The Adult Learner: The definitive classic in adult education and human resource development

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Routledge, 5 dic 2014 - 402 páginas

How do you tailor education to the learning needs of adults? Do they learn differently from children?

How does their life experience inform their learning processes?

These were the questions at the heart of Malcolm Knowles’s pioneering theory of andragogy which transformed education theory in the 1970s. The resulting principles of a self-directed, experiential, problem-centered approach to learning have been hugely influential and are still the basis of the learning practices we use today. Understanding these principles is the cornerstone of increasing motivation and enabling adult learners to achieve.

This eighth edition has been thoughtfully updated in terms of structure, content, and style. On top of this, online material and added chapter-level reflection questions make this classic text more accessible than ever. The new edition includes:

  • Two new chapters: Neuroscience and Andragogy, and Information Technology and Learning.

  • Updates throughout the book to reflect the very latest advancements in the field.

  • A companion website with instructor aids for each chapter.

If you are a researcher, practitioner or student in education, an adult learning practitioner, training manager, or involved in human resource development, this is the definitive book in adult learning that you should not be without.

 

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Índice

Notes on the authors
List of figures List of tables Preface
Adult learning
Introduction to adult learning
Effective technologybased adult learning
Exploring the world of learning theory
a theory of adult learning
The andragogical process model for learning
New perspectives on andragogy
Beyond andragogy
Information technology and learning
Neuroscience and andragogy
Practices in adult learning
WholePartWhole Learning Model
Facilitating learning
Guidelines for using learning contracts

expanding the usefulness of the andragogical model
The backdrop of learning and teaching theories
Theories of learning
Theories of teaching
Adult learning within human resource development
Advancements in adult learning
Core Competency Diagnostic and Planning Guide
Personal Adult Learning Style inventory
European perspectives on adult learning contributed by John A Henschke
The future of andragogy
Bibliography
Index

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Sobre el autor (2014)

Malcolm S. Knowles was one of the nation’s leading authorities on adult education and training. He was the founding executive director of the Adult Education Association, and Professor of Adult and Community College Education at North Carolina State University.

Elwood F. Holton III, Ed.D., is the Jones S. Davis Distinguished Professor of Human Resource Development and Adult Education at Louisiana State University.

Richard A. Swanson is Professor Emeritus of Organization Learning, Policy, and Development at the University of Minnesota.

Información bibliográfica

TítuloThe Adult Learner: The definitive classic in adult education and human resource development
AutoresMalcolm S. Knowles, Elwood F. Holton III, Richard A. Swanson
Edición8, ilustrada, revisada
EditorRoutledge, 2014
ISBN1317812174, 9781317812173
N.º de páginas402 páginas
  
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