Discourses, Dialogue and Diversity in Biographical Research : An Ecology of Life and Learning

This book explores how narratives are deeply embodied, engaging heart, soul, as well as mind, through varying adult learner perspectives. Biographical research is not an isolated, individual, solipsistic endeavor but shaped by larger ecological interactions – in families, schools, universities, comm...

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Autores principales: Alan Bainbridge, Laura Formenti, Linden West
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Publicado: Brill 2021
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