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Research anthology on adult education and the development of lifelong learners / Information Resources Management Association, editor
- Published
- Hershey, Pennsylvania (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA) : IGI Global, [2021]
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (89 PDFs (3 volumes (1,551 pages)))
- Additional Creators
- IGI Global and Information Resources Management Association
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- Contents
- Volume I. Section 1. Fundamental concepts and theories. Chapter 1. Foundations of adult education, learning characteristics, and instructional strategies ; Chapter 2. The adult learner in higher education: a critical review of theories and applications ; Chapter 3. Challenges, issues, and trends in adult education ; Chapter 4. Introduction to online learning and the adult learner ; Chapter 5. The new normal: adult online learners ; Chapter 6. Post-adult education alternatives in 45 years of learning/teaching: an integral-informed autoethnographic reflection ; Chapter 7. Between pedagogy and andragogy: definitions and concepts ; Chapter 8. Manifesto for critical andragogy: a liberating critique to adult learning ; Chapter 9. Role of the social constructivist theory, andragogy, and computer-mediated instruction (CMI) in adult ESL learning and teaching environments: how students transform into self-directed learners through mobile technologies ; Chapter 10. New horizons for sustainable growth in Eurasia powered by technology-infused adult learning -- Section 2. Development and design methodologies. Chapter 11. Teaching the adult learner: building trust and motivation ; Chapter 12. Andragogy, culture, and adult learning worldviews ; Chapter 13. Creating an andragogy for adult learning advantage ; Chapter 14. The socratic way and adult learning: exploring a nelsonian view of the socratic method in self-directed learning encounters. ; Chapter 15. A collaboration-based spiral model for curriculum development of older adult education: a view from service science perspective ; Chapter 16. Designing innovative faculty development initiatives through the lens of the adult learner ; Chapter 17. Towards blended learning designs fostering adults' social capital: what do empirical findings reveal? ; Chapter 18. Experiential learning model for online and F2F programs in university continuing education ; Chapter 19. Virtual reality applications as an innovative educational practice in adult education: a case study on training Hellenic Air Force pilots ; Chapter 20. Instructional design considerations, challenges, and best practices on cross-cultural adult web-based learning experiences in higher education ; Chapter 21. Adult learner characteristics important for successful learning in cross-cultural web-based learning environments in higher education ; Chapter 22. Towards a framework for lifelong e-learning and employability ; Chapter 23. Invariable structure of research competence of adult learners in skill building programs: situational and contextual approach -- Volume II. Chapter 24. Arts integration techniques in the adult learning environment ; Chapter 25. Development of an interactive narrative for adult literacy learners ; Chapter 26. Culturally inclusive teaching of adult English language learners -- Section 3. Tools and technologies. Chapter 27. Guidelines for lifelong education management to mobilize learning community ; Chapter 28. Applying andragogical concepts in creating a sustainable lifelong learning society ; Chapter 29. Application of equity theory on adult learning ; Chapter 30. Self-directed learning strategies in adult educational contexts: helping students to perceive themselves as having the skills for successful learning ; Chapter 31. Self-study as an emergent methodology in career and technical education, adult education and technology: an invitation to inquiry ; Chapter 32. Promoting reflective thinking in adult learners: the online case-based discussion ; Chapter 33. Adult literacy programme for poverty reduction: a citizenry approach ; Chapter 34. Using materials in refugee and immigrant adults' heritage languages in instruction: challenges and guidance for teachers and tutors ; Chapter 35. Equivalency programmes through open and distance learning: towards lifelong learning for adults ; Chapter 36. Adult education with technology for transformative learning ; Chapter 37. Enabling adult learning advantage in online learning environments ; Chapter 38. Online higher education for nontraditional adult students: best cases of public universities ; Chapter 39. Managing the utilization of technologies in adult education, training, and administration: the case study of Turkish mone ; Chapter 40. Mentoring in the web-class for adult learners ; Chapter 41. The promise of protocols in the virtual classroom: using microstructures to enhance adult learning ; Chapter 42. Application of digital technologies, multimedia, and brain-based strategies: nurturing adult education and lifelong learning ; Chapter 43. Designing "concentrated listening" for advantageous adult learning with multimedia ; Chapter 44. The use of social media: issues, challenges, and strategies for adult teaching and learning ; Chapter 45. Gamification in adult learning ; Chapter 46. Utilizing digital educational games to enhance adult learning ; Chapter 47. Blockchain technology as a bridging infrastructure among formal, non-formal, and informal learning processes -- Section 4. Utilization and applications. Chapter 48. Adapting to the needs of adult language learners: a totally different ball game ; Chapter 49. Self-efficacy and the future selves construct: strategies in support of adult learners' academic performance ; Chapter 50. Making instruction work for adult learners -- Volume III. Chapter 51. Instructional Design for adult and continuing higher education: theoretical and practical considerations ; Chapter 52. Examining the adult learning in "giving back" initiatives ; Chapter 53. The control of continuing education based on the digital economy ; Chapter 54. Using design thinking practices to create technology-driven adult professional development programs ; Chapter 55. Engaging adult learners online through technology, andragogy, and flexible course design: from theory to practice ; Chapter 56. Online participatory learning for low-qualified adult learners ; Chapter 57. Emergent literacy development in adult l2 learners: from theory to practice ; Chapter 58. Putting paint to canvas: artful teaching strategies for teachers of adult learners ; Chapter 59. Exploring the role of adult learning theory in understanding employees' participation in non-mandatory training ; Chapter 60. Transformation of higher education in China: a teaching methods perspective ; Chapter 61. Prison education in Europe -- Section 5. Organizational and social implications. Chapter 62. From social learning to norm validation: revitalizing the emancipatory aspirations of adult education ; Chapter 63. College faculty as adult learners: an important role in the new age ; Chapter 64. Transforming chemistry curricula and courses to support adult learners ; Chapter 65. Implications for e-learning in adult education curriculum ; Chapter 66. What really happens when adults play?: a call for examining the intersection of psychosocial spaces, group energy, and purposeful play ; Chapter 67. Leveraging learner experience: pedagogical scaffolding with refugee-background adults ; Chapter 68. Framing the role of culture reflecting on how culture affects learners in transformative learning settings: the adult learner culture defined ; Chapter 69. Exposing oppressive systems: institutional ethnography as a research method in adult and workforce education ; Chapter 70. Excavating and (re)presenting stories: narrative inquiry as an emergent methodology in the field of adult vocational education and technology ; Chapter 71. An adaptive leadership approach to adult learning and organizational research ; Chapter 72. Gender sensitivity of adult education activities of community-based organizations in Ghana -- Section 6. Critical issues and challenges. Chapter 73. By means of critical theory: informed emancipatory education an essay on realities and possibilities ; Chapter 74. Culturally responsive teaching with adult learners: a review of the literature ; Chapter 75. and Barriers to a STEM career: math anxiety and the adult female ; Chapter 76. Creating connections: competency-based degree programs and undergraduate capstone courses for adult learners ; Chapter 77. Issues of health-related physical fitness of the adult learner ; Chapter 78. Critical and transformational perspectives on career and technical education in the twenty-first century for urban adult learners.
- Summary
- "This reference book of contributed chapters focuses specifically on adult education and the best practices, services, and educational environments and methods for both the teaching and learning of adults expanding the understanding of what it means to be a lifelong learner and how to develop adults who want to voluntarily contribute to their own development by enhancing their education level or knowledge of certain topics"--
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- ISBN
- 9781799887348 ebook
1799887340 ebook - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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