Aimed at adult education practitioners engaged in graduate study, this book draws on the
field of developmental psychology to provide new insights into the critical connections …

I first became acquainted with the concept of adult development in a graduate course on the
topic taught by Professor Art Thomas at the University of Kansas in the early 1980s. I was …

Inherent in the call for the integration of educational psychology and adult learning (Smith &
Reio, 2006) is the need for specific information that speaks to the unique developmental …

This chapter begins with an examination of adult learning theories. It follows with a brief
overview of selected theories of adult development, including “traditional” theories that …

Adult education occurs whenever individuals engage in sustained, systematic learning in
order to affect changes in their attitudes, knowledge, skills, or belief systems. Learning …

This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of empirical knowledge about adult
development and learning. It is addressed to practitioners in the helping professions who …

The new edition of the authoritative book in the field of adult education—fully revised to
reflect the latest research and practice implications. For nearly three decades, Learning in …

The purpose of this paper is to review and synthesize the literature on adult development
and to suggest how this information can be applied to the practice of adult education. The …

Adult learning: Where have we come from? where are we headed? Page 1 Early efforts to
understand how adults learn were by psychologists who studied learning in general; adult …

In our search for resources for this chapter, it became apparent that although there are
substantial individual knowledge bases for both adult development and adult learning, there …