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Adult learning and development : perspectives from educational psychology
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Adult learning and development : perspectives from educational psychology

Author: M Cecil Smith; Thomas Pourchot
Publisher: Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1998.
Series: Educational psychology series.
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This text introduces the subfield of "adult educational psychology" within educational psychology, which has traditionally focused on the childhood and adolescent school years. The topics explored  Read more...

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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: M Cecil Smith; Thomas Pourchot
ISBN: 0805825231 9780805825237 080582524X 9780805825244
OCLC Number: 37400898
Description: xiii, 279 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: I. Introduction. What does educational psychology know about adult learning and development? / M Cecil Smith and Thomas Pourchot. II. Theoretical perspectives. We learn, therefore we develop : learning versus development--or developing learning? / Nira Granott --
Abstraction, the will, the self, and modes of learning in adulthood / Juan Pascual-Leone and Ronald R. Irwin --
Extending sociocultural theory to adult learning / Curtis Jay Bonk and Kyung A. Kim --
On the development of adult metacognition / Gregory Schraw. III. Knowing, learning, and problem solving in adulthood. Changing mind, changing world : practical intelligence and tacit knowledge in adult learning / Bruce Torff and Robert J. Sternberg --
The role of adults' beliefs about knowledge in school, work, and everyday life / Marlene Schommer --
Adult intelligence : sketch of a theory and applications to learning and education / Phillip L. Ackerman --
Mnemonic strategies for adult learners / Russell N. Carney and Joel R. Levin. IV. Adult educational psychology. Adult age differences in reading and remembering text and using this information to make decisions in everyday life / Bonnie J.F. Meyer and Andrew P. Talbot --
The educational psychology of reading in adulthood / M Cecil Smith --
Forgiveness education with adult learners / Catherine T. Coyle and Robert D. Enright --
Contributions of parent education to adult development / Lee Shumow. V. Conclusion. Toward an adult educational psychology / M Cecil Smith and Thomas Pourchot.
Series Title: Educational psychology series.
Responsibility: edited by M. Cecil Smith, Thomas Pourchot.
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