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| Author | : Richard Roberts |
| Publisher | : MIT Press |
| Total Pages | : 245 |
| Release | : 2017-02-03 |
| Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
| ISBN | : 0262529807 |
Forget everything you’ve heard about adult language learning: evidence from cognitive science and psychology prove we can learn foreign languages just as easily as children. An eye-opening study on how adult learners can master a foreign lanugage by drawing on skills and knowledge honed over a lifetime. Adults who want to learn a foreign language are often discouraged because they believe they cannot acquire a language as easily as children. Once they begin to learn a language, adults may be further discouraged when they find the methods used to teach children don't seem to work for them. What is an adult language learner to do? In this book, Richard Roberts and Roger Kreuz draw on insights from psychology and cognitive science to show that adults can master a foreign language if they bring to bear the skills and knowledge they have honed over a lifetime. Adults shouldn't try to learn as children do; they should learn like adults. Roberts and Kreuz report evidence that adults can learn new languages even more easily than children. Children appear to have only two advantages over adults in learning a language: they acquire a native accent more easily, and they do not suffer from self-defeating anxiety about learning a language. Adults, on the other hand, have the greater advantages—gained from experience—of an understanding of their own mental processes and knowing how to use language to do things. Adults have an especially advantageous grasp of pragmatics, the social use of language, and Roberts and Kreuz show how to leverage this metalinguistic ability in learning a new language. Learning a language takes effort. But if adult learners apply the tools acquired over a lifetime, it can be enjoyable and rewarding.
| Author | : Sean Courtney |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 317 |
| Release | : 2018-11-12 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 0429788932 |
Originally published in 1992 this book looks at the phenomenon of adult education by exploring the nature of the motivation that moves people to return to school or to seek involvement inorganized learning activities. The book challenges the psychological emphasis of much research on adult learning. It concentrates on the concept of social participation and its implications for a reinterpretation of adult learning as an aspect of a person's involvement with his or her community or society.
| Author | : James Robbins Kidd |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1968 |
| Genre | : Adult education |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Malcolm S. Knowles |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 407 |
| Release | : 2020-12-20 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1000072894 |
How do you tailor education to the learning needs of adults? Do they learn differently from children? How does their life experience inform their learning processes? These were the questions at the heart of Malcolm Knowles’ pioneering theory of andragogy which transformed education theory in the 1970s. The resulting principles of a self-directed, experiential, problem-centred approach to learning have been hugely influential and are still the basis of the learning practices we use today. Understanding these principles is the cornerstone of increasing motivation and enabling adult learners to achieve. The 9th edition of The Adult Learner has been revised to include: Updates to the book to reflect the very latest advancements in the field. The addition of two new chapters on diversity and inclusion in adult learning, and andragogy and the online adult learner. An updated supporting website. This website for the 9th edition of The Adult Learner will provide basic instructor aids including a PowerPoint presentation for each chapter. Revisions throughout to make it more readable and relevant to your practices. If you are a researcher, practitioner, or student in education, an adult learning practitioner, training manager, or involved in human resource development, this is the definitive book in adult learning you should not be without.
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| Publisher | : Department of Education |
| Total Pages | : 288 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Yvonne Hillier |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 261 |
| Release | : 2009-07-01 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 1441178074 |
Hillier is a friendly guide for those new to the world of further and adult education or for those... finding themselves required for the first time to work towards a formal teaching qualification.' Richard Sykes, Studies in the Education of Adults 'This is a useful book... [It] systematically covers the FENTO standards for teaching and supporting learning in further education...' Ron Kirby, Youth & Policy This second edition of the best-selling textbook Reflective Teaching in Further and Adult Education has been extensively revised and updated throughout. The book has: - An updated chapter on new government policy in lifelong learning. - Details of the changing qualifications framework, foundation degrees and e-learning - An expanded chapter on professional practice - New sections on disability awareness, working with young people, and new technologies. - Checklists, examples, scenarios and figures to aid learning - Chapter summaries to aid navigation of the text - A guide to the FENTO standards at the end of each chapter - Guides for further reading and websites - A glossary of unfamiliar terms This comprehensive, accessibly-written textbook is a practical resource which will be invaluable to teachers in further and adult education, whether in-training or in-service.
