Scottish Government

LEARNER PERCEPTIONS OF INFORMATION, ADVICE AND GUIDANCE: A REVIEW OF RESEARCH

SUSAN WHITTAKER, JIM GALLACHER AND BETH CROSSAN
CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN LIFELONG LEARNING
GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY

ISBN 0 7559 1066 4

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Address for correspondence:
Professor Jim Gallacher
CRLL, Glasgow Caledonian University
2 ^nd Floor, 6 Rose St
Glasgow G3 6RB
T: 0141 270 1339
E: jwga@gcal.ac.uk

February 2004.

Contents

Section 1: Information, advice and guidance: introduction to the review
• Aims of the review
• Scope of the literature reviewed
• Structure of the review

Section 2 : Information, advice and guidance: what do people get and what do they want?
2.1 All learners and potential learners
2.2 Participants in learning
2.3 Those who do not traditionally participate in learning

Section 3: Sources of information, advice and guidance.
3.1 All learners and potential learners
3.2 Participants in learning
3.3 Those who do not traditionally participate in learning

Section 4: The impacts of information, advice and guidance on learners and potential learners.
4.1 The general impact of IAG
4.2 Participants in learning
4.3 Those who do not generally participate in learning

Section 5: Summary.
5.1 Learners' needs for information, advice and guidance
5.2 Formal and informal sources
5.3 Finance
5.4 Issues for further research

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