Learning in Adulthood: A Comprehensive Guide (Hardcover, 4)

Preface

The Authors

Part One: Adult Learning in Contemporary Society

1 The Social Context of Adult Learning

2 Adult Learning and Technology

3 Learning Environments and Learning Concepts

4 Adult Learners: Who Participates and Why

Part Two: Adult Learning Theory

5 Knowles’s Andragogy and McClusky’s Theory of Margin

6 Self-Directed Learning

7 Transformative Learning

8 Experience and Learning

Part Three: Newer Approaches to Adult Learning

9 Embodied, Spiritual, and Narrative Learning

10 Learning and Knowing: Eastern and Indigenous Perspectives

11 Critical Theory, Postmodern, and Feminist Perspectives

Part Four: Learning and Development

12 Adult Development

13 Cognitive Development in Adulthood

14 Intelligence and Aging

15 Brain, Memory, and Cognition

16 Reflections on Learning in Adulthood

References

Name Index

Subject Index