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Searching for Sophia: Adult educators and adult learners as wisdom seekers
Author(s) -
Fraser Wilma,
HylandRussell Tara
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
new directions for adult and continuing education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0717
pISSN - 1052-2891
DOI - 10.1002/ace.418
Subject(s) - lifelong learning , adult education , seekers , adult learning , pedagogy , face (sociological concept) , adult learner , andragogy , field (mathematics) , continuing education , sociology , psychology , mathematics education , medical education , political science , social science , medicine , mathematics , pure mathematics , law
This chapter invokes the spirit of Sophia as metaphorical guide and describes a path for educators and practitioners that can assist in the recovery of wisdom in the face of increasing pressures of measurable outcomes within the field of lifelong learning.