| Description |
1 online resource (281 pages) |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; I: Introduction; 1 What Does Educational Psychology Know About Adult Learning and Development?; II: Theoretical Perspectives; 2 We Learn, Therefore We Develop: Learning Versus Developmentor Developing Learning?; 3 Abstraction, the Will, the Self, and Modes of Learning in Adulthood; 4 Extending Sociocultural Theory to Adult Learning; 5 On the Development of Adult Metacognition; III: Knowing, Learning, and Problem Solving in Adulthood; 6 Changing Mind, Changing World: Practical Intelligence and Tacit Knowledge in Adult Learning |
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7 The Role of Adults' Beliefs About Knowledge in School, Work, and Everyday Life8 Adult Intelligence: Sketch of a Theory and Applications to Learning and Education; 9 Mnemonic Strategies for Adult Learners; IV: Adult Educational Psychology; 10 Adult Age Differences in Reading and Remembering Text and Using This Information to Make Decisions in Everyday Life; 11 The Educational Psychology of Reading in Adulthood; 12 Forgiv |
| Summary |
Adult education occurs whenever individuals engage in sustained, systematic learning in order to affect changes in their attitudes, knowledge, skills, or belief systems. Learning, instruction, and developmental processes are the primary foci of educationa |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Pourchot, Thomas
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| ISBN |
9781410603418 |
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1410603415 |
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