- Title
- Making connections: a dialogue about learning and teaching in a tertiary enabling program
- Creator
- Debenham, Jennifer; May, Jo
- Relation
- Australian Journal of Adult Learning Vol. 45, Issue 1, p. 82-105
- Relation
- https://ala.asn.au/publications/australian-journal-of-adult-learning
- Publisher
- Adult Learning Australia
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2005
- Description
- This paper concerns the experiences and effects of a tertiary entrance program from two perspectives: that of a former student now engaged in her Honours program and of her enabling lecturer. The main aim of the paper is to present a literature review of published studies about mature women’s engagement with tertiary study at the entry level. The authors utilise their enabling education biographies to connect the review of literature to lived experiences. The study asks: how far does the literature cover their experiences and what gaps, if any, are there? The first section briefly outlines the approach taken in the paper. In the second section the enabling experience is discussed in three parts: motivations to enter, the first assignment and course encounters. The third section examines the wider effects of participation in enabling on the self, family and friends. The paper bears out the findings of recent literature that highlighted the powerful transformative effects of such programs in all spheres of the students’ lives and the importance of making connections in enabling programs. It suggests that more research needs to be carried out in a number of areas, especially gender, race and class.
- Subject
- lifelong learning; adult education; tertiary entrance programs; enabling experience; literature reviews
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/926739
- Identifier
- uon:9919
- Identifier
- ISSN:1443-1394
- Language
- eng
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