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01_975885 ffirs.qxp 9/8/06 6:26 PM Page ii L A EARNING IN DULTHOOD L E A R N I N G I N A D U LT H O O D A Comprehensive Guide Third Edition Sharan B. Merriam Rosemary S. Caffarella Lisa M. Baumgartner John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Copyright©2007byJohnWiley&Sons,Inc.Allrightsreserved. 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LC5225.L42M47 2006 374—dc22 2006019145 Printed in the United States of America THIRDEDITION HB Printing 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 C ONTENTS Preface ix TheAuthors xv PART ONE: ADULT LEARNING IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY 1 1 TheSocialContextofAdultLearning 5 2 LearningEnvironmentsandLearningConcepts 27 3 AdultLearners:WhoParticipatesandWhy 53 PARTTWO:ADULTLEARNINGTHEORYANDMODELS 79 4 Knowles’sAndragogy,andModelsofAdultLearning byMcClusky,Illeris,andJarvis 83 5 Self-DirectedLearning 105 6 TransformationalLearning 130 7 ExperienceandLearning 159 PART THREE: NEWER APPROACHES TO ADULT LEARNING 187 8 Embodied,Spiritual,andNarrativeLearning 189 9 LearningandKnowing:Non-WesternPerspectives 217 10 CriticalTheory,Postmodern,and FeministPerspectives 241 PART FOUR: LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT 271 11 TraditionalLearningTheories 275 12 AdultDevelopment 298 13 CognitiveDevelopmentinAdulthood 325 v VI CONTENTS 14 IntelligenceandAging 359 15 Memory,Cognition,andtheBrain 391 16 ReflectionsonLearninginAdulthood 421 References 439 NameIndex 504 SubjectIndex 517 03_975885 fbetw.qxp 9/8/06 6:26 PM Page vii The Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series 03_975885 fbetw.qxp 9/8/06 6:26 PM Page viii
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