With innovations in technology, adult educators can begin to create learning opportunities in very expansive terms. But, innovative, technologically advanced learning environments still benefit from a solid foundation in adult learning theory, instrumental theories like John B. Watson's Behaviorism, Lev Vygotsky's Social Development Theory, Jack…

A major challenge for practitioners in adult mathematics education is to achieve effective learning outcomes in the face of prevailing negative attitudes in their students, often present as a consequence of unsatisfactory early mathematics learning experience and flowing from the wellestablished connection between adult innumeracy and mathematics…

This article raises questions about the universal valuing of behaviorism in workplace learning based on a review of trends in organizations in the postindustrial era and analyses of theorists within and outside the field who emphasize the importance of reflectivity and critical reflectivity in learning. (Author)

Examined school district change agents' theories about teacher learning and change. Although respondents discussed similar professional development forms and structures, their theories of teacher learning and change differed. Respondents identified three perspectives (behaviorist, situated, and cognitive). The behaviorist perspective on teacher…