| Author | : Colleen Kawalilak |
| Publisher | : Canadian Scholars’ Press |
| Total Pages | : 268 |
| Release | : 2014 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 1551306379 |
This book provides educators and facilitators with a comprehensive overview of the historical underpinnings and philosophical orientations of adult education and adult learning while attending to the various roles individuals play both within and beyond the formal constraints of the classroom. Positioning learners' and instructors' educational narratives as central to the theories that inform adult education, Pathways of Adult Learning opens up a dialogue among students, educators, community members, scholars, and working professionals about the many possible avenues toward knowledge sharing. Employing a personal, accessible tone, Janet Groen and Colleen Kawalilak take up a relational approach that encourages readers to reflect upon their own experiences as learners within the broadening context of adult education. Conscious of the power imbalances that can emerge in both institutional and professional work and learning environments, this text explores specific teaching and facilitation strategies that effectively generate ideas and accommodate adult learners of varying gender orientations, socio-economic backgrounds, and ethnicities. Through their collaborative analysis of a diverse collection of first-person narratives, provided by both students and scholars working in the field, the authors construct a multi-faceted portrait of the status of adult learning today. Integrating a critical lens to explore how social, cultural, and economic factors influence and shape individual and collective pathways toward lifelong learning, this text is an indispensible guide for anyone studying or facilitating educational programming for adults in diverse work and learning contexts.
| Author | : Julie M. Wilson |
| Publisher | : Corwin Press |
| Total Pages | : 145 |
| Release | : 2018-04-18 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 1506398529 |
Make change humanly possible Today’s schools know they must make problem solving, collaboration, self-directed learning and creativity an integral part of the school’s DNA, but they don’t always know how. When we ask schools to change, we are asking human beings to change. This requires special tools and a human-centered approach. In The Human Side of Changing Education, leaders will learn to make sense of their challenging change journeys and accelerate effective implementation. With this practical framework that includes human-centered tools, resources and mini case studies, readers will learn to navigate and succeed on their unique path of change. Understand why resistance is to be expected and how to get through it. Discover three different kinds of change strategies and when to use which one Learn how to use the "messy middle" of change, where real transformation happens Change the heart of the system by enabling the hearts and minds of those who make schools work. "Julie Wilson is both a visionary and a pragmatist. Her book is a wonderfully clear and concise guide for leaders who seek to navigate the road to educational transformation." Tony Wagner, Author The Global Achievement Gap and Creating Innovators "If you want to understand what it takes to create innovative and lasting change, then forge ahead with The Human Side of Changing Education, and bravely create your own hero′s journey. This is a valuable guide, with practical advice and real-life examples to support you in this very complicated and challenging work." Ann Koufman-Frederick, Chief Academic Officer LearnLaunch Institute, MAPLE "If everyone working in U.S. K-12 education were to read this book and put even half of its thinking into practice, we would be well on our way to a far better society. It is timely, visionary, and relentlessly practical – a rare combination. Discover what our future could look like if enough of us dare to make it happen." Andy Calkins, Director Next Generation Learning Challenges at EDUCAUSE
| Author | : Barbara A. Humes |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 56 |
| Release | : 1996 |
| Genre | : Adult services in public libraries |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Debabrata Bandyopadhyay |
| Publisher | : Concept Publishing Company |
| Total Pages | : 288 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9788180693038 |
This handbook attempts to address the political and social learning needs of women in Panchayati Raj Institutions in India. It develops thematic gender focused training modules on a range of subjects, including social mobilization and use of social capital formation for ushering development of a network of women PRIs at the grassroots level.
