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Understanding and Facilitating Adult Learning: A C Comprehensive Analysis of Principles & Effective Practices (Paper)

Understanding and Facilitating Adult Learning: A C Comprehensive Analysis of Principles & Effective Practices (Paper)

Author: SD Brookfield
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publication Date: 03 Sep 1991
ISBN-13: 9781555423551
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1986 Winner of the Imogene Okes Award and the Cyril O. Houle World Award for Literature in Adult Education The first book to receive both the Imogene Okes Award and the Cyril O. Houle World Award for Literature in Adult Education presented by the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education. This book analyzes current approaches to adult learning and presents a comprehensive review of the research on how adults learn.


Table of Contents


  1. Adult Learners: Motives for Learning and Implications for Practice. 2. Understanding How Adults Learn. 3. Exploring Self-Directedness in Learning. 4. Facilitating Self-Directed Learning. 5. Andragogy: Alternative Interpretations and Applications. 6. The Facilitator's Role in Adult Learning. 7. Learning in Informal Settings. 8. Learning in Formal Settings. 9. Program Development for Adults: Challenging the Institutional Approach. 10. Structuring Programs Around Learners' Needs and Abilities. 11. Evaluating Learning and Its Facilitation. 12. Facilitating Learning: Toward Guidelines for Good Practice.

Author Description


STEPHEN D. BROOKFIELD is Distinguished Professor at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota. He has written widely on the topics of adult education, critical thinking, and teaching and has received numerous awards for his books, including the Cyril O. Houle World Award for Literature in Adult Education and the Imogene E. Okes Award for Outstanding Research in Adult Education.






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