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The Adult Student and Flexible Higher Education

The Adult Student and Flexible Higher Education. by Professor Anne Marie Støkken Eucen Bergen Conference 29.April 2005. The Adult, Flexible Student. A research project funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research 2003 -2006 Project administration: Vox

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The Adult Student and Flexible Higher Education

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  1. The Adult Student and Flexible Higher Education by Professor Anne Marie Støkken Eucen Bergen Conference 29.April 2005

  2. The Adult, Flexible Student • A research project funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research • 2003 -2006 • Project administration: Vox • Members of the research group: • Professor Gunnar Grepperud, UiT • Researcher Wenche M. Rønning, NTNU • Professor Anne Marie Støkken, AUC

  3. 2004: A pre study finished: Qualitative interviews with 18 students • 2004 – 2005: A national survey including appr. 1500 students • 2005 -2006: Similar studies in Sweden, Denmark, Canada, Indonesia and Tanzania

  4. Characteristics of the Distant Student Role • The importanse of the household and the workplace as learning arenas • Triple work • Flexibility in terms of time, space and progress • The role has to be ”constructed” over and over again

  5. Work place Home Leisure Education Fig 1:The Analytical Framework

  6. Support from employers • Moral support • Economic support • Professional support • Practical arrangements

  7. Challenges ahead: • Organisational awareness • The reconstruction of the relations between Academia and the working life

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