Adult Learner at Work: The Challenges of Lifelong Education in the New Millenium

ISBN-13: 9780367717384 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 384 str.

Robert Burns

Opis

A comprehensive guide to the context, psychology and methods of learning for the workplace completely revised on the basis of the changing needs of a new decade.

Spis treści

Preface

About the author

Part 1: The national and international context

Chapter 1 The changing context of work

Chapter 2 Lifelong education: Australian policy

Chapter 3 Learning organisations and learning communities

Part 2: The adult learner: psychological background

Chapter 4 The psychology of learning

Chapter 5 Intelligence and memory

Chapter 6 Motivation and personality

Part 3: Educating the adult

Chapter 7 Theories of adult education

Chapter 8 Methods in educating adults

Chapter 9 Implications for teaching, training and the organisation

Concluding overview

Bibliography

Index

O autorze

Robert Burns currently teaches in the Faculty of Education at the University of Brunei. He is the author of numerous successful books in the areas of psychology, adult learning, stress management, career guidance and business skills.