The Professional Status of Adult Educators

The paper reports findings from a research study carried out with adult education professionals working in Adult Education Centres (AECs) in Cyprus. It aims to explore how they experience their professional status in the programme as well as identify barriers that hinder their professionalisation an...

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Main Authors: Andri Piliri, Maria N. Gravani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2023-10-01
Series:AS: Andragoška Spoznanja
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Online Access:https://journals.uni-lj.si/AndragoskaSpoznanja/article/view/14455
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