Learning in adulthood : a comprehensive guide /
Merriam, Sharan B.
Learning in adulthood : a comprehensive guide / Sharan B. Merriam, Rosemary S. Caffarella, Lisa M. Baumgartner. - 3rd ed. - San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2007. - xvi, 533 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - The Jossey-bass higher and adult education series .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-503) and indexes.
PART ONE: ADULT LEARNING IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY: The social context of adult learning -- Learning environments and learning concepts -- Adult learners: who participates and why -- PART TWO: ADULT LEARNING THEORY AND MODELS: Knowles's andragogy and models of adult learning by McClusky, Illeris, and Jarvis -- Self-directed learning -- Transformational learning -- Experience and learning -- PART THREE: NEWER APPROACHES TO ADULT LEARNING: Embodied, spiritual, and narrative learning -- Learning and knowing: non-Western perspectives -- Critical theory, postmodern, and feminist perspectives -- PART FOUR: LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT: Traditional learning theories -- Adult development -- Cognitive development in adulthood -- Intelligence and aging -- Memory, cognition, and the brain -- Reflections on learning in adulthood.
0787975885 (cloth) 9780787975883 (cloth)
2006019145
GBA674796 bnb
013541923 Uk
Adult learning.
LC5225.L42 / M47 2007
374
Learning in adulthood : a comprehensive guide / Sharan B. Merriam, Rosemary S. Caffarella, Lisa M. Baumgartner. - 3rd ed. - San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2007. - xvi, 533 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - The Jossey-bass higher and adult education series .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-503) and indexes.
PART ONE: ADULT LEARNING IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY: The social context of adult learning -- Learning environments and learning concepts -- Adult learners: who participates and why -- PART TWO: ADULT LEARNING THEORY AND MODELS: Knowles's andragogy and models of adult learning by McClusky, Illeris, and Jarvis -- Self-directed learning -- Transformational learning -- Experience and learning -- PART THREE: NEWER APPROACHES TO ADULT LEARNING: Embodied, spiritual, and narrative learning -- Learning and knowing: non-Western perspectives -- Critical theory, postmodern, and feminist perspectives -- PART FOUR: LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT: Traditional learning theories -- Adult development -- Cognitive development in adulthood -- Intelligence and aging -- Memory, cognition, and the brain -- Reflections on learning in adulthood.
0787975885 (cloth) 9780787975883 (cloth)
2006019145
GBA674796 bnb
013541923 Uk
Adult learning.
LC5225.L42 / M47 2007
374