- Paperback: 390 pages
- Publisher: A Butterworth-Heinemann Title; 6 edition (17 Mar 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0750678372
- ISBN-13: 978-0750678377
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.4 x 1.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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"A great update of a classic. Should be requred reading for anyone involved with adult learning in schools, businesses and communities."
Sam Stern, Professor & Dean, The New School of Education, Oregon State University, USA
Sam Stern, Professor & Dean, The New School of Education, Oregon State University, USA
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This much acclaimed text has been fully updated to incorporate the latest advances in the field. As leading authorities on adult education and training, Elwood Holton and Dick Swanson have revised this edition building on the work of the late Malcolm Knolwes.
Keeping to the practical format of the last edition, this book is divided into three parts. The first part contains the classic chapters that describe the roots and principles of andragogy, including a new chapter, which presents Knowles' program planning model. The second part focuses on the advancements in adult learning with each chapter fully revised updated, incorporating a major expansion of Androgogy in Practice. The last part of the book will contain an updated selection of topical readings that advance the theory and will include the HRD style inventory developed by Dr. Knowles.
This new edition is essential reading for adult learning practitioners and students and HRD professionals. It provides a theoretical framework for understanding the adult learning issues both in the teaching and workplace environments.
* Provides a theoretical framework for understanding adult learning issues both in teaching and workplace environments
* Essential reading for a wide audience of practitioners and students in the field of adult learning and human resource development
* Incorporates Knowles'classic theories on adult learning alongside the latest advances in the field
Keeping to the practical format of the last edition, this book is divided into three parts. The first part contains the classic chapters that describe the roots and principles of andragogy, including a new chapter, which presents Knowles' program planning model. The second part focuses on the advancements in adult learning with each chapter fully revised updated, incorporating a major expansion of Androgogy in Practice. The last part of the book will contain an updated selection of topical readings that advance the theory and will include the HRD style inventory developed by Dr. Knowles.
This new edition is essential reading for adult learning practitioners and students and HRD professionals. It provides a theoretical framework for understanding the adult learning issues both in the teaching and workplace environments.
* Provides a theoretical framework for understanding adult learning issues both in teaching and workplace environments
* Essential reading for a wide audience of practitioners and students in the field of adult learning and human resource development
* Incorporates Knowles'classic theories on adult learning alongside the latest advances in the field
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In the early 1970s when andragogy and the concept that adults and children learn differently was first introduced in the United States by Malcolm Knowles, the idea was groundbreaking and sparked much subsequent research and controversy. Read the first page
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A classic,
By IHOP Fan (London, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Adult Learner: The Definitive Classic in Adult Education and Human Resource Development (Paperback)
For the causal reader (like me), this was difficult to read in places, but well worth the effort.
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3.5 out of 5 stars (16 customer reviews) 132 of 136 people found the following review helpful:
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An essential read for HRD professionals and adult educators,
By "dazinuk" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Adult Learner: The Definitive Classic in Adult Education and Human Resource Development: The Definitive Classics on Adult Education and Training (Managing cultural differences) (Paperback)
For those new to Knowles work, this book really is a 'must'. It takes the reader through the essentials of adult education, both in the traditional environments of adult education and in settings such as the workplace. It provides a theoretical framework for understanding the adult learning issues faced by professional educators each day, and also offers significant guidance on future practice. To those who have read past editions of the book, as I have, you will find the Swanson and Holton work true to the spirit of Knowles, and the two authors have introduced more than enough new material to justify buying this Fifth Edition.
53 of 53 people found the following review helpful:
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very comprehensive look at adult learning theory,
By M. H. Bayliss "book queen" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Adult Learner: The Definitive Classic in Adult Education and Human Resource Development: The Definitive Classics on Adult Education and Training (Managing cultural differences) (Paperback)
This book is like a one-stop shopping guide to Adult education. It is so comprehensive that I doubt it leaves out one development in the history of adult education. My only warning is that the opening chapters which basically trace many theories of learning (both adult and traditional) are hard to get through -- it reads more like a research paper that summarizes every major educational theory since the beginning of time. But, if you don't want to know that much, you can simply skip these chapters and get right to the meat of the adult learning theories which are more appropos. For those who need a quick primer on learning theories, you'll love the first few chapters for their abundance of quick summary information. A useful guide to adult education.
66 of 69 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent primer of Adult Learning Theory,
By Steve Semler "Looking for Practicality" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Adult Learner: The Definitive Classic in Adult Education and Human Resource Development: The Definitive Classics on Adult Education and Training (Managing cultural differences) (Paperback)
Malcolm Knowles is known as the "Grandfather of Adult Education" in many circles, and this update of his original book does him justice. I recommend the book as a primary resource for people looking for information about how adults learn (adult learning theory), as well as what works and how to make it work in different situations.
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