Andragogy in action / Malcolm S. Knowles and associates. [print]

Forward / Ray Bard -- g Part Two: Applications in Business, Industry, and Government -- Master of Management Program at the American Management Associations / Tony Daloisio, Marsha Firestone, Harry F. Evarts -- Managerial Skills Development at General Electric / Edward H. Thorne, Jean L. Marshall -- Teaching Technical Skills in a National Accounting Firm / Fredric H. Margolis -- Line Managers as Learning Facilitators at an Equipment Manufacturer / Bernard S. Fabian, Barbara Mink -- Self-Directed Learning on the Job at Lloyds Bank of California / Lloyds Bank of California -- Introducing Data Processing at an Insurance Company / Roger Sullivan -- Product Use Training for Customers at Du Pont / Glenda M. Green -- Management Development at a Public Service Board / Catherine Sinclair, Robert Skerman -- Self-Directed Undergraduate Study / Georgine Loaker, Austin Doherty -- Helping Adults Reenter College / Margaret Coe, Ann Rubenzahl, Vicki Slater -- An External Undergraduate Degree Program / Marilou Eldred -- Faculty Orientation and In-Service Development at a State University System / Maurice Oliver, Frances Mahoney -- Faculty Development Through Growth Contracts / Harold Heie, David Sweet -- Internships for Improving Academic Administration in Brazilian Universities / Jose Carlos Dantas Merielles, Margarida Maria Costa Batista, and Associates -- Training College Lecturers in Africa / Charles Kabuga -- Sharing Responsibility for Learning in a Science Course : Staff-Student Cooperation / David J. Boud, M.T. Prosser -- Instruction in Public Speaking at a Community College/ Michael A. Kerwin -- Environmental Education at Kansas State University / Robert K. James -- Delivering Adult Education to Distant Communities : A Cost-Effective Model / David B. Phillips -- Preparing Medical Students for Lifelong Learning / Victor R. Nuefeld, Howard S. Barrows -- Clinical Legal Education at Vanderbilt University / Frank S. Bloch -- Social Work Education at the University of Georgia / Allie C. Kilpatrick, Kathryn H. Thompson, Herbert H. Jarret, Jr., Richard J. Anderson -- Learning Through Teaching Among Undergraduate Social Work Students / Andy Farquharson -- A Baccalaureate Degree Program In Nursing for Adult Students /! Deborah Arms, Bonnie Chenevey, Carol Karrer, Carol Hawthorne Rumpler -- Teaching School Administration at Cleveland State University / Ernest M. Schuttenberg -- Self-Directed Learning for Physicians at the University of Southern California / University of Southern California -- American Nurses' Association's Guide for Self-Directed Continuing Education / American Nurses' Association -- Teaching Nurses Technical Skills at a Metropolitan Hospital / Carol B. Dare --! In-Service Nursing Education Through Clinical Units / Jessie Albanetti, Donna Carroll -- The Biblical Andragogy Clinic / Eugene Trester -- Adult Education in the Archdiocese of Detroit / Jane Wolford Hughs --! Part Seven: Applications in Elementary and Secondary Education -- Challenging Students to Excel /! Maurice Gibbons, Gary Phillips -- Involving the Community as a Resource for Learning / Robert Sanda -- Individualized Education at a Catholic High School /! Bishop Carroll High School -- Developing Basic Competencies at Department of Defense Schools/ Department of Defense Schools, Pacific -- Teaching English as a Second Language to Immigrant Community College Students / Zilda Souza DePaula --

This classic work by a pioneer in the field of adult learning provides over thirty case examples from a variety of settings illustrating andragogy (principles of adult learning) in practice, including applications in business, government, colleges and universities, religious education, remedial education, and continuing education for the professions.

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