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Ambrose, Susan A.; Poklop, Laurie – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2015
This article reports on a phenomenological study conducted in 2013 to investigate co-op learning from the students' perspectives. 104 seniors were interviewed who had completed one to three periods of co-op employment. A stratified purposeful sample with proportional representation of six university colleges was used. Using a standardized,…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, Experiential Learning, Phenomenology, Semi Structured Interviews
Wilson, Melissa A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The problem to be investigated by this study is whether museum visitors' history content knowledge is enhanced by their museum experience and whether their lived experiences played a role in their learning. The study is based on the theories of experiential, informal and free-choice learning. A qualitative design examined the lived experiences of…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Adult Learning, History Instruction, Museums
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Stevens, Karen; Gerber, Dan; Hendra, Rick – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2010
Upon graduation from University Without Walls (UWW), Robin said, "During first semester you told us that if we allowed it to, this experience [writing a prior learning portfolio] would change us. I was so angry with you for saying that because I liked who I was and didn't want to change. But you were right. And I'm glad." For the past 39…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Prior Learning, Experiential Learning, Portfolios (Background Materials)