Adults as Learners

A superb, substantive book and one that should cause us to thinkabout the learning society and how we are going to plan for it nowand in the future.
--Adult Learning 1. Growth of the Learning Society
2. Issues in Recruiting Adult Learners
3. Who Participates in Adult Learning
4. Why Adults Participate--and Why Not
5. Toward a Model of Adult Motivation for Learning
6. Implications for Increasing Participation
7. Patterns of Adult Learning and Development
8. How and What Adults Learn--and Want to Learn
9. Facilitating Learning "A superb, substantive book and one that should cause us to think about the learning society and how we are going to plan for it now and in the future." K. PATRICIA CROSS is David Pierpont Gardner Professor of Higher Education at the University of California Berkeley. This landmark work synthesizes the research and theory concerning adult learners and analyzes their potential impact on educational institutions. Includes a new preface. "A superb, substantive book and one that should cause us to think about the learning society and how we are going to plan for it now and in the future." --Adult LearningThis landmark work synthesizes the research and theory concerning adult learners and analyzes their potential impact on educational institutions. Includes a new preface.