Teaching adults / Alan Rogers.

Previous ed.: 1996.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-293) and index.

INTRODUCTION: From certainty to uncertainty--From deficit to diversity--Modes of adult education--From adult education to lifelong learning--Why lifelong learning now?--BEFORE YOU START--1. A CONTRACT TO LEARN:- Teaching adults: a world of difference--Agreeing to learn together--The information provided--Creating the contract--2. DEFINITIONS:- ~The search for understanding: adult education--Adult--Education--Adult education--3. ADULT STUDENTS:- Student profiles--Lifespan studies--General characteristics of adult student-learners--Implications for the teacher of adults--4. THE NATURE OF LEARNING:- Learning and change--Learner-based theories--Intelligence and the brain--Behaviourist theories--Cognitive theories--Personality theories--Humanist theories--Experiential learning--Motivation and learning--The context of motivation--Critique of learner-based theories--Context-based theories--Knowledge-based theories--Process-based theories--Critical reflection on experience--Constructivism--Diversity of ways of learning--5. FROM LEARNING TO TEACHING:- Learning and life--Natural learning--Learning episodes--Two different kinds of learning--Acquisition and formalised learning--The uniqueness of adult learning--From learning to teaching--Building on learning--Is adult teaching different?--PAUSE FOR THOUGHT: 6. Goals and objectives:- Aims, goals and objectives--Setting the goals--The value and limitations of behavioural objectives--Widening the goals--7. THE ADULT LEARNING GROUP:-The importance of groups in adult learning programmes--What is a group?-- Group structures--Groups in adult education--Note: killing the group--8. ROLES AND THE TEACHER:- Roles and changing roles--Group roles--The roles of the teacher of adults--Resistance to change---Conclusion--9. TEACHING: CONTENT AND METHODS:-Curriculum--Content and methods--Content--Methods--Teaching--Note: Facing some problems in an adult learning group--PAUSE FOR MORE THOUGHT: 10. BLOCKS TO LEARNING:- Identifying the problem--Pre-existing knowledge--Self-perception factors--Conclusion--11. EVALUATION:- The need for evaluation--Who evaluates?-- Evaluate what?--Evaluation methods--12. PARTICIPATION:-Participation as involvement in the process (active learning)--Participation as increasing control over the process--Participation as presence in teaching-learning programmes--Conclusion: the learning and teaching of adults.

'Teaching Adults' is a comprehensive account of the major issues faced by teachers of adults. It discusses basic principles, and also provides hints and tips for teachers.