LEARNING IN ADULTHOOD : a comprehensive guide, fourth edition.

"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, including the context in which it takes place, who the participants are, what they learn a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: MERRIAM
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] JOHN WILEY & Sons, 2020.
Temas:
Adult learning.
Apprentissage adulte.
Adult learning
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • Overview of the Contents
  • About the Authors
  • Part I Adult Learning in Contemporary Society
  • Chapter 1 The Social Context of Adult Learning
  • Changing Demographics
  • Globalization
  • Technology
  • The Convergence of Demographics, Globalization, and Technology
  • Summary
  • Chapter 2 Adult Learning and Technology
  • History of Distance Education: From Mail to MOOCs
  • Learning Theories for Online Education
  • Blended Learning
  • Best Practices for Online Teaching
  • Challenges in the Online Learning Environment
  • Informal and Nonformal Learning and Technology
  • The Future of Technology in Adult and Higher Education
  • Summary
  • Chapter 3 Learning Environments and Learning Concepts
  • Where Learning Occurs
  • Organizational Learning and the Learning Organization
  • Lifelong Learning and the Learning Society
  • Summary
  • Chapter 4 Adult Learners: Who Participates and Why
  • Who Participates?
  • Why Adults Do or Do Not Participate
  • Problematizing the Concept of Participation
  • Summary
  • Part II Adult Learning Theory
  • Chapter 5 Knowles's Andragogy and McClusky's Theory of Margin
  • Andragogy
  • McClusky's Theory of Margin
  • Summary
  • Chapter 6 Self-Directed Learning
  • Recent Applications
  • Goals of Self-Directed Learning
  • Self-Directed Learning as a Process
  • Self-Direction as a Personal Attribute of Learners
  • Applications of SDL and Building Research and Theory
  • Summary
  • Chapter 7 Transformative Learning
  • Transformative Learning: Many Lenses
  • Mezirow's Psychocritical Approach
  • Key Concepts in Transformational Learning
  • Tensions and Issues in Transformational Learning Theory
  • Summary
  • Chapter 8 Experience and Learning
  • Learning from Life Experiences
  • Models of Experiential Learning
  • Educators' Roles and Purposes
  • Instructional Methods Centering on Experience and Reflection
  • Summary
  • Part III Newer Approaches to Adult Learning
  • Chapter 9 Embodied, Spiritual, and Narrative Learning
  • Embodied Learning
  • Spirituality and Learning
  • Narrative Learning
  • Summary
  • Chapter 10 Learning and Knowing: Eastern and Indigenous Perspectives
  • Why Study Other Ways of Learning and Knowing?
  • The Western/Non-Western Dichotomy, Culture, and Indigenous Knowledge
  • An Introduction to Five Eastern or Indigenous Perspectives on Learning
  • Common Themes Across Eastern and Indigenous Perspectives
  • Summary
  • Chapter 11 Critical Theory, Postmodern, and Feminist Perspectives
  • Common Themes
  • Critical Theory and Adult Learning
  • Critical Theory in Action
  • Postmodernism and Adult Learning
  • Feminist Pedagogy and Adult Learning
  • Summary
  • Part IV Learning and Development
  • Chapter 12 Adult Development
  • Four Approaches to Adult Development
  • Biological Development
  • Psychological Development
  • Sociocultural Factors
  • Integrative Perspectives

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