Acknowledgments vii
Preface ix
About the Authors xv
Part I: Adult Learning in Contemporary Society 1
Chapter 1 The Social Context of Adult Learning 5
Chapter 2 Adult Learning and Technology 26
Chapter 3 Learning Environments and Learning Concepts 52
Chapter 4 Adult Learners: Who Participates and Why 82
Part II: Adult Learning Theory 113
Chapter 5 Knowles’s Andragogy and McClusky’s Theory of Margin 117
Chapter 6 Self-Directed Learning 137
Chapter 7 Transformative Learning 166
Chapter 8 Experience and Learning 196
Part III: Newer Approaches to Adult Learning 229
Chapter 9 Embodied, Spiritual, and Narrative Learning 233
Chapter 10 Learning and Knowing: Eastern and Indigenous Perspectives 268
Chapter 11 Critical Theory, Postmodern, and Feminist Perspectives 290
Part IV: Learning and Development 317
Chapter 12 Adult Development 321
Chapter 13 Cognitive Development in Adulthood 346
Chapter 14 Intelligence and Aging 375
Chapter 15 Brain, Memory, and Cognition 409
Chapter 16 Reflections on Learning in Adulthood 439
References 459
Name Index 541
Subject Index 561
SHARAN B. MERRIAM is Professor Emerita of Adult Education and Qualitative Research at The University of Georgia in Athens, GA. Merriam's research and writing activities have focused on adult and lifelong learning and qualitative research methods. She has published 33 books and over 100 journal articles and book chapters. She is a four-time winner of the prestigious Cyril O. Houle World Award for Literature in Adult Education.
LISA M. BAUMGARTNER is an Associate Professor at Texas State University, San Marcos, TX. Her research and writing focus on adult learning and development in marginalized populations. She was co-editor of Adult Education Quarterly from 2011-2014. In 2019, she received a Circle of 50 Award from the Learning, Leadership, and Organizational Development Program at the University of Georgia. Awardees are seen as having made an impact on the research and practice of adult education, learning, leadership, and organizational development.
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