Article Green Open Access 2014

Biographical learning: two decades of research and discussion

Educational Review
Journal · Vol. 66 · Issue 4 · pp. 497-513
Abstract

The article discusses the concept of biographical learning and reviews previous research on the subject. Several tensions between different versions of the concept are recognized, and a wide range of research areas in which the concept has been used are identified and presented. The general idea in the biographical learning tradition regarding the occurrence of general conceptions of one’s biography, as well as the idea of narrative coherence, is discussed critically. New areas of research are suggested. © 2013 Educational Review.

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lifelong learning adult education adult learning Biographical learning

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Linköpings Universitet, Linkoping, Östergötland, Sweden
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