Merriam, Sharan B. <br/><br/>
Learning in adulthood :  a comprehensive guide / 
Sharan B. Merriam, Rosemary S. Caffarella, Lisa M. Baumgartner. 
 - 3rd ed. 
 - San Francisco :  Jossey-Bass,  c2007. 
 - xvi, 533 p. :  ill ;  24 cm. 
 - Jossey-bass higher and adult education series .
 - Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series. .
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<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> Examines research and practice in adult learning, looking at adult learning in contemporary society, theory and models of adult learning, newer approaches, and learning and development. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780787975883 (trade) 0787975885 (trade) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006019145 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Adult learning.<br/>Adult education.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>374