a comprehensive guide Merriam, Sharan B. creator Caffarella, Rosemary S. (Rosemary Shelly) 1946- Baumgartner, Lisa 1964- text bibliography cau San Francisco Jossey-Bass c2007 2007 3rd ed. monographic eng

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xvi, 533 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. PART ONE: ADULT LEARNING IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY: The social context of adult learning -- Learning environments and learning concepts -- Adult learners: who participates and why -- PART TWO: ADULT LEARNING THEORY AND MODELS: Knowles's andragogy and models of adult learning by McClusky, Illeris, and Jarvis -- Self-directed learning -- Transformational learning -- Experience and learning -- PART THREE: NEWER APPROACHES TO ADULT LEARNING: Embodied, spiritual, and narrative learning -- Learning and knowing: non-Western perspectives -- Critical theory, postmodern, and feminist perspectives -- PART FOUR: LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT: Traditional learning theories -- Adult development -- Cognitive development in adulthood -- Intelligence and aging -- Memory, cognition, and the brain -- Reflections on learning in adulthood. Sharan B. Merriam, Rosemary S. Caffarella, Lisa M. Baumgartner. Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-503) and indexes. Adult learning LC5225.L42 M47 2007 374 0787975885 (cloth) 9780787975883 (cloth) 2006019145 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0615/2006019145.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0826/2006019145-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0826/2006019145-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0615/2006019145.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0826/2006019145-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0826/2006019145-d.html DLC 060609 20211228150450.0 14407074