The Adult Learner: Some Things We Know addresses the ’warrior’ who rises to the challenge of teaching the adult learner. The discussion is designed as a catalyst for dialogue about the adult learner and to uncover the complexities of teaching this rare and riveting species.
This book is organized around three interlocking themes: some things we know about the adult learner; some things we know about change; and some things we know about professional development. In the process of reading the book, the reader gets a glimpse into the research that supports the theory of the adult learner, into the principles that guide the learning practices of the adult learner, and into the strategies that ’work in the work setting’ for the adult learner.
Innehållsförteckning
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
1. Some Things We Know About Adult Learners
Telltale Comments
Things We Know
Adult Learning: The Research Base
Five Assumptions About Adult Learners
Supporting Assumptions About Adult Learns
Krupp′s Work on Adult Learners
Thirty Things We Know for Sure
2. Some Things We Know About Change
This Horse Is Not Dead
The Change Game
Who Moved My Cheese?
Group Process-Roles People Play
The Three-Tiered Change Process
3. Some Things We Know About Professional Development
Evolution of Professional Development Models
Learning Organizations
Best Practices in Professional Development
The Training Model
4. Conclusion
Concerns Based Adoption Model
Situational Dispositions for Transfer
Appendix: Discussion of Statements in Figure 1.1
Bibliography
Om författaren
Brian M. Pete, co-founder of Robin Fogarty & Associates, comes from a family of educators-college professors, school superintendents, teachers and teachers of teachers. He has a rich background in professional development. Brian has worked with the adult learner in districts and educational agencies throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand and the GCC in the Middle East. He has an eye for the “teachable moment” and the words to describe what he sees as skillful teaching. He delivers dynamic, humor-filled sessions that energize the audiences with engaging strategies that transfer into immediate and practical on site applications. Comments from school leaders often say that it is the best PD the staff has ever had.?Brian is co-author of: How to Teach Students to Think Within the Common Core, School Leaders Guide to Common Core Achieving Results, Supporting Differentiated Instruction: A PLC Approach, From Staff Room to Classroom: A Guide to Planning and Coaching Professional Learning, From Staff Room to Classroom II: The One-Minute PD Planner and The Right to Be Literate: 6 Literacy Strategies for the 21st Century. His works in progress include two pieces, one on inquiry learning with a focus on Problem-based Learning and the other on how to explicitly teach thinking skills in IB International Schools.
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