Adult list 17

Children of the Depressed

Healing the Childhood Wounds That Come from Growing Up with a Depressed Parent

by Shoshana S. Bennett, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014

Have you ever wondered, Why am I so negative? or Why is my life so chaotic? Whether or not your parent was ever formally diagnosed with depression, you’ve probably always known there was something different about your upbringing. And even though you’ve grown up and moved on, you may still feel...

The Middle Place

by Kelly Corrigan
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2008

For Kelly Corrigan, family is everything. At thirty-six, she had a marriage that worked, two funny, active kids, and a weekly newspaper column. But even as a thriving adult, Kelly still saw herself as the daughter of garrulous Irish-American charmer George Corrigan. She was living deep within what...

The Community Engagement and Service Mission of Universities

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Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2010

The untapped energy of universities and other institutions of higher education to address regional issues seems endless. Issues less defined by political boundaries and increasingly defined by place call for a new type of engagement. Generating knowledge with communities rather than for communities...

Blessing Your Grown Children

Affirming, Helping, and Establishing Boundaries

by Debra Evans
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2012

Being a parent of an adult child is a delicate balance of loving and accepting the child while maintaining healthy boundaries. Many parents find releasing their grown children a challenge, and while parents usually want to be supportive, the choices adult children make are sometimes unacceptable to...

Strategies for Training Excellence: Delivering adult training that works, that sticks and that makes a difference.

by Patrick Worden
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012

Table of Contents INTRODUCTION - You’re a trainer. Now what? •Why rapport is everything Training is an interactive exchange, not just a one-way lecture •Excellence from the outset Know your material, know your audience, know how to deliver •Dealing with ineffectiveness Overcoming...

Popular Education, Power and Democracy: Swedish Experiences and Contributions

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Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2013

Popular education, a distinctive Swedish tradition of lifelong learning, has always concerned itself with the relationship between learning, power and democracy in society rather than having a purely individualistic and instrumental approach to learning for employability, which has dominated policy...

"Sit and Get" Won't Grow Dendrites

20 Professional Learning Strategies That Engage the Adult Brain

by Marcia L. Tate
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2012

Make professional development unforgettable Teaching busy adults can be a daunting task. How do you grab their attention and make material memorable? Expert Marcia Tate knows how adults learn best and shares 20 professional development strategies that work. What you’ll find in the 2nd edition: 20...

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Going Back to College

by Dolores A. Mize Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2007

The grown-up's guide to higher education. Adults make up 41% of students on campus today, but the truth is many enter college feeling lost, uncomfortable, and "too old" in the traditional class structure. This book provides information that is unique to the adult learning experience, including...

Mentoring in Formal and Informal Contexts

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Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016

Mentoring in Formal and Informal Contexts is a collection of invited works on mentoring in the many contexts in which it exists. Working with AHEA, the editors identified authors that have demonstrated experience and/or have published in this area. The book is arranged thematically (health care, education,...

THE ADULT STUDENT

An Insider's Guide to Going Back to School

by Dani Dr. Babb
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2013

An insider's look at the world of online education from a professor’s viewpoint, written for the benefit of the student. A manual to provide insight on everything from choosing the right school to what professors really think about your work (which you may or may not want to know!) The author also...

Taking Part? Active Learning for Active Citizenship and Beyond

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Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2010

This book explores the contemporary approaches to democratic citizenship and community based education. It provides a series of case studies and reflects on the lessons of national initiatives. The case studies include examples of active learning for active citizenship with refugees, asylum seekers...

Creativity and Learning in Later Life

An Ethnography of Museum Education

by Shari Sabeti
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2017

Creativity and Learning in Later Life examines how processes such as ‘creativity’ and ‘inspiration’ are experienced by writers who engage with the visual arts, and questions how age is perceived in relation to these processes. The author’s careful analysis challenges many of the assumptions...

Reconstructing the Lifelong Learner

Pedagogy and Identity in Individual, Organisational and Social Change

by Clive Chappell, Carl Rhodes, Nicky Solomon
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2003

How is adult learning used to produce personal, organisational and social change? This interesting examination of adult learning for change illustrates through diverse case studies and theoretical perspectives that personal change is inextricably linked to broader organisational and social change....

Bad - T1 Amour interdit

by Jay Crownover
Language: French
Release Date: May 3, 2017