New Perspectives on Designing and Implementing Professional Development of Teachers of Adults: New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education (J-B ... Adult & Continuing Education) [Paperback]

Kathleen P. King (Editor), Patricia A. Lawler (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 27, 2003 | ISBN-10: 0787969184 | ISBN-13: 978-0787969189 | Edition: 1

This volume explores how to make professional development more pertinent by looking at teachers of adults as adult learners themselves. It also presents an astute vision of current needs and trends, theory, and recommended practice to guide professional development in the many contexts in which teachers of adults work today--from higher education to adult literacy to corporate training.

This is the 98th issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1 edition (June 27, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787969184
• ISBN-13: 978-0787969189
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,579,747 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Kathleen P. King (1958- ) was born in Providence,RI to an Irish-Italian working class family. She had transitioned through several careers before she became an author. Since 1998, she has written 19 books and become a popular keynote speaker. Many of her books at this time are related to the transformations adults experience across their lives, technology changes and social adoption of them, how to support people through those changes and her research in the field.

Since 2010, Dr. Kathleen Palombo King is a professor of education at University of South Florida in Tampa Florida. She teachers doctoral students in higher education, mentors PHD students and faculty members and enjoys research across several fields of innovation and interdisciplinary work within education and technology. Since 1990, she also continues her leadership of Transformation Education LLC.

Dr. King's motivational speaking and exciting educational books emerge from her personal and professional growth overcoming barriers of physical disability and opposition. Audiences say her vision and guidance for the transformative potential of personal growth is contagious.

Previous to her appointment at USF, Dr King was a professor at Fordham University's Graduate School of Education (1997-2010) and Pennsylvania Institute of Technology (1990-1997), Widener University (1996-1997), and Holy Family College (1995-1997.

Visit www.facultyspeaker.com for more information about Dr. King.