Merriam, Sharan B. <br/><br/>
Learning in adulthood :  a comprehensive guide / 
Sharan B. Merriam, Rosemary S. Cafarella and Lisa M. Baumgartner. 
 - 3rd ed. 
 - San Francisco :  Jossey-Bass,  2007. 
 - xvi, 533 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. +  hbk. 
 - Jossey-bass higher and adult education series .
<br/><br/>Bibliography: p. 439-503. Includes indexes. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0787975885 9780787975883  
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006019145 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Adult learning.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>374.22