This book provides a critical examination of the myths surrounding adult education and its practice.
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The first book to receive both the Imogene Okes Award and the Cyril O. Houle World Award for Literature in Adult Education presented by the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education. This book analyzes current approaches to adult learning and presents a comprehensive review of the research on how adults learn.
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This comprehensive review examines how adults learn. It presents the research currently available on the subject, as well as an analysis of the methods most commonly used in teaching adults.
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Understanding and Facilitating Adult Learning,
By Robert Yee (Elk Grove Village, IL USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Understanding and Facilitating Adult Learning: A Comprehensive Analysis of Principles and Effective Practices (Jossey Bass Higher & Adult Education Series) (Paperback)
A thoroughly researched and extensively documented book which efficiently outlines 20 years of studies on adult learning. Effective adulte learning practices are explained in from six categories, voluntary engagement,respect among participants, collaboration and negaotiation of needs, relective praxis, critical appreciation of diversity, and student empowerment of self improvement. Aside from the institutional mode of learning, external authority, set objectives, set teaching roles, prescribed evaluation, adult learning seeks to empower self directed learners with critical thinking modes. This latter kind of learning is not without risk. The risks of dillusion, professional incompetence, and the perils of playing close to a kind of classroom therapy. Nonetheless, adult students bring a wealth of experience (good and bad), maturity, problem posing, problem solving, and task focus to adult learning. Finally, adult learning will invariably be restricted by institutional contexts, evalution criteria, and contextual business norms.
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Understanding and Facilitating Adult Learning,
By Robert Yee (Elk Grove Village, IL USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Understanding and Facilitating Adult Learning: A Comprehensive Analysis of Principles and Effective Practices (Jossey Bass Higher & Adult Education Series) (Paperback)
A thoroughly researched and extensively documented book which efficiently outlines 20 years of studies on adult learning. Effective adulte learning practices are explained in from six categories, voluntary engagement,respect among participants, collaboration and negaotiation of needs, relective praxis, critical appreciation of diversity, and student empowerment of self improvement. Aside from the institutional mode of learning, external authority, set objectives, set teaching roles, prescribed evaluation, adult learning seeks to empower self directed learners with critical thinking modes. This latter kind of learning is not without risk. The risks of dillusion, professional incompetence, and the perils of playing close to a kind of classroom therapy. Nonetheless, adult students bring a wealth of experience (good and bad), maturity, problem posing, problem solving, and task focus to adult learning. Finally, adult learning will invariably be restricted by institutional contexts, evalution criteria, and contextual business norms.
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When adults teach and learn in one another's company, they find themselves engaging in a challenging, passionate, and creative activity. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
andragogical practice, andragogical principles, critical incident exercise, community action initiatives, transactional encounter, adult literacy work, field dependent learners, learning opportunities for adults, effective facilitation, discrepancy assessment, paid educational leave, practice injunctions, assisting adults, naturalistic evaluation, staff development efforts, trade union education, institutional mode, adult learning, learning contracts, purposeful learning, adult educators, educational encounters Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Nottingham Andragogy Group, Highlander Folk School, Teachers College, Nova Scotia, Commission of Professors of Adult Education, Open University, Canadian Farm Forum, Francis Xavier University, Great Books, Northern Ireland, British Columbia, Empire State College, The Farm Forum, Third World, Ulster People's College New!
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When adults teach and learn in one another's company, they find themselves engaging in a challenging, passionate, and creative activity. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
andragogical practice, andragogical principles, critical incident exercise, community action initiatives, transactional encounter, adult literacy work, field dependent learners, learning opportunities for adults, effective facilitation, discrepancy assessment, paid educational leave, practice injunctions, assisting adults, naturalistic evaluation, staff development efforts, trade union education, institutional mode, adult learning, learning contracts, purposeful learning, adult educators, educational encounters Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Nottingham Andragogy Group, Highlander Folk School, Teachers College, Nova Scotia, Commission of Professors of Adult Education, Open University, Canadian Farm Forum, Francis Xavier University, Great Books, Northern Ireland, British Columbia, Empire State College, The Farm Forum, Third World, Ulster People's College New!
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- Handbook of Adult Education by Robert M. Smith on 7 pages
- Materials and Methods in Adult and Continuing Education by Chester Klevens on 5 pages
- Evaluation for Program Improvement (New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education) by David Deshler on 5 pages
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- New Frontiers in HRD (Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development) by Monica Lee on page 77, and page 127
- High Impact Learning: Strategies For Leveraging Performance And Business Results From Training Investments (New Perspectives in Organizational Learning, Performance, and Change) by Robert O. Brinkerhoff in Back Matter
- The Practitioner-Researcher: Developing Theory from Practice (Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series) by Peter Jarvis in Back Matter
- The Skillful Teacher: On Technique, Trust, and Responsiveness in the Classroom by Stephen D. Brookfield in Front Matter
- Liberating The Learner: Lessons for Professional Development in Education (Foundations of the Market Economy) by Terry Atkinson on page 56
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