- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Open University Press; 4 edition (1 July 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0335206778
- ISBN-13: 978-0335206773
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.4 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 292,595 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The book answers questions such as:
'How do adults really learn?',
'How can I put over my material in a way that will interest and excite people?'
'How can I manage my group so that the confident people don't dominate and the quieter ones get a look in?'
This friendly and practical book is the guide to how to teach adults. Now in its 4th edition, the book has been extensively rewritten to meet the needs of those working with adults at the beginning of the 21st century.
'How do adults really learn?',
'How can I put over my material in a way that will interest and excite people?'
'How can I manage my group so that the confident people don't dominate and the quieter ones get a look in?'
This friendly and practical book is the guide to how to teach adults. Now in its 4th edition, the book has been extensively rewritten to meet the needs of those working with adults at the beginning of the 21st century.
About the Author
Jenny Rogers has worked as a teacher and developer of adults throughout her career. She has been a lecturer in a Further Education College, an internal advisor to the BBC on adult education, a BBC television producer, a Commissioning Editor at the Open College and has also managed the BBC's management training department. She is now Executive Director of the London-based consultancy, Management Futures, where she specialises in coaching senior executives in a wide range of organizations. She has written a number of other books, many on management and education topics. She is married, has two adult sons and lives in London and Norfolk.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I read this book after I first started work in Adult Eduction. I wish I had read it before I started! I realised after reading it all of the errors I had been making.
This is a very practical book, it won't bog you down in concepts and theory. There wasn't a single page I didn't find useful.
It's written in a very accessible friendly style, but still gets all the information you need accross. I tore my way though it the first time and then I found it really easy to flick through and find something I wanted to recap on.
It really has made a difference to my work.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I am a Learndirect tutor of adults with disabilities and wanted to read more about how adults actually learn. This perfect little book answered all my questions. The foreward has a lovely warm tone and sets the scene for the rest of the book which has a down-to-earth, not overly theoretical approach as do some of the post-compulsory education teaching books.
Chapter headings are as follows to give you an idea of the content: Adult learners: what you need to know, Giving Feedback, Understanding your Group, Mixed ability groups, Lectures and Demonstrations, Case Studies, role-play, simulation and games, Discussion and Facilitation, Tutoring Open Learners, Coaching and Mentoring, and Evaluating Learning.
The book sees learning from the learner's point of view, which helps the tutor decide how best to go about facilitating that learning, rather than 'teaching'. I like the way the book looks at ALL the different and newer settings that trainers/tutors/teachers may now find themselves in, and though first written in 1971 it has been updated to a fourth edition.
This is the most friendly and practical book on teaching adults I have read and I thoroughly recommend it whether you are a further education teacher, evening class tutor, private one-to-one tutor, coach or mentor or any of the other guises adult educators fall into in modern times.
42 of 46 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is great for the practical approch of the C&G 730. It covers a lot of the touchy feel areas that might be missing in more theory based texts. The case studies are also valuable. They feel real.
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