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1986 Winner of the Imogene Okes Award and the Cyril O. Houle World Award for Literature in Adult Education
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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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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predetermined objectives approach, program development manuals, andragogical principles, andragogical practice, critical incident exercise, successful independent learners, community action initiatives, transactional encounter, adult literacy work, learning opportunities for adults, effective facilitation, field dependent learners, practice injunctions, liberal adult education, discrepancy assessment, field independent learners, paid educational leave, assisting adults, naturalistic evaluation, facilitating adult learning, trade union education, institutional mode, staff development efforts, adult learning principles, learning contracts Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Francisco, New York, United States, Teachers College, Columbia University, Applying Modern Principles of Adult Learning, Nottingham Andragogy Group, North Carolina State University, Ann Arbor, Kegan Paul, Milton Keynes, University of Nottingham, Cambridge Books, Highlander Folk School, Open University Press, Concordia University, Croom Helm, Northern Illinois University, University of Manchester, University of Michigan, University of Southampton, Adult Leadership, American Commission, College Park, International Labor Office New!
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- New Directions by Students of Bellevue Junior High School on 9 pages
- Handbook of Adult Education by Robert M. Smith on 6 pages
- Evaluation for Program Improvement (New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education) by David Deshler on 5 pages
- Developing Student Autonomy in Learning by David Boud on 5 pages
- Developing, Administering, and Evaluating Adult Education (Adult Education Association handbook series in adult education) by Alan B. Knox on 4 pages
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- New Frontiers in HRD (Routledge Studies in Human Resource Development) by Monica Lee on page 77, and page 127
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- Learning as Transformation: Critical Perspectives on a Theory in Progress (Jossey Bass Higher and Adult Education Series) by Jack Mezirow and Associates on page 277
- Liberating The Learner: Lessons for Professional Development in Education (Educational Management Series) by Terry Atkinson on page 56
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