348 Pages
by
Routledge
348 Pages
by
Routledge
352 Pages
by
Routledge
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'This is an impressive book that will be of wide interest to adult educators everywhere.Many of the book's contributors work at the University of Technology, Sydney - surely the world's pre-eminent institution for the study of adult learning, and the most open and generous location for debate. Its virtues are the book's.' Alan Tuckett, National Institute of Adult Continuing Education, UK 'I am... Read more
Preface
Contributors
Introduction
Part I The Foundations
Introduction to Part I
1 A framework for understanding adult learning and education Griff Foley
2 Understanding adult learners Philip Pogson + Mark Tennant
3 Teaching adults Griff Foley
4 Program development in adult education and training Michael Newman
5 Evaluating adult education and training James Athanasou
Part II Context and Change
Introduction to Part II
6 Research in adult education and training John McIntyre
7 Policy formation in adult education and training Griff Foley, Alastair Crombie, Geof Hawke + Roger Morris
8 Flexible learning for adults Richard Edwards + Katherine Nicoll
9 Reading the discources of adult basic education teaching Alison Lee + Rosie Wickert
Part III Workplace Change and Learning
Introduction to Part III
10 Organisational learning: basic concepts Laurie Field
Contributors
Introduction
Part I The Foundations
Introduction to Part I
1 A framework for understanding adult learning and education Griff Foley
2 Understanding adult learners Philip Pogson + Mark Tennant
3 Teaching adults Griff Foley
4 Program development in adult education and training Michael Newman
5 Evaluating adult education and training James Athanasou
Part II Context and Change
Introduction to Part II
6 Research in adult education and training John McIntyre
7 Policy formation in adult education and training Griff Foley, Alastair Crombie, Geof Hawke + Roger Morris
8 Flexible learning for adults Richard Edwards + Katherine Nicoll
9 Reading the discources of adult basic education teaching Alison Lee + Rosie Wickert
Part III Workplace Change and Learning
Introduction to Part III
10 Organisational learning: basic concepts Laurie Field
Biography
Griff Foley is Associate Professor in Adult Education at the University of Technology, Sydney. He is author of Learning in Social Action (Zed, 1999).
