The Adult Learner, Sixth Edition: The Definitive Classic in Adult Education and Human Resource Development (Paperback)
by Ph.D., Malcolm S. Knowles , III, Ed.D., Elwood F. Holton , Ph.D., Richard A. Swanso
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Author: Ph.D., Malcolm S. Knowles , III, Ed.D., Elwood F. Holton , Ph.D., Richard A. Swanso
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann; 6 edition
Pub. in: February, 2005
ISBN: 0750678372
Pages: 390
Measurements: 9 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BA01608
Other information: ISBN-13: 978-0750678377
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The late Malcolm Knowles' cornerstone work on adult learning theory and practices is updated with the latest advances in the field. In this new edition, Elwood Holton and Richard Swanson build upon Knowles' foundation to give:
- The latest perspectives on adult learning and its application in adult
education and human resource development.
- New developments in understanding adult learning (andragogy in practice)
- Methods for developing effective adult learning programs
- The basics of learning theories
- Why and how teaching adults is difference from teaching children
- A self-diagnostic tool (ready to photcopy) to determine your skill level as a trainer
Target readers:
Anyone involved with adult learning in schools, businesses and communities.
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The late Malcolm S. Knowles, Ph.D., was one of the leading authorities on adult education in the second half of the twentieth century. He wrote the first major accounts of informal adult education and the history of adult education in the United States, authoring more than 200 articles and 18 books. He is famous for his adaptation of the theory of Andragogy as a conceptual basis for adult education and learning, and was a significant force in reorienting adult educators from 'educating people' to 'helping them learn'.
Elwood F. "Ed" Holton holds an impressive record of accomplishments in adult and continuing education and human resource development. He is the founding editor of Human Resource Development Review, a past president of the Academy of Human Resource Development and author of over 200 publications, including academic and professional articles in HRD, performance improvement and psychology journals. In addition to his academic role as the Jones S. Davis Distinguished Professor of Human Resource, Leadership and Organization Development at Louisiana State University, he has more than twenty years' HRD and performance improvement consulting experience with a wide variety of private, public, and non-profit organizations.
Richard Swanson is a past president of the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD), founding editor of Advances in Developing Human Resources, a scholarly journal sponsored by AHRD, and founding editor of the Human Resource Development Quarterly, the research journal of AHRD and American Society for Training and Development. The AHRD presented him with the Outstanding HRD Scholar Award in 2000 and in 2001 he was inducted into the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame. In 2004, he was inducted into AHRD's Human Resource Development Scholar Hall of Fame. He has performed consulting work for leading US corporations and is an internationally recognized authority on organizational change, performance improvement and financial analysis of human capital investments.
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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
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Sam Stern (MSL quoted), USA
<2008-12-25 00:00>
A great update of a classic. Should be required reading for anyone involved with adult learning in schools, businesses and communities. |
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