文档介绍:SCUTREAProceedings20041Non-traditionalstudents-trackingchanginglearningidentitiesintheinter-facewithHigherEducationRennieJohnstonandBarbaraMerrillUniversityofWarwick,England,UKPaperpresentedatSCUTREA34thAnnualConference,UniversityofSheffield,-hangesinthewidersocietyhaveresultedinuniversitiesinteractingmorevisiblywithsocietylocally,,forexample,industry.(t,2003)Thishasledsometoarguethatitstraditionalstrongholdonacademicknowledgeisbeingchallengedaswiderepistemologiesentertheuniversitycurriculum(Delanty,2001).Thisopeninguptotheoutsideworldhasincludedtheadmissionofawiderandmorediversestudentbodyasuniversitieshavemovedfromelitetomassinstitutions(Trow,1989).Moreadults,includingnon-traditionaladults,,therefore,-traditionaladults’learningexperiencesandbiographiesareoftenshapedbypreviouslearningexperiences,particularlybyinitialschooling,-