Adult learning and development : perspectives from educational psychology /

Adult learning and development : perspectives from educational psychology / [print] edited by M. Cecil Smith, Thomas Pourchot. - Mahwah, New Jersey : L. Erlbaum Associates, (c)1998. - xiii, 279 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.



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 Extending sociocultural theory to adult learning On the development of adult metacognition The role of adults' beliefs about knowledge in school, work, and everyday life Adult intelligence : sketch of a theory and applications to learning and education Mnemonic strategies for adult learners The educational psychology of reading in adulthood Forgiveness education with adult learners Contributions of parent education to adult development Juan Pascual-Leone and Ronald R. Irwin -- Curtis Jay Bonk and Kyung A. Kim -- 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 -- Marlene Schommer -- Phillip L. Ackerman -- 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 -- M Cecil Smith -- Catherine T. Coyle and Robert D. Enright -- Lee Shumow. V. Conclusion. Toward an adult educational psychology M Cecil Smith and Thomas Pourchot.



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Adult education--Psychological aspects.
Adult learning.
Developmental psychology.
Educational psychology.

LC5225.P877.A385 1998