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| Title: | Adult Education
: Issues & Developments |
| Author: | Patricia N Blakely & Anna H Tomlin (eds) |
| ISBN: | 1604562722 : 9781604562729 |
| Illustrations: | tables |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 180x260mm |
| Pages: | 370 |
| Weight: | .964 Kg. |
| Published: | Nova Science Publishers - May 2008 |
| List Price: | 45.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | EDUCATION |
Adult education is the practice of teaching and educating adults. This often happens in the workplace, through 'extension' or 'continuing education' courses at secondary schools, at a college or university. Other learning places include folk high schools, community colleges, and lifelong learning centres. The practice is also often referred to as 'Training and Development'. It has also been referred to as andragogy (to distinguish it from pedagogy). A difference is made between vocational education, mostly undertaken in workplaces and frequently related to up-skilling, and non-formal adult education including learning skills or learning for personal development. Educating adults differs from educating children in several ways. One of the most important differences is that adults have accumulated knowledge and experience that can add or hinder the learning experience. This new book presents recent studies on this topic from several perspectives.
Preface; Minimising the Stress of Accelerated Adult Education: A Descriptive Study; How Teachers Change: A Study of Professional Development in Adult Education; The Development of Knowledge Structures in Adulthood; Learning Styles and Higher Education: No Adult Left Behind; Teaching Adult Learners Through a Learning Styles Approach: An Anecdotal Reflection on 44 Years of Teaching Experience; The Field Dependence/Field Independence Learning Styles: Implications for Adult Student Diversity, Outcomes Assessment and Accountability; Evidence on the Impact of Adult Upper Secondary Education in Sweden; Adult Learners in Higher Education; Index.
