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Researching the benefits of learning: the persuasive power of longitudinal studies

Author(s) -

John K. Field

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

london review of education

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.326

H-Index - 21

eISSN - 1474-8479

pISSN - 1474-8460

DOI - 10.1080/14748460.2011.616320

Subject(s) - longitudinal data , field (mathematics) , longitudinal study , psychology , power (physics) , positive economics , cognitive psychology , sociology , economics , medicine , demography , physics , mathematics , pathology , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics

Recent years have witnessed considerable growth in research into the benefits of learning. Much of this has drawn on large scale longitudinal survey data, finding clear if small benefits to individuals from participating in learning. The paper identifies and explores some limitations in this work, and examines the possibility that there may also be negative outcomes for some people, but concludes that overall this body of work marks a landmark in the study of adult learning

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