As leading authorities on adult education and training, Elwood Holton and Richard Swanson have revised Malcolm Knowles' exemplary work on adult learning. While retaining the best from the past editions, they incorporate the latest developments in adult learning theory and practice into this major revision. This new book is divided into three parts ...
"An essential volume in adult education." -Choice"Merriam and Caffarella provide an excellent resource whose value will last until the appearance of the third edition." -Continuing Higher Education Review The second edition of Learning in Adulthood integrates the most important contributions to adult learning in the last decade. The result is an ...
The ongoing education and training of adults has become a necessity in many professional areas. Yet the staff who set up and administer these programs often lack skills for the very task that is so critical to the success of their efforts - the planning of the programs themselves. Drawing on the tremendous success of the first edition, "Planning ...
Now in its ninth edition, "Phonics Pathways" (with help from Dewey the Bookworm[trademark]) teaches students of all ages the rudiments of phonics and spelling with an efficient, practical, and foolproof method. Written in an easy-to-use format, "Phonics Pathways" is organized by sounds and spelling patterns. The patterns are introduced one at a ...
In this updated version of her landmark book "Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach", celebrated adult educator, Jane Vella revisits her twelve principles of dialogue education with a new theoretical perspective gleaned from the discipline of quantum physics. Vella sees the path to learning as a holistic, integrated, spiritual, and energetic ...
New to this edition is the blending of a neuroscientific understanding of motivation and learning with an instructional approach responsive to linguistically and culturally different adult learners. Based on the most current educational and biological research, "Enhancing Adult Motivation to Learn" addresses issues that focus on deepening learner ...
Whether you're fresh from high school or a returning student, this book provides hands-on strategies to help you develop the skills and confidence that are vital to success in college and beyond. Their secret is a proven, effective model incorporating six achievable goals that are essential to college success: clarify values, build competence, ...
The Third Edition of Philosophical Foundations of Adult Education presents seven theoretical approaches to adult education: liberal, progressive, behaviorist, humanist, radical/critical, analytic, and postmodern. The book gives the historical grounding as well as the basic principles for each approach. In this edition each chapter has been revised ...
"A superb, substantive book and one that should cause us to think about the learning society and how we are going to plan for it now and in the future. " --Adult LearningThis landmark work synthesizes the research and theory concerning adult learners and analyzes their potential impact on educational institutions. Includes a new preface.
Adult learners face unique challenges--work, family, and the numerous responsibilities and obligations that they must juggle while pursuing a degree. With limited time and financial resources, adult learners need to know where and how to get help quickly and easily, and who to turn to when they have questions. The Adult Learner's Companion helps ...
This edition reflects the latest work and advances in adult learning theory. Readers learn to develop meaningful programmes and use new techniques for effectively teaching adults. After examining the various theories of learning, the book presents the reasons why teaching adults is so different than teaching children. The book contains 13 ...
"The Profession and Practice of Adult Education" is a timely book and an excellent introduction to the field. Drawing from an extensive volume of literature, it provides comprehensive coverage and a clear guide. Graduate students will benefit from it and practitioners will be kept abreast of changes that are occurring. Peter Jarvis, is a professor ...
"Reading this wonderful book is like having Jane Vella at your side. She gives us the courage to risk changing our established habits of teaching." - Clifford Baden, director of programs for professional education, Harvard University "By marrying theory and practice, Vella has shown how to design learning that takes hold of the learner - mind, ...
Whether enrolling in college for the first time or returning after an extended absence, this motivational guide provides adult students with a wealth of practical guidance. This thorough handbook explores not only how to succeed academically while balancing family, work, and other important responsibilities, but also addresses how students can ...
This dialogue between two of the most prominent thinkers on social change in the twentieth century was certainly a meeting of giants. Throughout their highly personal conversations recorded here, Horton and Freire discuss the nature of social change and empowerment and their individual literacy campaigns. The ideas of these men developed through ...
How to achieve career success without a college degree? A four-year college is not for everyone, but what options do high school graduates have without a degree? "But What If I Don't Want to Go to College? Third Edition" provides concrete, step-by-step information for students who wish to pursue alternative career avenues or educational ...
Attempting to present a full range of methodology for conducting research, this book includes examples from research studies done with adults in adult settings. It examines traditional and less traditional research methodologies used to study adult education and training.
This book shows the reader how to plan seminars from start to finish, including: how to test-market seminar topics; negotiating techinques for great deals on halls, hotels, and conferencce rooms; how to promatoe a business dwith almost no cash investment; how to develop and sell tape cassettes of seminars; and igenious public relations tatics that ...
Learn about the four keys to success for English learners. (PDF, 561KB); Struggling older English learners pose a real challenge for educators. Some of these students are new arrivals with limited or interrupted schooling. Others have been in and out of ESL and bilingual programs in this country since kindergarten, but have never succeeded ...
Authored by John Santrock, a prominent developmental psychologist, and Jane Halonen, an educational leader in critical thinking, this concise text and CD-ROM combine together to appeal to instructors who want to emphasize student self-awareness in the pursuit of college success goals, as well as active learning strategies. Within the 10-chapter ...
An amazing reference covering every aspect of leading a training program or workshop - Bruce Klatt's "The Ultimate Training Workshop Handbook" was written for those who want to excel as trainers, and to offer maximum value both to client/employers and workshop participants.Focusing on success in front of the group and based on latt's 25 years of ...
The third edition of Adult Learning Methods, with revisions, updates, and six new chapters, provides the educator of adults with ways to understand and facilitate adult learning. It is a clearly written guide to understanding the complex aspects associated with techniques and methods of the teaching and learning encounter. The book is comprised of ...
"Cultures of Curriculum" is meant to foster awareness, examination and deliberation about the curricula planned for and carried out in classrooms and schools; to inspire conversations about theory and practice as well as political, social and moral issues; and to expand critical consciousness about individuals' approaches to curriculum and ...
A companion work to 1993's popular "An Update on Adult Learning Theory", this issue provides the adult learning educator with the latest developments, significant research, and continuing scholarship in andragogy and self-directed learning. Exploring a variety of frameworks, including context-based learning, informal and incidental learning, ...
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