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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best book on adult teaching there is!, 22 Feb 2006
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.
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