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Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Building Sustainable Futures for Adult Learners is an edited and refereed collection of papers published in conjunction with the joint Adult Higher Educational Alliance (AHEA) and American Association of Adult and Continuing Education Conferences (AAACE). This book is the third in a series of scholarly...
How to Raise an Adult
Stop Overparenting and Prepare Your Kid for Success in Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2016
Raising healthy, well-balanced and successful children is something which most of us aspire to. It is also something which is incredibly complex and difficult to achieve and many parents can fall into the deadly trap of 'overparenting ' their children.This is not because of a desire to harm their child,...
Adult Education and Work Contexts: International Perspectives and Challenges
Comparative Perspectives from the 2017 Wuerzburg Winter School
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2019
Adult education has deep connections with employment contexts. This volume discusses interrelations within transnational contexts studied during the Würzburg Winter School on Comparative Studies in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning (COMPALL). The book shows that adult education and work contexts...
Learning Cities for Adult Learners
New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, Number 145
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2015
Learning cities call for a connection of adult education to elementary, secondary, and postsecondary institutions along with vocational and corporate workspaces.
This volume considers how “learning cities for adult learners” could be created in America that promote lifelong learning and...
Adult Learning
Linking Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
Solidly grounded in theory and research, but concise and practice-oriented, Adult Learning: Linking Theory and Practice is perfect for master’s-level students and practitioners alike. Sharan Merriam and Laura Bierema have infused each chapter with practical applications for instruction which will...
by Rachel Dunning
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2014
Cat Ramsey has the perfect life -- a home in the suburbs, a loving family, the sexiest guy in school living next door.
And then it all changes: Her father's drinking shifts from the occasional beer it used to be...into a dangerous dependency which threatens them all.
He becomes loud.
He...
Cultures of Program Planning in Adult Education
Concepts, Research Results and Archives
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2017
This book is a unique approach in relating mutually international and comparative research from scholars on program planning for adults. Program planning is about needs, finding topics, making offers and bundling different contents. It makes organizations of adult education visible and contributes...
Organization and Administration of Adult Education Programs
A Guide for Practitioners
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Administrators of adult education programs work in dynamic and everchanging environments. They are continually challenged with a myriad of issues related to program budgeting, marketing, strategic planning, funding, human resources, and other topics. With decades of real world experience in the field,...
by Jay Derrick, Kathryn Ecclestone, Judith Gawn
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2009
This book provides practical ideas for teachers of adult literacy, language and numeracy in their day to day work of lesson preparation, teaching and assessment. Relevant for all levels and contexts, it focuses on basic principles of student-centred learning, teaching and assessment that put the goal...
Radicalizing Learning
Adult Education for a Just World
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2010
Radicalizing Learning calls for a total rethinking of what the field of adult education stands for and how adult educators should assess their effectiveness. Arguing that major changes in society are needed to create a more just world, the authors set out to show how educators can help learners envision...
by Stephen D. Brookfield
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2013
Praise for Powerful Techniques for Teaching Adults
"Stephen Brookfield has used his gifts for clear thinking and lucid writing to produce this theoretically informed, immensely practical book on how the dynamics of power and adult teaching intersect. It should be required reading for everyone...
Adult and Continuing Education
Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
Beyond the undergraduate and graduate levels, education has traditionally ceased when students enter the workforce as professionals in their respective fields. However, recent trends in education have found that adult students beyond the traditional university age often benefit greatly from returning...
Planning Programs for Adult Learners
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2013
Planning Programs for Adult Learners, Third Edition covers the development of adult education programs in clear, specific detail. This popular step-by-step guide contains information on every area of program planning for adult learners, from understanding the purpose of educational programs to obtaining...
The Complete ACOA Sourcebook
Adult Children of Alcoholics at Home, at Work and in Love
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
When they were first released in the 1980s, Janet Woititz's groundbreaking works, Adult Children of Alcoholics, Struggle for Intimacy and The Self-Sabotage Syndrome, provided a new message of hope to adult children who had grown up in the shadow of alcoholic parents. Their message today is as profound...