Abstract
1. Adult Learners: Motives for Learning and Implications for Practice. 2. Understanding How Adults Learn. 3. Exploring Self-Directedness in Learning. 4. Facilitating Self-Directed Learning. 5. Andragogy: Alternative Interpretations and Applications. 6. The Facilitator's Role in Adult Learning. 7. Learning in Informal Settings. 8. Learning in Formal Settings. 9. Program Development for Adults: Challenging the Institutional Approach. 10. Structuring Programs Around Learners' Needs and Abilities. 11. Evaluating Learning and Its Facilitation. 12. Facilitating Learning: Toward Guidelines for Good Practice.
Keywords
PsychologyAdult LearningMathematics educationCognitive psychologyAdult educationPedagogy
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- 1987
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- Volume
- 58
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 602-602
- Citations
- 1684
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James C. Votruba,
Stephen Brookfield
(1987).
Understanding and Facilitating Adult Learning.
The Journal of Higher Education
, 58
(5)
, 602-602.
https://doi.org/10.2307/1981795
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- 10.2307/1981795