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Roberts, Karlene – Online Submission, 2022
The number of nontraditional students in colleges in the United States has been and is continuing to rise, but these students face difficulties that affect their motivation to persist towards graduation. Some of these difficulties include balancing multiple roles, including work, school and family demands, lack of support, financial constraints,…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Nontraditional Education, College Students, Student Motivation
Sahin, Mehmet; Erisen, Yavuz; Çeliköz, Nadir – Online Submission, 2016
Mezirow (1991) defines transformative learning as a theory about constructing meaning, not just about knowledge acquisition, and the construction of meaning is about learning through critical reflection, rather than mindlessly or unquestioningly acquiring frames of reference through life experiences. Mezirow (1997) emphasizes that transformative…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Adults, World Views, Relocation