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Enhancing Learning in Training and Adult Education Edward E. Gordon

Enhancing Learning in Training and Adult Education By Edward E. Gordon

Enhancing Learning in Training and Adult Education by Edward E. Gordon


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The authors present their workplace training program of research as well as a mastery learning model. By presenting ideas from instructional psychology, cognitive science, mastery learning, and performance based assessments, and then relating these findings to the workplace, the authors offer a new way to look at learning in the workplace.

Enhancing Learning in Training and Adult Education Summary

Enhancing Learning in Training and Adult Education by Edward E. Gordon

This book picks up where the well-received Futurework (1994) left off. It builds a strong case for workplace trainers treating their work as research. The nine chapters are designed to prepare readers to become workplace consultants. The authors present their workplace training program of research as well as a mastery learning model. By presenting ideas from instructional psychology, cognitive science, mastery learning, and performance based assessments, and then relating these findings to the workplace, the authors offer a new way to look at learning in the workplace. Considerable focus is given to the need to enhance diversity within workplace settings. Suggested readings are included with each chapter.

About Edward E. Gordon

RONALD R. MORGAN is an expert in the psychology of learning and instruction. He serves as the director of the educational and school psychology programs of study at Loyola University of Chicago.

JUDITH A. PONTICELL is an Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at Texas Tech University./e Her research focuses on adult learning, school effectiveness, and establishing educational partnerships in the workplace.

EDWARD E. GORDON is President of Imperial Corporate Training and Development and teaches at Loyola University in Chicago. Together they have co-authored Futurework: The Revolution Reshaping American Business (Praeger, 1994) and Closing the Literacy Gap in American Business (Quorum Books, 1991).

Table of Contents

Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Cognition and Instruction: Putting Theory into Practice Adult Learning and Development: A Cognitive Science Perspective Theoretical Foundations of Learning and Development Behavioral Views of Learning and Instruction Thinking, Problem Solving, and Creativity: A Cognitive Science Perspective Assessment of Learner Characteristics Intelligence: An Information Processing View Personality Assessment Consultation and Professional Practice Instructional Consultation Training and Adult Education The Interface of Science and Practice: The Role of the Training Practitioner in Applying Science Methodological Issues Related to the Multicultural Revolution Reshaping American Business Appendix: Problem Solutions References

Additional information

NPB9780275950163
9780275950163
0275950166
Enhancing Learning in Training and Adult Education by Edward E. Gordon
New
Hardback
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
1998-02-24
384
N/A
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