Authors: Ellie Drago-Severson
ISBN-13: 9780807744840, ISBN-10: 0807744840
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Date Published: June 2004
Edition: 1st Edition
This book offers a new and promising way to support adults in Adult Basic Education (ABE) and English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) programs specifically, and learners in adult education in general. Applying renowned Harvard University psychologist Robert Kegan's constructive-developmental theory, Drago-Severson depicts an in-depth investigation into how and why adults develop "ways of knowing" to better prepare them for their work in the 21st century. This book provides practical suggestions for applying Kegan's theory in adult education classrooms that will enable teachers, curriculum developers, program designers, and policymakers to better respond to adult learners' strengths and learning needs.
Foreword | ||
1 | Introduction : aims, purposes, and intentions of this book | 1 |
2 | Understanding constructive-developmental theory | 17 |
3 | Research method | 37 |
4 | The polaroid learning site | 55 |
5 | "Not I alone" : the power of the cohort and collaborative learning | 72 |
6 | "Good teachers understand their students" : a developmental view of learners' expectations of their teachers | 103 |
7 | "We're trying to get ahead" : changes in learners' conceptions of themselves, their skills, and their relationship to work | 129 |
8 | Implications of a new pluralism for program design, curriculum development, practice, policy, and research | 154 |
Epilogue : graduation : a red-letter day | 181 |