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Suhor, Charles – 1984
Intended for administrators and policy makers as well as teachers, this digest explores issues surrounding methods of teaching thinking skills and who should teach them. Following an introduction that acknowledges the need for teaching such skills but a lack of consensus on how to meet this need, the digest discusses theories of isolating specific…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Coherence, Critical Thinking, Educational Theories
Kerka, Sandra – 1996
Journals have a long history as a means of self-expression, and they can be used as learning tools in adult education. Types of journals include the reader response journal or literature log, the learning journal, the reflective journal, and the electronic journal. Journal writing offers several benefits for adult learners: journals are less…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Dirkx, John M – 2000
For many years, Robert Boyd has focused on the deeper emotional and spiritual dimensions of learning that many have suggested are underdeveloped in dominant conceptions of transformative learning. Boyd's work is grounded in the field of depth psychology, which is based on a fundamental belief in the powerful role that the dynamic unconscious plays…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Andragogy, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures