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Courage, Richard – 1984
Both the literature on adult learning and the literature on the composing process focus on students and their behaviors rather than on teachers and their methods or on curricular content and structure. The most productive teaching of nontraditional students and the most useful educational research about them begins with the students themselves,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Basic Skills
Dean, Gary J. – 2002
This book focuses on applying instructional design to development of classroom learning for adults. Chapter 1 presents an overview of the model and addresses concerns about use of instructional design in adult education. Chapter 2 deals with assessing and developing skills as an adult educator; a literature review on behavior, beliefs, knowledge,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Waterhouse, P. J. – 2002
A combination of narrative, autobiographical, and arts-based research methods was used to explore experiential learning and professional practice in diverse teaching/learning and adult education settings. The research methodology drew upon concepts developed by the following individuals: Jerome Bruner and his constructivist approach that values…
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Autobiographies