ERIC Number: EJ1016090
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-0790-8040
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Can We Do It Better? A Case Study of How Reflection within a Programme Team Supports Changes and Innovations to Practice
McTaggart, Breda; Walsh, Orla
Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, p100-108 2013
Adult learners, and women in particular, have to combat a number of specific barriers to participate in lifelong learning opportunities. Frequently, delivery modes of adult learning programmes do not take these varying demands into consideration (McCulloch & Stokes, 2008). However, when they do, positive results ensue. This case study discusses these issues, highlighting how innovations and changes to delivery methodologies of a part-time degree programme impacted positively on recruitment and retention of the viable student cohort of students.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Access to Education, Barriers, Adult Students, Part Time Students, Lifelong Learning, College Programs, Early Childhood Education, Educational Change, Bachelors Degrees, Student Recruitment, School Holding Power, Case Studies, Adult Learning, Delivery Systems
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Adult Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ireland
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