Abstract
The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand older adults’ transformative learning through bereavement in late life. Nine participants were engaged in semi-structured interviews. Data analysis affirmed that perspective transformation can occur through late life bereavement characterized by an oscillatory process shaped by biographical and life stage developmental contexts.
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Moon, P. J.
(2009).
Bereaved Elders: Transformative Learning in Late Life.
Adult Education Research Conference.
https://newprairiepress.org/aerc/2009/papers/43
Bereaved Elders: Transformative Learning in Late Life
The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand older adults’ transformative learning through bereavement in late life. Nine participants were engaged in semi-structured interviews. Data analysis affirmed that perspective transformation can occur through late life bereavement characterized by an oscillatory process shaped by biographical and life stage developmental contexts.
