Adult Education Recent Books

Beyond training : the rise of adult education in the military

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Authors:

Zacharakis,Jeffrey; Polson,Cheryl Jean

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New directions for adult and continuing education ; no. 136, Wiley, San Francisco, p.106 (2012)

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eng

Mentor : guiding the journey of adult learners

kkerns — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:24:19 +0000

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Authors:

Daloz,Laurent A.; Daloz,Laurent A.Effective teaching and mentoring

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Wiley, Volume 2nd, Hoboken, N.J., p.286 (2012)

Call Number:

Cubb LC5225 .M45 D35 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9955272

Keywords:

Adult education, Mentoring in education

Abstract:

Summary: With a new introduction and afterword, this edition is a practical, engaging exploration of mentoring and its power to transform learning. Filled with inspiring vignettes, 'Mentor' shows how anyone who teaches can become a successful mentor to students.

Publication Language:

eng

Adult civic engagement in adult learning

kkerns — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:53:05 +0000

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Authors:

Muñoz,Linda; Wrigley,Heide Spruck

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New directions for adult and continuing education ; no. 135, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, p.95 (2012)

Call Number:

Cubb LC1091 .A33 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/10085744

Keywords:

Adult education--United States, Adult learning--United States, Civics--Study and teaching--United States, Democracy and education--United States, Service learning--United States

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Contents: Civic engagement in the United States: roots and branches / Susan Imel -- Deliberative democracy and adult civic education / Martín Carcasson, Leah Sprain -- Dimensions of immigrant integration and civic engagement: issues and exemplary programs / Heide Spruck Wrigley -- Exploring the meaning of civic engagement in the United States: Mexican immigrants in central Texas / Linda Muñoz -- Civic engagement and environmental literacy / Robert J. Hill -- Learning from the grassroots: exploring democratic adult learning opportunities connected to grassroots organizations / Patricia A. Gouthro -- Critically minded shopping as a process of adult learning and civic engagement / Kaela Jubas -- Blog, chat, edit, text, or tweet?: using online tools to advance adult civic engagement / Laura W. Black -- The varieties of adult civic engagement in adult learning / Linda Muñoz, Heide Spruck Wrigley.

Publication Language:

eng

Designing training and instructional programs for older adults

kkerns — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:23:17 +0000

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Authors:

Czaja,Sara J., author; Sharit,Joseph, author

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Human factors & aging series, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida (2013)

Call Number:

Cubb LC5457 .C93 2013

URL:

http://marc.crcnetbase.com/isbn/9781439848470

Keywords:

Aging--Psychological aspects, Instructional systems--Design, Older people--Education

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Summary: "Current and emerging trends in the domains of health management and the work sector, the abundance of new consumer products pervading the marketplace, and the desires of many older adults to undertake new learning experiences means that older adults, like their younger counterparts, will need to continually engage in new learning and training. Thus, understanding the challenges that older people face when confronted with new learning and training programs and developing potential strategies to overcome them is imperative. A comprehensive state-of-the-science review, Designing Training and Instructional Programs for Older Adults explores a broad range of issues, from the implications of theories of learning for designing instruction for older adults to adapting current perspectives on methods of instructional design to accommodate the capabilities and limitations of older learners. The authors provide an understanding of today's older adults, their demographics, their needs, the challenges facing them, and a realistic appraisal of their abilities and limitations's a basis for how current knowledge about training and instructional design should be shaped and applied to best accommodate this population of learners. They discuss topics such as retention and transfer of training, sequencing the order of instruction, e-learning, multimedia training formats, and the assessment and evaluation of training programs from the perspective of issues relevant to older learners. They also highlight the challenges presented by this very heterogeneous group that varies tremendously in backgrounds, skills, knowledge, and abilities.Focusing on how learning occurs, the authors' balanced coverage makes the book readable and enlightening across a wide spectrum of professionals and academics, including human factors/ergonomics specialists, gerontologists, managers, educators, undergraduate and graduate students, and the design community. The book supplies concise recommendations that will have direct impact on the design of instructional programs and for those individuals who are responsible for the training and performance of older people"-- Provided by publisher.; Summary: "Preface Our goal in writing this book was to draw on an understanding of today's older adults--including their demographics, their needs, the challenges facing them, and a realistic appraisal of their abilities and limitations--as a basis for how current knowledge about training and instructional design should be shaped and applied to best accommodate this population of learners. With rapidly emerging technologies, including those in the domains of health management and the work sector, as well as the many products that are continually pervading the consumer market that are capable of positively affecting the quality of life of many older adults, understanding the barriers that older people may face in learning to use these resources is imperative. The literature on training and instructional design is not only extensive but has a relatively long history. Many of the developments in these areas were driven by the desire to improve learning in our educational institutions and the training of our military and industrial personnel. One of the key challenges in writing this book was to distill knowledge from these vast areas that would be relevant to the problem of training and instructional design for older adults. This was necessary in part because there is no theory of training and instruction that is directed solely toward this population of learners. There are stretches throughout this book where it may seem that the older learner has been neglected as we examine in some depth topics fundamental to or related to training and instruction. However, we have tried as much as possible to ensure that these discussions always relate back to the primary subject of this book, the older learner"-- Provided by publisher.

