Laurie Vermeylen
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4118152 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Laurie Vermeylen |
| NOMBRES | Laurie |
| APELLIDO | Vermeylen |
| FIRMA | VERMEYLEN L |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Calgary |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 2 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 2 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2014 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2019 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
From Getting Ahead to Getting Back on One's Feet
Despite the fact that millions of men engage in self-help reading, there has been little scholarly research about the reception of self-help texts by male readers. We explore how men read self-help books through presenting the results of forty-five qualitative interviews with readers of books in the domains of career and financial success, health and well-being, and interpersonal relationships. Our interviewees expressed awareness of the stigmati…
Transitions and pathways
Through presenting empirical research exploring the connections between popular culture and informal learning, we argue that, as predicted by concepts such as self-directed learning and transformational learning, the experience of transition has a meaningful impact on adult learning. Specifically, transitions encourage adults to engage in learning activities, and they make such activities more likely to be systematic and sustained. We gathered ev…
Transitions and pathways
Through presenting empirical research exploring the connections between popular culture and informal learning, we argue that, as predicted by concepts such as self-directed learning and transformational learning, the experience of transition has a meaningful impact on adult learning. Specifically, transitions encourage adults to engage in learning activities, and they make such activities more likely to be systematic and sustained. We gathered ev…
From Getting Ahead to Getting Back on One's Feet
Despite the fact that millions of men engage in self-help reading, there has been little scholarly research about the reception of self-help texts by male readers. We explore how men read self-help books through presenting the results of forty-five qualitative interviews with readers of books in the domains of career and financial success, health and well-being, and interpersonal relationships. Our interviewees expressed awareness of the stigmati…
Transitions and pathways
Through presenting empirical research exploring the connections between popular culture and informal learning, we argue that, as predicted by concepts such as self-directed learning and transformational learning, the experience of transition has a meaningful impact on adult learning. Specifically, transitions encourage adults to engage in learning activities, and they make such activities more likely to be systematic and sustained. We gathered ev…
From Getting Ahead to Getting Back on One's Feet
Despite the fact that millions of men engage in self-help reading, there has been little scholarly research about the reception of self-help texts by male readers. We explore how men read self-help books through presenting the results of forty-five qualitative interviews with readers of books in the domains of career and financial success, health and well-being, and interpersonal relationships. Our interviewees expressed awareness of the stigmati…
Psychology (2 obras) · Social Psychology (2 obras) · Adult and Continuing Education Topics (1 obras) · Adult education (1 obras) · Developmental psychology (1 obras) · Experiential learning (1 obras) · Gender Roles and Identity Studies (1 obras) · Gender Studies (1 obras) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (1 obras) · Hegemonic masculinity (1 obras)