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Best Practices in Adult Learning

Lee Bash (Editor)
ISBN: 978-0-470-64334-1
Paperback
234 pages
March 2005, Jossey-Bass
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About the Authors.

Preface.

Part I: laying the Foundation for Best Practices.

1. Applications of Multiple Intelligences for Adult Learners (Linda Anderson).

2. Bridging the Gap: Improving Graduation Rates in a Degree Completion Program (Sean Warner).

3. Program Planning and Review in Adult Higher Education: Using Program Models Effectively (Patricia R. Brewer).

Part II: Defining Moments in Adult Learner Programs.

4. Strategic Partnerships: Successfully Managing Collaborative Ventures in Adult Education (Bruce Pietrykowski).

5. Recruiting and Admitting Adult Learners: They're Not Just Older—They're Different (Iris H. Kelsen, Lawrence T. Lesick).

6. Adult Learner Advising: the Vital Link (Sue Grunau).

7. the Introductory transformation Course for Adult Learners: Critical and Essential (Lee Bash).

Part III: Faculty Development: A Key to Instructional Effectiveness.

8. Adjunct Faculty Training (Stuart Noble-Boodman, W. Hubbard Segur).

9. Assuring Instructional Effectiveness. (Walter Pearson).

Part IV: Technological Applications.

10. The Role of Distance Education in Enhancing Accessibility for Adult Learners (Karen I. Rhoda).

11. Computer-Mediated Communication: A Quest for Quality (Margie Martyn).

Part V: Adult Learning Includes Senior Learners.

12. Meeting the Needs of Older Adult Learners: The Development of a Learning in retirement Institute (Charlene L. Martin).

Index.

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