Learning in Adulthood
A Comprehensive Guide
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"An essential volume in adult education."
--Choice
"Merriam and Caffarella provide an excellent resource whose valuewill last until the appearance of the third edition."
--Continuing Higher Education Review
The second edition of Learning in Adulthood integrates the mostimportant contributions to adult learning in the last decade. Theresult is an updated, comprehensive synthesis of what we now knowabout adult learning--including the context in which it takesplace, who the participants are, what they learn and why, thenature of the learning process itself, major theoreticaldevelopments, and much more. Sharan Merriam and Rosemary Caffarellareveal how sociocultural influences can create specificdevelopmental needs and interests, and how such social factors asrace, class, and gender can shape learning. From this background,they construct a more inclusive perspective on adult learning,guiding readers toward new ways of thinking about teaching,learning, and the broader social implications of adult education.
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Sharan B. Merriam
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"Such an important and complete guide on the subject of adultlearning that it is now in its second edition. Merriam andCaffarella have done a monument work of pulling together thecurrent research and thinking on adult learning." (ForeThought)
"Merriam and Caffarella provide an excellent resource whosevalue will last until the appearance of the third edition."(Continuing Higher Education Review)
"An essential volume in adult education." (Choice, (praise from1st edition))
"[Learning in Adulthood's] greatest strengths are its coverageof the learning context, theory-building within adult learning, andhow social and ethical issues offer special challenges to adultlearning. . . . [It] will be useful to both experienced and novicecontinuing educators, as well as laypersons." (Continuing HigherEducation Review, (praise from 1st edition))
"This book is extremely useful in that it provides an informedoverview of issues related to adult learning. It is very readable,yet packs considerable challenge for the more experienced adulteducator." (Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education,(praise from 1st edition))
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