This classic work by a pioneer in the field of adult learning provides over thirty case examples from a variety of settings illustrating andragogy (principles of adult learning) in practice, including applications in business, government, colleges and universities, religious education, remedial education, and continuing education for the professions.
Provides over thirty case examples from a variety of settings illustrating andragogy (principles of adult learning) in practice.
Foreward - Ray BardPrefaceThe Author
Part One: Introduction: The Art and Science of Helping Adults Learn
Part Two: Applications in Business, Industry, and Government
1. Master of Management Program at the American Management AssociationsTony Daloisio, Marsha Firestone, Harry F. Evarts
2. Managerial Skills Development at General ElectricEdward H. Thorne, Jean L. Marshall
3. Teaching Technical Skills in a National Accounting FirmFredric H. Margolis
4. Line Managers as Learning Facilitators at an Equipment ManufacturerBernard S. Fabian, Barbara Mink
5. Self-Directed Learning on the Job at Lloyds Bank of CaliforniaLloyds Bank of California
6. Introducing Data Processing at an Insurance CompanyRoger Sullivan
7. Product Use Training for Customers at Du PontGlAnda M. Green
8. Management Development at a Public Service BoardCatherine Sinclair, Robert Skerman
Part Three: Applications in Colleges and Universities
1. Self-Directed Undergraduate StudyGeorgine Loaker, Austin Doherty
2. Helping Adults Reenter CollegeMargaret Coe, Ann Rubenzahl, Vicki Slater
3. An External Undergraduate Degree ProgramMarilou Eldred
4. Faculty Orientation and In-Service Development at a State University SystemMaurice Oliver, Frances Mahoney
5. Faculty Development Through Growth ContractsHarold Heie, David Sweet
6. Internships for Improving Academic Administration in Brazilian UniversitiesJose Carlos Dantas Merielles, Margarida Maria Costa Batista, and Associates
7. Training College Lecturers in AfricaCharles Kabuga
8. Sharing Responsibility for Learning in a Science Course - Staff-Student CooperationDavid J. Boud, M.T. Prosser
9. Instruction in Public Speaking at a Community CollegeMichael A. Kerwin
10. Environmental Education at Kansas State UniversityRobert K. James
11. Delivering Adult Education to Distant Communities: A Cost-Effective ModelDavid B. Phillips
Part Four: Applications in Education for the Professions
1. Preparing Medical Students for Lifelong LearningVictor R. Nuefeld, Howard S. Barrows
2. Clinical Legal Education at Vanderbilt UniversityFrank S. Bloch
3. Social Work Education at the University of GeorgiaAllie C. Kilpatrick, Kathryn H. Thompson, Herbert H. Jarret, Jr., Richard J. Anderson
4. Learning Through Teaching Among Undergraduate Social Work StudentsAndy Farquharson
5. A Baccalaureate Degree Program In Nursing for Adult StudentsDeborah Arms, Bonnie Chenevey, Carol Karrer, Carol Hawthorne Rumpler
6. Teaching School Administration at Cleveland State UniversityErnest M. Schuttenberg
Part Five: Applications in Continuing Education for the Health Professions
1. Self-Directed Learning for Physicians at the University of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of Southern California
2. American Nurses' Association's Guide for Self-Directed Continuing EducationAmerican Nurses' Association
3. Teaching Nurses Technical Skills at a Metropolitan HospitalCarol B. Dare
4. In-Service Nursing Education Through Clinical UnitsJessie Albanetti, Donna Carroll
Part Six: Applications in Religious Education
1. The Biblical Andragogy ClinicEugene Trester
2. Adult Education in the Archdiocese of DetroitJane Wolford Hughs
Part Seven: Applications in Elementary and Secondary Education
1. Challenging Students to ExcelMaurice Gibbons, Gary Phillips
2. Involving the Community as a Resource for LearningRobert Sanda
3. Individualized Education at a Catholic High SchoolBishop Carroll High School
Part Eight: Applications in Remedial Education
1. Developing Basic Competencies at Department of Defense SchoolsDepartment of Defense Schools, Pacific
2. Teaching English as a Second Language to Immigrant Community College StudentsZilda Souza DePaula
Part Nine: Conclusion: Effectiveness of Andragogy in Various Settings
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