Publication Language:

eng

Daring the doctorate : the journey at mid-career

kkerns — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:23:21 +0000

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Authors:

Demb,Ada

Source:

p.167 (Submitted)

Call Number:

Cubb LB2369 .D45 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9931836

Keywords:

Academic--Authorship, Adult college students, Dissertations, Doctoral students, Mid-career

Abstract:

Contents: Doctoral students & project participants -- Why the doctorate now? -- What's so different about mid-career? -- Fear, costs, guilt, isolation -- Challenges & exhilaration -- Insiders and outsiders -- Advisors and mentors -- Images that illuminate -- Transformations -- Broadening perspectives -- Reflections -- Appendix: research design and methodology.

Publication Language:

eng

Teaching and learning in further education : diversity and change

kkerns — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 21:26:26 +0000

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Authors:

Huddleston,Prue; Unwin,Lorna

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Routledge, Volume 4th, London ; New York, p.238 (2013)

Call Number:

Cubb LC5256 .G7 H76 2013

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9920730

Keywords:

Adult learning--Great Britain, Continuing education--Great Britain, Teaching--Great Britain

Publication Language:

eng

Learning at the ends of life : children, elders, and literacies in intergenerational curricula

kkerns — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 21:26:23 +0000

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Authors:

Heydon,Rachel

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University of Toronto Press, Toronto, ON, p.235 (2013)

Call Number:

Cubb LC5457 .H49 2013

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9921326

Keywords:

Children and older people, Education, Education--Curricula, Intergenerational relations, Internet in education, Literacy programs, Older people--Education, Older people--Education--Curricula

Publication Language:

eng

More powerful literacies

kkerns — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 22:24:09 +0000

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Authors:

Tett,Lyn; Hamilton,Mary; Crowther,Jim; National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (England and Wales)

Source:

(Submitted)

Call Number:

Cubb LC149 .M613 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9860625

Keywords:

Literacy, Literacy--Social aspects

Publication Language:

eng

In transition : adult higher education governance in private institutions

kkerns — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:12:40 +0000

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Authors:

Ellis,J. Richard; Holtrop,Stephen D.

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New directions for higher education ; no. 159, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, p.94 (2012)

Call Number:

Cubb LB2300 .N5 NO.159

URL:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/he.v2012.159/issuetoc

Keywords:

Adult education--United States--Administration, Continuing education, Private universities and colleges--Administration

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Contents: The win-win of adult degree programs / J. Richard Ellis -- Mission intentionality and operational integrity : the essential role of faculty in adult degree programs / Anthony L. Blair -- Relevant adult programs, resilient students, and retention-driven administration / Esther Beth Sullivan and Rosanne V. Pagano -- One body, many parts : an adult program profile / Teresa Bagamery Clark -- Academic autonomy for adult degree programs : independence with integration / Judson Curry -- The impact of adult degree programs on the private college or university / Pamela A. Giles -- Practicing what we teach : learning from experience to improve adult program administration / Lori K. Jass -- Starting from scratch: the evolution of one university's administrative structure for adult programs / Carol G. Williams -- Hybrid governance in an adult program : a nuanced relationship / Suzanne Cockley -- Conclusion : unique adult degree programs with unique relationships to the main campus / Stephen D. Holtrop.

