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An Update on Adult Learning Theory » (1st Edition)

Book cover image of An Update on Adult Learning Theory by Ace

Authors: Ace, S. Imel S., Sharan B. Merriam
ISBN-13: 9781555426842, ISBN-10: 1555426840
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Date Published: March 1993
Edition: 1st Edition

Author Biography: Ace

Book Synopsis

This volume of New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education presents discussions of well-established theories and new perspectives on learning in adulthood. Knowles' andragogy, self-directed learning, Mezirow's perspective transformation, and several other models are assessed for their contribution to our understanding of adult learning. In addition, recent theoretical orientations, including consciousness and learning, situated cognition, critical theory, and feminist pedagogy, are discussed in terms of how each expands the knowlege base of adult learning.

This is the 57th issue of the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education.

	Editor's Notes	1
1	Adult Learning: Where Have We Come from? Where Are We Headed?	5
2	Andragogy After Twenty-Five Years	15
3	Self-Directed Learning	25
4	Three Underdeveloped Models for Adult Learning	37
5	Transformational Learning	47
6	Consciousness and Learning: New and Renewed Approaches	57
7	The Promise of Situated Cognition	71
8	The Contribution of Critical Theory to Our Understanding of Adult Learning	81
9	Feminism and Adult Learning: Power, Pedagogy, and Praxis	91
10	Taking Stock	105
	Index	111