The New Update on Adult Learning Theory New

This is the 89th volume of the quarterly journal "New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education."

SHARAN B. MERRIAM is professor of adult education at the University of Georgia, Athens.

Editor's Notes

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Sharan B. Merriam

Andragogy and Self-Directed Learning: Pillars of Adult Learning Theory

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Sharan B. Merriam

Andragogy and Self-directed learning, two foundational theories of adult learning, continue to guide our understanding of how adults learn

An Update on Transformational Learning

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Lisa M. Baumgartner

In the 1990s, empirical research on transformational learning has expanded the theory proposed by Freire and Mezirow three decades ago

Informal and Incidental Learning

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Victoria J. Marsick

Karen E. Watkins

The vast majority of adult learning is informal and incidental; the authors present their revised model of this type of learning

A New Look at Women's Learning

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Elisabeth R. Hayes

Myths and Stereotypes of women's learning are examined, and a socially-constructed notion of gender is proposed for understanding women's learning

Context-Based Adult Learning

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Catherine A. Hansman

Learning is a tool-dependent social activity embedded in the context in which it occurs, Situated cognition, cognitive apprenticeship, and communities of practice make up this theoretical perspective

Critical and Postmodern Perspectives on Adult Learning

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Deborah W. Kilgore

Critical and Postmodern theorists examine how the social construction of knowledge and relationships based on power intersect with learning in adulthood

The Power of Feelings: Emotion, Imagination, and the Construction of Meaning in Adult Learning

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John M. Dirkx

Personally significant and meaningful learning is grounded in the adult's emotional, imaginative connection with the self and with the broader social world

The Brain and Consciousness; Sources of Information for Understanding Adult Learning

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Lilian H. Hill

Principles of Learning can be derived from new research on how the brain functions and new understandings of the brain's relationship to mind and consciousness

Off the Beaten Path: Some Creative Approaches to Adult Learning

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M. Carolyn Clark

Two of the newest approaches to adult learning are discussed-learning through our physical body, or what is known as somatic learning, and learning through stories of our experiences, or what is called narrative knowing

Something Old, Something New: Adult Learning Theory for the Twenty-First Century

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Sharan B. Merriam

This concluding chapter summarizes the various perspectives represented by chapters in this volume and finishes with an assessment of adult learning theory today

Index

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The New Update on Adult Learning Theory New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, Number 89

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