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 learning. The book includes information about the context in which adult learning takes place, who the participants are, what they learn and why, the nature of the learning process itself, major theoretical developments, and much more. Drawing from a background of work in sociology, philosophy, and critical social theory, as well as psychology and education, the authors construct an inclusive perspective on adult learning, guiding readers toward new ways of thinking about teaching, learning, and the broader social implications of adult education.

Publisher:

JOSSEY-BASS

ISBN:

9780787975883

Publication date:

November 2006

Length:

235mm

Width:

161mm

Thickness:

45mm

Weight:

789g

Edition:

3rd Edition

Pages:

533

Illustrations:

Illustrations (chiefly col.)

Readership:

Tertiary education; Professional & scholarly

• Preface.

  The Authors.

  PART ONE: ADULT LEARNING IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY.

  1 The Social Context of Adult Learning.

  2 Learning Environments and Learning Concepts.

  3 Adult Learners: Who Participates and Why.

  PART TWO: ADULT LEARNING THEORY AND MODELS.

  4 Knowles's Andragogy, and Models of Adult Learning by McClusky, Illeris, and Jarvis.

  5 Self--Directed Learning.

  6 Transformational Learning.

  7 Experience and Learning.

  PART THREE: NEWER APPROACHES TO ADULT LEARNING.

  8 Embodied, Spiritual, and Narrative Learning.

  9 Learning and Knowing: Non--Western Perspectives.

  10 Critical Theory, Postmodern, and Feminist Perspectives.

  PART FOUR: LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT.

  11 Traditional Learning Theories.

  12 Adult Development.

  13 Cognitive Development in Adulthood.

  14 Intelligence and Aging.

  15 Memory, Cognition, and the Brain.

  16 Reflections on Learning in Adulthood.

  References.

  Name Index.

  Subject Index.