Learning Lives Educational Biographies
"This book is refreshingly personal and studded with insightful case study examples. It is a timely and major contribution to the literature of adult education."\ —Jack Mezirow, professor emeritus, Adult and Continuing Education, Teachers College, Columbia University\ \ "A brilliant tribute to the value of teachers intentionally guiding students to sharpen what I believe Howard Gardner has named intrapersonal intelligence."\ —Margaret Holt, assistant professor, University of Georgia,...
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"This book is refreshingly personal and studded with insightful case study examples. It is a timely and major contribution to the literature of adult education." —Jack Mezirow, professor emeritus, Adult and Continuing Education, Teachers College, Columbia University "A brilliant tribute to the value of teachers intentionally guiding students to sharpen what I believe Howard Gardner has named intrapersonal intelligence." —Margaret Holt, assistant professor, University of Georgia, Athens "A valuable contribution to the growing dialogue centering around narrative approaches to education, autobiographical learning, and ways in which autobiographical activities stimulate personal growth and transformative learning." —Marsha Rossiter, associate director, Division of Continuing Education and Extension, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh This is the first professional guide to using educational biography with adult learners. It offers engaging anecdotes and narratives, insightful interpretations and analyses, and numerous examples of different biographical approaches. Written for practitioners who conduct adult educational programs in formal or informal settings, this book can help teachers, trainers, career counselors, and human resource professionals to empower learners in assuming greater responsibility for their education and development. Pierre Dominice draws valuable lessons from his work with educational biography to describe the multiple ways in which adults think and learn. His explorations help educators to stay focused on learning and not just teaching. Booknews Educational biography is a new approach to helping adult learners understand what they already know, how and why they learned in the past, and what motivates them to pursue new educational opportunities. This guide to using the approach offers anecdotes and narratives, interpretations and analyses, and examples of different biographical approaches. Of interest to teachers, trainers, career counselors, human resource professionals, and others who conduct adult educational programs in formal and informal settings. The author teaches adult education at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
ForewordPrefaceThe Author1Learning as an Active Search for Meaning12Understanding Biographical Approaches to Learning133From Life History to Educational Biography374How Adults Educate Themselves655Exploring Adults' Ways of Thinking836Learners' Needs, Motivations, and Dreams1057Helping Learners Put Words to Their Lives1298Giving Evaluation Another Meaning1479Creating Conditions for Successful Learning in Adult Life171References193Index201
\ BooknewsEducational biography is a new approach to helping adult learners understand what they already know, how and why they learned in the past, and what motivates them to pursue new educational opportunities. This guide to using the approach offers anecdotes and narratives, interpretations and analyses, and examples of different biographical approaches. Of interest to teachers, trainers, career counselors, human resource professionals, and others who conduct adult educational programs in formal and informal settings. The author teaches adult education at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
