Debating (International) Comparative Adult Education Research: Reflections on Conceptual Clarity and Methodological Challenges

2019 ◽  
pp. 203-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcella Milana
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Adult Education ◽  
Methodological Challenges ◽  
Conceptual Clarity ◽  
International Comparative

scholarly journals Moninaisuudessa vuosikirjan vahvuus ja heikkous

2001 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-196
Author(s):  
Jani Ursin
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Adult Education ◽  
Nordic Countries ◽  
Academic Press

Reforms and policy : adult education research in Nordic countries / S. Tosse & P. Falkencrone & A. Puurula & B. Bergstedt (toim.). Trondheim : Tapir Academic Press, 2000.

scholarly journals The Methodological Underdog: A Review of Quantitative Research in the Key Adult Education Journals

2017 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen Boeren
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Education Research ◽  
Adult Education ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Critical Discussion ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research

An examination of articles published in leading adult education journals demonstrates that qualitative research dominates. To better understand this situation, a review of journal articles reporting on quantitative research has been undertaken by the author of this article. Differences in methodological strengths and weaknesses between quantitative and qualitative research are discussed, followed by a data mining exercise on 1,089 journal articles published in Adult Education Quarterly, Studies in Continuing Education, and International Journal of Lifelong Learning. A categorization of quantitative adult education research is presented, as well as a critical discussion on why quantitative adult education does not seem to be widespread in the key adult education journals.

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