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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480826603321

Autore

Fogarty Robin

Titolo

The adult learner : some things we know / / Robin J. Fogarty, Brian M. Pete

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin, , 2004

©2004

ISBN

1-4833-6105-5

1-4833-6322-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (113 p.)

Collana

In A Nutshell Series

Disciplina

374.1102

Soggetti

Adult education

Adult learning

Learning strategies

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1 - Some Things We Know about Adult Learners""; ""Telltale Comments""; ""Things We Know""; ""Adult Learning: The Research Base""; ""Five Assumptions about Adult Learners""; ""Supporting Assumptions about Adult Learners""; ""Krupp�s Work on Adult Learners""; ""Thirty Things We Know for Sure""; ""Chapter 2 - Some Things We Know about Change""; ""This Horse is Not Dead""; ""The Change Game""; ""Who Moved My Cheese?""; ""Group Process-Roles People Play""; ""The Three-Tiered Change Process""

""Chapter 3 - Some Things We Know about Professional Development""""Evolution of Professional Development Models""; ""Learning Organizations""; ""Best Practices in Professional Development""; ""The Training Model""; ""Chapter 4 - Conclusion""; ""Concerns Based Adoption Model""; ""Situational Dispositions for Transfer""; ""Appendix: Discussion of Statements in Figure 1.1""; ""Bibliography""

Sommario/riassunto

Discover strategies that work with the adult learner!  Based on the authors' 20 years of combined experience, this illuminating text



examines the challenge of teaching adults and reveals what really works when leading professional development training for educators. Ideal for new and aspiring staff developers, this resource presents research-based adult learner theory and reviews assumptions about adult learners, principles that guide adult learning practices, and adult responses to change. The authors discuss all aspects of adult training, including: Roles people play in group processesThe t