Patterns of Learning in a Sample of Adult Returners to Higher Education

Autor/inn/en	Anderson, Anthony; Johnston, Bill; McDonald, Alexandra
Titel	Patterns of Learning in a Sample of Adult Returners to Higher Education
Quelle	In: Journal of Further and Higher Education, 38 (2014) 4, S.536-552 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0309-877X
DOI	10.1080/0309877X.2012.726971
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Adult Students; Reentry Students; Qualitative Research; Semi Structured Interviews; Learning Strategies; Cognitive Style; Study Skills; Epistemology; Student Attitudes; Peer Relationship; Time Management; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Zweiter Bildungsweg; Qualitative Forschung; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Studientechnik; Erkenntnistheorie; Schülerverhalten; Peer-Beziehungen; Zeitmanagement; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	This article presents empirical research exploring adult returner students' patterns of learning via qualitative analysis of a series of semi-structured interviews. Interviewees' comments shed light on the relation between patterns of learning on the one hand, and study skills, epistemological issues and attitudes to peer interaction on the other. The data suggest that this group of students adopt a reproductive approach to learning, which is coupled with rudimentary study skills and a dualist, right/wrong epistemology. This constellation leads to a certain scepticism regarding the usefulness of peer interaction, even though such student-centred types of teaching are held to promote "deep" learning. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10