Publication Language:

eng

Lifelong learning in Europe : equity and efficiency in the balance

kkerns — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:23:02 +0000

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Authors:

Riddell,Sheila; Markowitsch,Jörg; Weedon,Elisabet

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Policy, Bristol ; Chicago, p.182 (2012)

Call Number:

Cubb LC5256 .A2 L5335 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9860593

Keywords:

Adult learning--Europe, Continuing education--Europe

Publication Language:

eng

The confessing society : Foucault, confession, and practices of lifelong learning

kkerns — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:52:26 +0000

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Authors:

Fejes,Andreas; Dahlstedt,Magnus

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Routledge, New York, NY, p.122 (2013)

Call Number:

Cubb LC5225 .S64 F45 2013

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9759030

Keywords:

1926-1984, Adult education--Social aspects, Confession, Continuing education--Social aspects, Critical pedagogy, Foucault, Michel

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Summary: "Lifelong learning has become an increasingly important theme in contemporary society through which each citizen is encouraged to become a constant learner. Such narratives are often seen as positive and all-inclusive. In this book, practices of lifelong learning will be considered as practices of confession. Today, people are constantly encouraged to verbalize themselves to others, whether on TV shows, in newspapers, in family life or together with friends. In The Confessing Society, the authors argue that society has become a confessing society by illustrating how confession operates in the practices of family involvement in school, in-service training, educational guidance, through coaching in the media, etc. Together, such practices shape and govern an active and responsible citizen. The authors, drawing on Foucault's later work on confession and governmentality, carefully analyse how confession operates within practices of lifelong learning as a way to shape activated and responsible citizens. Chapters include: - Reflection and Reflective Practices - Deliberation and Therapeutic Intervention - Lifelong Guidance - Medialised Parenting This book is international in its scope and the argument pursued is related to current debates regarding trans-national policy and to research discussions on education, lifelong learning and governance, and it will provoke lively debate amongst educational practitioners, academics, postgraduate and research students in education and lifelong learning in Europe, North America and Australasia"-- Provided by publisher.

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eng

Principles and practice of adult education

kkerns — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:33:00 +0000

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Authors:

Mushi,Philemon Andrew K.

Source:

Dar es Salaam University Press, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, p.224 (2010)

Call Number:

Cubb LC5219 .M87 2010

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9748580

Keywords:

Adult education

Publication Language:

eng

Back to school : why everyone deserves a second chance at education

kkerns — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:54:03 +0000

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Authors:

Rose,Mike

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New Press, New York, p.206 (2012)

Call Number:

Cubb LC5251 .R55 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9758867

Keywords:

Adult college students--United States, Adult education--United States

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Summary: "It's a statistic that's sure to surprise: close to 45 percent of postsecondary students in the United States today do not enroll in college directly out of high school and many attend part-time. Following a tradition of self-improvement as old as the Republic, the "nontraditional" college student is becoming the norm. Back to School is the first book to look at the schools that serve a growing population of "second-chancers," exploring what higher education-in the fullest sense of the term-can offer our rapidly changing society and why it is so critical to support the institutions that make it possible for millions of Americans to better their lot in life. In the anecdotal style of his bestselling Possible Lives, Rose crafts rich and moving vignettes of people in tough circumstances who find their way; who get a second . . . or third . . . or even fourth chance; and who, in a surprising number of cases, reinvent themselves as educated, engaged citizens. Rose reminds us that our nation's economic and civic future rests heavily on the health of the institutions that serve millions of everyday people-not simply the top twenty universities in U.S. News and World Report-and paints a vivid picture of the community colleges and adult education programs that give so many a shot at reaching their aspirations"-- Provided by publisher.

