Adult education

Draft

Brookfield (1995) identifies four major areas of research

• Self-Directed Learning
• Critical Reflection
• Experiential Learning
• Learning to Learn

See also:

Links

General

• Adult Education (Wikipedia)
• Adult Learning Theory
• Principles of Adult Learning
• Stephen Downes entries on Adult Learning

Site with resources for practitionners

• adulted.about.com
• Ageless learner.com

Journals

• Adult Education Quaterly, Sage.
• Adults Learning (for practitioners)

Organizations

• International Council for Adult Learning (ICAE)
• European Association for Education of Adults

References

• Conner, M. L. (1997-2007) "How Adults Learn." Ageless Learner, HTML, , retrieved 15:15, 14 August 2007 (MEST)

• Brookfield, Stephan (1995). Adult Learning: An Overview, in n A. Tuinjman (ed.) (1995). International Encyclopedia of Education. Oxford, Pergamon Press. (Forthcoming) Preprint

• Lieb Stephen (1991), Principles Of Adult Learning,

• Knowles, Malcolm S; Elwood F. Holton and Richard A. Swanson, (1998).

The Adult Learner: The Definitive Classic in Adult Education and Human Resource Development (Managing Cultural Differences), Gulf Professional Publishing; 5 edition, ISBN 0884151158.