation, and disappointment / Preeti Vayada
- Learning and teaching with adults : contexts for pedagogy and critical reflexivity / Susan E. Elliott-Johns
- Finding my voice : a conversation about indigenous adult education / Katia Olsen and Carmen Rodríguez de France
- Bringing our Mohawk people home / Troy Hill
- On being successful in UK tertiary education : a lifelong learner's perspective / Barbara Anne Nicolls
- Adults' experiences of returning to and succeeding in higher education : three case studies / Keith Burn
- Women with caring responsibilities : is there a genuine place for them at university? / Cathy Stone and Sarah O'Shea
- Higher education as an additional mid-life transition : motivations and challenges of older female students / Adele Chadwick
- Gypsies, travellers, and Roma in UK higher education : a view from inside the academy / Sherrie Smith, Margaret Greenfields and Rebecca Rochon
- Voices from down under : analysing the learning experience of adults in an Australian academy / Catherine Snelling, Dorothy Missingham, Sophie Karanicolas, Beth R. Loveys, Lucas Allen, Daniel Cleminson, Geremy Collom, Natalie Dewing, Eli Duykers, Imogen McNamara, Matthew Slater, Ashleigh Taylor and Sinead Wright
- Questioning third age learners in Ontario universities : a numeric and policy analysis / Rahul Kumar
- Student services for adult learners : reviewing a sample of Ontario universities / Angelina Evans and Kathleen Clarke
- The untapped opportunity of older adult students on campus / Cobi Ladner
- Should higher education care about baby boomer students? / Monica Wice
- Supporting mature students : individualization and learning outcomes / Selina Sharma
- My adult learning journey : conceptualizing the past and reorienting for the future together / Melanie Extance
- Considering the flip side of online distance education to inspire self-directed learning for non-traditional students / Leahann Hendrickse
- Conclusion: Building change / Julie Podrebarac.