TY  - BOOK
AU  - Merriam,Sharan B.
AU  - Baumgartner,Lisa
AU  - Caffarella,Rosemary S.
TI  - Learning in adulthood: a comprehensive guide 
SN  - 9780787975883
PY  - 2007///
CY  - San Francisco
PB  - Jossey-Bass
KW  - Adult learning
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-503) and indexes; PART ONE: ADULT LEARNING IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY: The social context of adult learning -- Learning environments and learning concepts -- Adult learners: who participates and why -- PART TWO: ADULT LEARNING THEORY AND MODELS: Knowles's andragogy and models of adult learning by McClusky, Illeris, and Jarvis -- Self-directed learning -- Transformational learning -- Experience and learning -- PART THREE: NEWER APPROACHES TO ADULT LEARNING: Embodied, spiritual, and narrative learning -- Learning and knowing: non-Western perspectives -- Critical theory, postmodern, and feminist perspectives -- PART FOUR: LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT: Traditional learning theories -- Adult development -- Cognitive development in adulthood -- Intelligence and aging -- Memory, cognition, and the brain -- Reflections on learning in adulthood
ER  -