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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Sharan B Merriam; Rosemary S Caffarella; Lisa Baumgartner |
| ISBN: | 0787975885 9780787975883 |
| OCLC Number: | 70122480 |
| Description: | xvi, 533 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents: | 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. |
| Series Title: | Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series. |
| Other Titles: | Learning in adulthood : |
| Responsibility: | Sharan B. Merriam, Rosemary S. Caffarella, Lisa M. Baumgartner. |
| Local System Bib Number: | 216089 |
Abstract:
This landmark work pulls together seminal work and current thinking on adult learning in one volume, providing a comprehensive, up-to-date overview and synthesis of what we now know about adult
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