Transition from Higher Education to Work: A comparative examination of students' biographies

George Zarifis

ISBN 10: 3659882216 / ISBN 13: 9783659882210

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2016

About this Item

296 pages. 8.66x5.91x0.67 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # 3659882216

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Transition from Higher Education to Work: A comparative examination of students' biographies
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3659882216
• ISBN 13: 9783659882210
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.49 kilograms

About this title

Synopsis

This book is based on an empirical study with ten post-graduate students of human and social science at University of Warwick. It aims to re-conceptualise transition with reference to the way students discuss their personal experiences. The book has the form of a narrative that is based on the post-modern idea of creating the conditions that describe what cannot be represented. The central argument of the book is that either we always learn in transition or that learning is always transitional. Based on this argument the book takes the form of a journey in which the author traces issues relevant to transition, such as behavioural changes, emotional and cognitive in/stability, work and identity, learning and personal development.

About the Author

George Zarifis is Assistant Professor of Continuing Education at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. His research interests focus on adult educators' training and professionalisation, university continuing education, and comparative examination of adult learning and vocational education policies and practices in Southeastern Europe.