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Aarto-Pesonen, Leena; Piirainen, Arja – Teaching Education, 2020
This qualitative metasynthesis investigated students' meaningful learning experiences amid andragogical teacher education programmes. The programmes catered to the specific learning needs of adult students in the context of university-based teacher education. This study aimed to provide a wider picture of the frames of students' meaningful…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Adult Students, Adult Learning, Andragogy
Snyder, Catherine – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2012
Adults learn differently than children or adolescents (Brookfield, 1986; Dewey, 1938; Kegan, 1994; Kolb, 1984; Mezirow, 2000). A thorough understanding of how adults learn is imperative to the successful education of adults. It is only by understanding the unique ways in which adults learn that the academy can create environments where adults…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Teacher Education, Beginning Teachers, Secondary School Teachers