‘Situational barriers are keeping me from participating’, but are they situational? Examining low-educated adults’ psychosocial views on adult learning
Lisse Van Nieuwenhove,
Bram De Wever
Abstract:Despite the attention devoted to situational and institutional barriers in studying participation in adult education, psychosocial barriers are often overlooked in research. However, low-educated, and non-participating adults are more likely to experience them. In this study, we examine loweducated, both participating and non-participating, adults' psychosocial views on learning. We interviewed 15 adults by using vignettes to elicit discussion on a delicate and difficult to interview theme and carried out a qu… Show more
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