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Roodin, Paul A.; And Others – Educational Gerontology, 1986
Views development of social cognition in adulthood as multidimensional and domain-based. Asserts that social cognitive understanding represents development of interpersonal and intrapersonal domains of knowledge and that social cognitive skills of adulthood cannot be based solely on emergent formal operational abilities or logical-mathematical…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Aging (Individuals), Cognitive Development
Giles, Ken; Allman, Paula – Teaching at a Distance, 1981
The failure to appreciate the nature of adult development and its relationship to learning and teaching is in part theoretical and in part due to weak research methodology. New and more effective methodologies use a combination of cross-sections of groups and longitudinal studies. Consideration of adult learner self-concept is also vital. (MSE)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Cognitive Development
Taranto, Maria A. – 1987
This paper examines the relationship between wisdom and logic as found in adult reasoning. Material is from the current and growing literature in this area. The proposal that adult reasoning is dialectical and, therefore, beyond formal operations is scrutinized in light of popular definitions of wisdom, since wisdom is generally considered to be…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adults, Aging (Individuals)

Blanchard-Fields, Fredda – Educational Gerontology, 1986
Discusses adaptive cognitive changes in adulthood from perspectives of adult cognitive development and social cognition theory. Proposes interface between the two disciplines. Applies post-formal literature on cognitive development to area of attributional processes. Discusses implications changes in attributional processes may have for cognitive…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Adult Education, Attribution Theory
Overton, Willis F.; And Others – 1986
Research on logical competence in adulthood was framed by the general competence-moderator-performance model of life span cognitive development constructed by Overton and his colleagues. This approach was able to distinguish between logical knowledge necessary for task solution and informational processes that may facilitate or inhibit the…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adults, Cognitive Development

Romero, Frederick; And Others – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 1990
Romero's overview of adult developmental theory stresses the work of Erikson, Havighurst, Loevinger, Perry, Kohlberg, and Cross. Rossman and Rossman discuss the development of their Adult Learning Inventory with an extensive source summary for its 4 factors and a 62-item bibliography. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Cognitive Development
Neimark, Edith D. – 1987
Are there universal characteristics of adult thought? If so, how do they evolve and manifest themselves in cultures throughout the world? Piaget's formulation of formal operations is the best known and most extensively researched answer to the question regarding universal characteristics. Theoretical alternatives to formal operations differ in the…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adults, Behavior Development

Gehrke, Nathalie J. – Educational Forum, 1991
Draws insights from social sciences for beginning teacher induction: (1) from sociology, adult selection of socializing agent and phases of newcomer behavior; (2) from anthropology, rites of passage; and (3) from psychology, encouraging formal operational thought and beginning new adult psychosocial stages. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Anthropology, Beginning Teacher Induction

Kauppinen, Heta – Studies in Art Education, 1990
Explores how art education can enhance the mental abilities and educational needs of older adults. Maintains that the postformal operations development stage may be helpful in art studies. Suggests that older adults could study the meaning of their life experience as well as their place in culture. (KM)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Aesthetic Education, Art Education

Leicester, Mal; Pearce, Richard – Journal of Moral Education, 1997
Outlines theoretical issues associated with the presupposition that sociocognitive features of maturity can potentially generate worthwhile learning. Reviews recent research into the impact of adult-education-certified courses on mature students' sense of identity that supports claims for continued adult learning. Links are made to lifelong moral…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Cognitive Development

Bart, William M. – 1977
The Piagetian perspective of adult cognitive development and adult education could have implications for how work and formal reasoning can be related to adult education programs and policy. During adolescence and adulthood, many individuals enter the cognitive period of formal operations (the last of three stages in Piaget's conceptual framework…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Adult Education, Adults
Kramer, Deirdre A. – 1987
Three types of lay theories about the social world form a developmental sequence. Earlier developing theories are reorganized at the next level into a more inclusive, encompassing view of the world in order to make better predictions. The absolute thinker sees the world as fixed and unchanging, reasons with absolute rules, and has a narrow world…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adults
Tennant, Mark; Pogson, Philip – 1995
Aimed at adult education practitioners engaged in graduate study, this book draws on the field of developmental psychology to provide new insights into the critical connections between experience and learning in adult education and training. Chapter 1 introduces the role of psychological development in adult learning, investment of "self" in…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Andragogy
Merriam, Sharan B.; Caffarella, Rosemary S. – 1999
Intended for adult educators, this book is a comprehensive overview and synthesis of what is known about adult learning. Part 1 describes the context of learning. Chapters 1-4 describe the following: the sociocultural context; the range of settings and ways they influence learners and the learning process; literature on who participates in formal…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Willis, Sherry L.; Baltes, Paul B. – 1980
Two studies examined modifiability in intellectual functioning in older adults. The fluid-crystallized theory provided a theory base for the research. (Fluid intelligence follows a normative decline through adulthood, while crystallized intelligence remains stable or even increases.) In the first study thirty subjects (average age 69.2)…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development
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