Adults as Learners: Increasing Participation and Facilitating Learning

ISBN-13: 9781555424459 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 336 str.

K. Patricia Cross

Opis

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.
--Adult Learning

Recenzje

"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."

Spis treści

1. Growth of the Learning Society
2. Issues in Recruiting Adult Learners
3. Who Participates in Adult Learning
4. Why Adults Participate––and Why Not
5. Toward a Model of Adult Motivation for Learning
6. Implications for Increasing Participation
7. Patterns of Adult Learning and Development
8. How and What Adults Learn––and Want to Learn
9. Facilitating Learning

O autorze

K. PATRICIA CROSS is David Pierpont Gardner Professor of Higher Education at the University of California Berkeley.

Blurb

"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." ––Adult LearningThis landmark work synthesizes the research and theory concerning adult learners and analyzes their potential impact on educational institutions. Includes a new preface.