Learning and Change in the Adult Years by Mark Tennant

Learning and Change in the Adult Years by Mark Tennant

Does the capacity to learn increase or decrease over time? How does the sense of self and identity change over the adult years? What are the educational implications of that change? And how can teachers acknowledge the experience their adult students bring to the classroom? In this book, the authors draw on the field of development psychology to provide insights into the critical connections between experience and learning in all areas of adult education and training. Integrating findings from both adult development psychology and adult teaching and learning, the authors examine how experience generates developmental change. They look at how the relationship between self and others changes across the lifespan and, in turn, affects the teacher-learner relationship. The processes that promote separateness, independence, interdependence, and autonomy in adult learners are also detailed.

MARK TENNANT is dean of faculty and professor of adult education in the Faculty of Education, University of Technology, Sydney. He has published numerous articles in international journals on the theme of lifespan development and learning. His book Psychology and Adult Learning won the 1990 Cyril Houle Award for outstanding literature in adult education. PHILIP POGSON is staff development manager at the University of Sydney, Australia. He has held a number of positions in education and training at both the university level and in vocational training for the long term disadvantaged unemployed.

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ISBN 13	9780787900823
ISBN 10	0787900826
Title	Learning and Change in the Adult Years
Author	Mark Tennant
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	John Wiley & Sons Inc
Year published	1995-05-10
Number of pages	240
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