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Female Students As Online Learners: A Case Study In Navigating Academic Success, Noreen Powers
Female Students As Online Learners: A Case Study In Navigating Academic Success, Noreen Powers
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This qualitative study investigated and described the relationship between the various challenges women face in a distance learning program and their other life events using a feminist and phenomenological approach. The primary purpose of this case study was to examine the narratives of three women to determine how adult women students in an online program navigate through the challenges they encounter as they move through this educational venue. This study addresses the following questions: (1) What are the challenges to online learning for these adult female students? (2) How do these adult female online students negotiate their challenges? (3) How …