1st Edition

Methods for Facilitating Adult Learning Strategies for Enhancing Instruction and Instructor Effectiveness

404 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

404 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

404 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book equips instructors with fresh, practical teaching and training methods to support adult learning in both formal and continuing educational environments. An extensive, how-to guide, Methods for Facilitating Adult Learning covers adult teaching and learning fundamentals, collaborative teaching methods, methods for facilitating autonomous learning, community-based teaching methods, and... Read more

1.      Introduction: Learning Theory and Methods

Lisa M. Baumgartner

Part I Fundamentals of Adult Teaching and Learning

2. Interactive Lecture: Engaging Active Learning/Interactive Teaching and Learning with Lecture

Joellen E. Coryell

3. Using an African Diasporic Feminist Approach to Teach for Change

Vanessa Sheared and Juanita Johnson-Bailey

4. Teaching Students to Think Critically in the Age of TikTok, Tweets, and Tenacious Titillation

Robin Redmon Wright

5. Teaching Perspectives: A Philosophical Foundation for Methods

Daniel D. Pratt

Part II Collaborative Methods in Teaching and Learning

6. Dialogue and Discussion: Applying bell hooks to Diverse Education Contexts

Chaddrick D. James-Gallaway, Patrice B. French, Alyssa Brigham, and Rahsaan Dawson

7. Case Studies/Case Stories

Steven W. Schmidt

8. Collaborative Learning and Group Work

Monica Fedeli and Edward W. Taylor

9. Mentoring to Facilitate Adult Learning

Catherine A. Hansman and Geleana D. Alston

10. Learning from Experience Through Role Play

European-American Collaborative Challenging Whiteness

Part III Methods for Facilitating Autonomous Learning

11. Learning Contracts, Individualized Learning Agreements, and Personal Development Plans: Nine Components and Personal Narratives

Jeremy W. Bohonos, Esther S. Pippins, Eboni Henderson, and Sandra Montalvo

12. Teaching and Learning with Portfolios

Benjamin A. Jimenez

13. Reflexive Learning and Reflexive Practice

Mike Klein

Part IV Community-Based Teaching and Learning Methods

14. Community-based Service-Learning as Engaged Andragogy

Trae Stewart, Tania D. Mitchell, Lane Perry, and Billy O’Steen

15. Multiple Ways of Knowing: Facilitating Arts-based and Embodied Learning in Adult Education

Randee Lipson Lawrence

16. Field-based Experiences and C*Sci Training for Adults

Jill Zaretsky and Lauren Vilen

17. Strategies for Working with ESL Learners in Adult Education Classrooms

Clarena Larrotta

Part V Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning Methods

18. Gamification of Learning for Adult Learners

Wenhao David Huang and Jill Huang

19. Flipped Classrooms for the Adult Learner

Leann M. R. Kaiser and Kalpana Gupta

20. Closed and Open Online Discussion Forums

Simone C. O. Conceição and Susan M. Yelich Biniecki

21. Adopting Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in Adult Learning Contexts

Sunyoung Park, Boreum (Jenny) Ju, and Shinhee Jeong

22. Simulation-based Learning in Adult Education

James A. Cleveland

Biography

Joellen E. Coryell is Associate Dean and Professor of Adult, Professional, and Community Education at Texas State University, USA.

Lisa M. Baumgartner is Professor of Adult, Professional, and Community Education at Texas State University, USA.

Jeremy W. Bohonos is Assistant Professor of Adult, Professional, and Community Education at Texas State University, USA.