Understanding and Facilitating Adult Learning: A Comprehensive Analysis of Principles and Effective Practices

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Author: Stephen D. Brookfield

ISBN-10: 1555423558

ISBN-13: 9781555423551

Category: Adult education -> United States

This comprehensive review examines how adults learn. It presents the research currently available on the subject, as well as an analysis of the methods most commonly used in teaching adults.

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1986 Winner of the Imogene Okes Award and the Cyril O. Houle World Award for Literature in Adult Education The first book to receive both the Imogene Okes Award and the Cyril O. Houle World Award for Literature in Adult Education presented by the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education. This book analyzes current approaches to adult learning and presents a comprehensive review of the research on how adults learn.

1. Adult Learners: Motives for Learning and Implications for Practice2. Understanding How Adults Learn3. Exploring Self-Directedness in Learning4. Facilitating Self-Directed Learning5. Andragogy: Alternative Interpretations and Applications6. The Facilitator's Role in Adult Learning7. Learning in Informal Settings8. Learning in Formal Settings9. Program Development for Adults: Challenging the Institutional Approach10. Structuring Programs Around Learners' Needs and Abilities11. Evaluating Learning and Its Facilitation12. Facilitating Learning: Toward Guidelines for Good Practice