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eng

Lone parents' experiences as higher education students : learning to juggle

kkerns — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:25:41 +0000

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Authors:

Hinton-Smith,Tamsin; National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (England and Wales)

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National Institute of Adult Continuing Education, Leicester, p.269 (2012)

Call Number:

Cubb LA637.7 .H56 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9717241

Keywords:

Single parents--Education (Higher)--Great Britain, Single parents--Great Britain--Social conditions

Publication Language:

eng

Community based lifelong learning centres : developing a European strategy informed by international evidence and research

kkerns — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 23:24:50 +0000

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Authors:

Downes,Paul

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NESET research paper, St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland, p.36 (2011)

Call Number:

Cubb LC5256 .A2 D69 2011 F

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9670653

Keywords:

Continuing education Europe 21st century

Publication Language:

eng

"Sit and get" won't grow dendrites

kkerns — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 23:23:23 +0000

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Authors:

Tate,Marcia L.

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Corwin Press, Volume 2nd, Thousand Oaks, Calif., p.165 (2012)

Call Number:

Cubb LC5225 .L42 T37 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9724380

Keywords:

Adult learning, Teachers--In-service training

Publication Language:

eng

Gender, masculinities and lifelong learning

kkerns — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:36:23 +0000

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Authors:

Bowl,Marion

Source:

Routledge, London ; New York, p.190 (2012)

Call Number:

Cubb LC5225 .S64 G46 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9686007

Keywords:

Adult education--Social aspects--Cross-cultural studies, Continuing education--Social aspects--Cross-cultural studies, Men--Identity--Cross-cultural studies, Sex differences in education--Cross-cultural studies, Underachievement--Cross-cultural studies

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Summary: "If feminism is still an ongoing project after 60-odd years, then why has the backlash been so long in the coming? This edited volume reflects on current debate around gender in education, where academics, practitioners and policy-makers are beginning to refer to a crisis of masculinity. Why is there an under-representation of men in education? Why do women increasingly outstrip men in terms of achievement? Is it possible men are becoming educationally disadvantaged? Drawing on research from the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada the contributors reveal the full spectrum of issues at hand in gender inequality in education. Other forces which have comparable impacts, and which intersect with gender include class, ethnicity and age as well as colonisation. In the light of this, the book provides both evidence and argument to illuminate contemporary debates about the involvement of women and men in education. Importantly, this book critically addresses some of the taken-for-granted beliefs about men and their engagement in lifelong learning, presenting new evidence to demonstrate the complexity of gender and education today. With these complexities in mind, the authors develop new frameworks and questions which provide a theoretical basis to develop further understanding of the many issues involve with gender and lifelong learning. This book will be of interest to any practitioner open to the fresh ideas and approaches in teaching and programming needed when taking into account the differences both between men and women and among men and women"-- Provided by publisher.

Publication Language:

eng

Teaching adults in public places : museums, parks, consumer education sites

kkerns — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:36:53 +0000

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Authors:

Taylor,Edward W.

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Professional practices in adult education and lifelong learning series, Krieger Pub. Co., Malabar, Fla., p.106 (2012)

Call Number:

Cubb LC5219 .N66 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9680981

Keywords:

Adult education, Non-formal education

Publication Language:

eng

Pathways to transformation : learning in relationship

kkerns — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:36:21 +0000

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Authors:

Boden,Carrie J.; Kippers,Sola M.

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Innovative perspectives of higher education, Information Age Pub., Charlotte, NC, p.386 (2012)

Call Number:

Cubb LC5225 .L42 P35 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9680989

Keywords:

Adult learning, Transformative learning

Publication Language:

eng

Bodies of knowledge : embodied learning in adult education

kkerns — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 16:34:51 +0000

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Authors:

Lawrence,Randee Lipson

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New directions for adult and continuing education ; no. 134, Jossey-Bass/Wiley, San Francisco, p.83 (2012)

Call Number:

Cubb LC5225 .L42 B63 2012

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9696451

Keywords:

Adult education, Continuing education, Experiential learning

Abstract:

Contents: Intuitive knowing and embodied consciousness / Randee Lipson Lawrence -- Embodied learning and patient education : from nurses' self-awareness to patient self-caring / Ann L. Swartz -- Embodied learning at work : making the mind-set shift from workplace to playspace -- Embodying women's stories for community awareness and social action / Yolanda Nieves -- Outdoor experiential education : learning through the body -- Dance as a way of knowing / Celeste Snowber -- Embodied knowledge and decolonization : walking with theater's powerful and risky pedagogy -- Coming full circle : reclaiming the body / Randee Lipson Lawrence.

Publication Language:

eng