Developing and sustaining adult learners

• Other Authors: Boden, Carrie J. (Editor), King, Kathleen P., 1958- (Editor), Russ, Lauren (Editor), Cavazos, Nora (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2014]
• Series: Adult education special topics.
• Subjects: Adult learning.; Adult education > Study and teaching.; Education > Adult & Continuing Education.; Adult education, continuous learning.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806613168
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-62396-516-7
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xix, 435 pages) : illustrations

Developing and Sustaining Adult Learners is the second volume in a series of scholarly publications associated with the annual Adult Higher Education Alliance (AHEA, The Alliance) conference. The title of this volume, derived from the theme of the 2012 conference co-sponsored by American Association...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Acknowledgements / Carrie J. Boden McGill and Kathleen P. King
• Introduction / Carrie J. Boden-McGill and Kathleen P. King
• Section I. Best practices
• Chapter 1. Examining the element of trust from multiple perspectives in educational environments / Lori M. Risley and Kathleen M. Petroff
• Chapter 2. Experience of engagement as a starting point / Leodis Scott
• Chapter 3. Predictors for intrinsic motivation: Students' ages and project-based learning / Elyse D'nn Lovell
• Chapter 4. Power to the students: Using critical pedagogy to develop and sustain adult basic writing skills / Alfred A.Z. Siha
• Chapter 5. Reflective writing in unexpected places: Implications for student motivation and intellectual development / Jill Zarestky
• Chapter 6. The new nontraditional student in higher education: Best practices to sustain the millennial generation / Gaynell Green, Kelly L. Coke, and Marlena Ballard
• Section II. Improved programming for adult learners
• Chapter 7. A mutual understanding: Music learning and adult education / Jeremy S. Lane
• Chapter 8. Learning in later life: Issues and educational responses / Brian Findsen
• Chapter 9. Tuesdays with trisha: A case study of a tutor-learner relationship / Randall A. Pinder
• Chapter 10. Heutagogy: The graduate experience as a complex system / Matthew A. Eichler and A. Steven Dietz
• Section III. Transformative learning
• Chapter 11. Changes in academic rigor over time: A transformative learning approach to higher education / Rodney L. Parks, Jonathan Rich and Jan M. Hathcote
• Chapter 12. Developing and sustaining the gifted adult learner / Jackie Owen and Elizabeth Anne Erichsen
• Chapter 13. Parental (not) learning: Supportive and obstructive normalizing practices and transformative learning / Ruth Michalek
• Chapter 14. Einstein and the wright brothers as self-directed, transformative change agents: A model for generative learning / Deanna Vogt
• Section IV. Learning in organizations and professional development
• Chapter 15. Building collaborative partnerships through personal relationships / Maria Martinez Witte and Thomas J. McCormack
• Chapter 16. Exploring professional online conferences for the adult learner / Rochell R. McWhorter, Paul B. Roberts, and Donna S. Mancuso
• Chapter 17. Intuitive decision making: The wisdom of tacit knowing-in-action / Jon H. Moilanen
• Chapter 18. Creating a holistic faculty development program / Marilyn Lockhart
• Chapter 19. Faculty self-efficacy beliefs: Why do they matter? Barry b. Leslie and sarah j. fishback
• Chapter 20. Rear view mirror: A retrospective by retired teachers on learning to teach from novice to expert / Kathy Peno and Elaine M. Silva Mangiante
• Section V. Effective program assessment
• Chapter 21. Comprehensive assessment systems for developing and sustaining adult literacy programs and students in higher education / Leah Katherine Saal and Gerlinde G. Beckers
• Chapter 22. What do they know? Assessing learning outcomes in an adult degree completion program / Carrie Johnson, Pamela J. Collins, and Jessica Millburn
• Chapter 23. Are we measuring up? A leadership development needs assessment for pharmacy practice professionals / Keysha Bryant and Carmela R. Nanton
• Chapter 24. Conclusion / Kathleen P. King and Carrie J. Boden-McGill
• About the contributors.