The Adult Learner: The definitive classic in adult education and human resource development 8th Edition (eBook PDF)

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0415739020
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0415739023
• Author: Malcolm S. Knowles, Elwood F. Holton III, Richard A. Swanson

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

table of contents:

Part I: Adult Learning

1. Introduction to Adult Learning

2. Exploring the World of Learning Theory

3. Andragogy: A Theory of Adult Learning

4. The Andragogical Process Model for Learning

5. Andragogy in Practice

Part II: The Backdrop of Learning and Teaching Theories

6.Theories of Learning

7.Theories of Teaching

8.Adult Learning Within Human Resource Development

Part III: Advancements in Adult Learning

9.New Perspectives on Andragogy

10.Beyond Andragogy

11.Information Technology and Learning

12.Neuroscience and Andragogy

Part IV: Practices in Adult Learning

13.Whole Part Whole Learning Model

14.Facilitating Learning

15.Guidelines for the Using Learning Contracts

16.Core Competency Diagnostic and Planning Guide

17.Personal Adult Learning Style Inventory

18.Effective Technology-Based Adult Learning

Part V: International and Future Perspectives on Adult Learning

19.European Perspectives on Adult Learning (Contributed by John A. Henschke and Mary Cooper)

20.Andragogy: International History, Meaning, Context, and Function (Contributed by Dr. Jost Reischmann)

21.The Future of Andragogy

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