Abstract
This paper illustrates ‘the turn’ to biographical approaches in the study of adult learning and considers some contested issues in this ‘family’ of approaches. Especial attention is paid to issues of subjectivity and objectivity and the role of the researcher in shaping the subject (s) of her enquiry. However, the paper concludes by suggesting that, whatever the differences, such approaches offer unique and more holistic insights into the complexities of learning, lifewide and lifelong.
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Recommended Citation
West, L.
(2007).
Using Biographical Research (or is it Auto/Biography?) to Illuminate
Adult and Lifelong Learning: Contested and Illuminating Space.
Adult Education Research Conference.
https://newprairiepress.org/aerc/2007/papers/105
Using Biographical Research (or is it Auto/Biography?) to Illuminate Adult and Lifelong Learning: Contested and Illuminating Space
This paper illustrates ‘the turn’ to biographical approaches in the study of adult learning and considers some contested issues in this ‘family’ of approaches. Especial attention is paid to issues of subjectivity and objectivity and the role of the researcher in shaping the subject (s) of her enquiry. However, the paper concludes by suggesting that, whatever the differences, such approaches offer unique and more holistic insights into the complexities of learning, lifewide and lifelong.
