The understanding of adult learning processes has undergone dramatic changes. New
theories informing adult learning continue to appear, existing theories get attacked or …

Adult learning is frequently spoken of by adult educators as if it were a discretely separate
domain, having little connection to learning in childhood or adolescence. This chapter will …

Adult learning theory for the twentyâ•’first century Page 1 Drawing from previous chapters in
this volume, this final chapter proposes that adult learning theory is attending more to the …

The fourth edition of Psychology and Adult Learning has been thoroughly updated to
encompass shifts in the concerns of adult educators as they respond to changing global …

A humanistic perspective on learning emphasizes personal growth and development rather
than the more mechanistic change in behavior. The three major" foundational" theories of …

Is adult learning distinctly different from learning in childhood? this question has been at the
centre of many debates on the status of adult education and, in the context of lifelong …

Learning is an inseparable part of human experience. Understanding how adults learn and
applying that expertise to practical everyday situations and relationships opens the window …

Since the founding of the field of adult education, the task of explaining how adult learners
learn has been a major one on the part of both researchers and practitioners. Adult learning …

Competing visions and paradigms for lifelong learning co-exist at national as well as
international levels. The fact that one 'official'discourse may be dominant at any one time …

When we separate the process of learning that is experienced by adults and children from
the methods, systems and settings that are used, a clear case can be made for a very …