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Adult Learning Books
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Adults as Learners : Increasing Participation and Facilitating Learning
Review: "A superb, substantive book and one that should cause us to think about the learning society and how we are going to plan for it now and in the future."
From the Inside Flap: This landmark work synthesizes the research and theory concerning adult learners and analyzes their potential impact on educational institutions. Includes a new preface.
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Adult Learning Methods: A Guide for Effective Instruction
Book Description: The third edition of Adult Learning Methods, with revisions, updates, and six new chapters, provides the educator of adults with ways to understand and facilitate adult learning. It is a clearly written guide to understanding the complex aspects associated with techniques and methods of the teaching and learning encounter.
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Transformative Dimensions of Adult Learning
From the Back Cover: Transformative Dimensions of Adult Learning describes the dynamics of how adults learn--and how their perceptions are transformed by learning--as a framework for formulating educational theory and practice. It presents an in-depth analysis of the ways in which adults learn, how they make meaning of the learning experience, and how their lives can be transformed by it.
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Taking Learning to Task: Creative Strategies for Teaching Adults
Review: "Reading this wonderful book is like having Jane Vella at your side. She encourages, she coaches, she inquires, she models--and ultimately she gives us the courage to risk changing our established habits of teaching. An important book, to be read and reread." �Clifford Baden, director of programs in professional education, Harvard University
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The Adult Learner : The Definitive Classic in Adult Education and Human Resource Development
Review: "This book is the definitive classic in both adult education and human resource development." --Dr. Harold W. Stubblefield.
"...Malcolm Knowles was among the first people to recognize the special needs of adult students. . . . These discussions will help a company effectively raise the skill level of its workforce." -HR Magazine
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