Description - Third Update on Adult Learning Theory by Sharan B. Merriam
This Third Update on Adult Learning Theory follows
two earlier volumes on the same topic, the first
published in 1993 and the second
in 2001. Only one topic, transformative learning theory, can be
found in all three updates, representing the continuing
developments in research and alternative theoretical conceptions of
TL.
Thanks to a growing body of research and theory-building, three
topics briefly touched on in 2001 are now separate chapters in this
third update:
spirituality and adult learning
learning through the body
narrative learning in adulthood
Also new in this update is a chapter on non-Western perspectives
on learning and knowing. New developments in two other areas are
also explored: understanding the connection between the brain and
learning, and how modern and postmodern ways of knowing are
converging and are bring expressed in social movements. The
concluding chapter identifies two trends in adult learning theory
for the twenty-first century: attention to context, and to the
holistic nature of learning in adulthood.
This is 119th volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series
New
Directions for Adult and Continuing Education. Noted for
its depth of coverage, New Directions for Adult and
Continuing Education is an indispensable series that
explores issues of common interest to instructors, administrators,
counselors, and policymakers in a broad range of adult and
continuing education settings, such as colleges and universities,
extension programs, businesses, libraries, and museums.
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