Authors:James P. Pappas, Jerry Jerman,
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Keywords: adult, education, continuing, ace, single, amp, directions, degree, needs, learner, nontraditional, doctoral, meeting, new
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2010-11-16
List price: $29.00
ISBN-10: 1118027639
ISBN-13: 9781118027639

Authors:James P. Pappas, Jerry Jerman,
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Keywords: adult, continuing, education, ace, issue, amp, single, directions, delivering, degree, programs, new, developing
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2004-09-17
List price: $29.00
ISBN-10: 0787977675
ISBN-13: 9780787977672

This issue explores the growing field of adult degree programs and considers the theoretical underpinnings of such programs and hands-on issues as curriculum, faculty, marketing, technology, financing, and accreditation, all with a goal of informing and equipping both scholars and practitioners.More and more adults who have been out of school for many years have turned to colleges and universities to complete undergraduate and graduate degrees that will make them competitive in the workforce, fulfill a professional requirement, or enrich them intellectually. Higher education institutions and m

Authors:Sandra Johnson, Kathleen Taylor,
Publisher: Jossey-Ba
Keywords: adult, continuing, education, ace, issue, single, directions, learning, new, neuroscience
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 2006-07-11
List price: $29.00
ISBN-10: 0787987042
ISBN-13: 9780787987046

This timely volume examines links between the emerging neurobiological research on adult learning and the adult educators’ practice. Now that it is possible to trace the pathways of the brain involved in various learning tasks, we can also explore which learning environments are likely to be most effective. Topics explored in The Neuroscience of Adult Learning include: basic brain architecture and "executive" functions of the brain how learning can "repair" the effects of psychological trauma on the brain effects of stress and emotions on learning the centrality of experience to learnin

Author: Sharan B. Merriam
Publisher: Jossey-Ba
Keywords: adult, education, continuing, ace, single, issue, new, update, learning, theory, third, directions
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 2008-11-03
List price: $29.00
ISBN-10: 0470417854
ISBN-13: 9780470417850

This Third Update on Adult Learning Theory follows two earlier volumes on the same topic, the first published in 1993 and the second in 2001. Only one topic, transformative learning theory, can be found in all three updates, representing the continuing developments in research and alternative theoretical conceptions of TL. Thanks to a growing body of research and theory-building, three topics briefly touched on in 2001 are now separate chapters in this third update: OL {list-style:disc} P:{margin-left 60px} spirituality and adult learning learning through the body narrative learning in adulth

Author: Gerd Kempermann M.D.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: adult, development, brain, neuronal, cells, neurogenesis, stem
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 2005-11-28
List price: $84.95
ISBN-10: 0195179714
ISBN-13: 9780195179712

The discovery of adult neurogenesis and of stem cells in the brain has changed our view of the mature brain. Though we now know that the adult brain can make new neurons, it normally does so only in two privileged regions, the olfactory bulb and the hippocampus. Yet stem cells, which have the potential to produce new neurons, can be found throughout the adult brain. So why does the brain not make wider use of its potential for neurogenesis? And what is the function of new neurons and of neural stem cells in areas where they occur? After all, the brain regenerates poorly and many neurologi

Author: Jack Mezirow
Publisher: Jossey-Ba
Keywords: adult, higher, education, bass, series, jossey, dimensions, learning, transformative
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 1991-05-07
List price: $48.00
ISBN-10: 1555423396
ISBN-13: 9781555423391

Transformative Dimensions of Adult Learning describes the dynamics of how adults learn--and how their perceptions are transformed by learning--as a framework for formulating educational theory and practice. It presents an in-depth analysis of the ways in which adults learn, how they make meaning of the learning experience, and how their lives can be transformed by it.

Author: Sharan B. Merriam
Publisher: Jossey-Ba
Keywords: new, adult, issue, ace, single, education, directions, update, learning, theory, continuing
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2001-05-08
List price: $29.00
ISBN-10: 0787957739
ISBN-13: 9780787957735

A companion work to 1993’s popular An Update on Adult Learning Theory, this issue provides the adult learning educator with the latest developments, significant research, and continuing scholarship in andragogy and self-directed learning. Exploring a variety of frameworks, including context-based learning, informal and incidental learning, somatic learning, and narrative learning; the authors analyze recent additions to well-established theories and discuss the potential impact of today’s cutting-edge approaches. Revised models of theories introduced in the 1993 edition, such as wo