The Adult Learner: The Definitive Classic in Adult Education and Human Resource Development
Language: English
Published by H N H International Limited, 2025
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- Title
- The Adult Learner: The Definitive Classic in Adult Education and Human Resource Development
- Author
- Knowles, Malcolm; Holton III, Elwood F.; Robinson, Petra A.; Caraccioli, Corina
- Publisher
- H N H International Limited
- Publication year
- 2025
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1032481560
- ISBN 13
- 9781032481562
How do you tailor education to the learning needs of adults? Do they learn differently from children? How does their life experience inform their learning processes? These were the questions at the heart of Malcolm Knowles’ pioneering theory of andragogy which transformed education theory in the 1970s. The resulting principles of a self-directed, experiential, problem-centred approach to learning have been hugely influential and are still the basis of the learning practices we use today.
Understanding these principles is the cornerstone of increasing motivation and enabling adult learners to achieve. The 10th edition of The Adult Learner has been revised to include:
The two chapters on diversity, inclusion and belonging in adult learning, and andragogy and the online adult learner have been greatly expanded to reflect the importance of these topics to the field today.
The accompanying Instructor and Student Resources website provides free digital materials designed to enhance student learning and save instructors time when preparing lessons. Resources include:
- Ready-to-use PowerPoint slides to save instructor time when planning lessons
- Learning objectives and part outlines for structured learning
- Suggested class discussions, exercises, and scenario-based activities
- Downloadable instruments for chapters 19 to 22
- Video explaining the Andragogy In Practice model
- A chapter-by-chapter Instructor Manual and a corresponding Student Guide to enhance learning outcomes
If you are a researcher, practitioner, or student in education, an adult learning practitioner, training manager, or involved in human resource development, this is the definitive book in adult learning you should not be without.
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About the Author
Malcolm S. Knowles was one of the nation’s leading authorities on adult education and training. He was the founding executive director of the Adult Education Association and Professor of Adult and Community College Education at North Carolina State University.
Elwood F. Holton III is Professor Emeritus of Human Resource Development and Adult Education in the School of Leadership & Human Resource Development at Louisiana State University. He currently serves as Director of the School of Leadership and Human Resource Development and Senior Director of the Leadership Development Institute.
Petra A. Robinson is Associate Professor of Adult Education and Human Resource Development in the School of Leadership & Human Resource Development and Director of Faculty Affairs & Professional Development in the College of Human Sciences & Education at Louisiana State University.
Corina Caraccioli is Assistant Professor of Adult Education and Human Resource Development in the School of Leadership & Human Resource Development, College of Human Sciences & Education, at Louisiana State University.
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