Understanding adult education and training

Understanding Adult Education and Training offers a broad overview of the field for adult educators and workplace trainers. It introduces the key issues, debates and theories in a way which is relevant to practice. It's aim is to deepen reader's understanding of adult learning and education so they can be better practitioners. Part 1. The Foundations: * A framework for understanding adult learning and education (Griff Foley) * Understanding adult learners (Philip Pogson and Mark Tennant) * Teaching adults (Griff Foley) * Program development in adult education and training (Michael Newman) * Issues in the evaluation of adult education (James Athanasou) Part 2. The scope: * Policy and provision in Australian adult education and training (Ann Whyte and Alastair Crombie) * The history and political economy of Australian adult education (Griff Foley and Roger Morris) * Research in adult education and training (John McIntyre) * Reading the discourses of adult basic education teaching (Alison Lee and Rosie Wickert) Part 3: Workplace learning * Organisational learning basic concepts (Laurie Field) * Understanding and facilitating change in the workplace (Hank Schaafsma) * Competency-based education (Clive Chappell, Andrew Gonczi and Paul Hagar) * Cross-cultural training in the Australian context (Daphne Brosnan, Hermine Scheeres and Diana Slade) Part 4: Contemporary issues * Experience-based learning (Lee Andresen, David Boud and Ruth Cohen) * Women and learning (Sue Knights) * Adult education and indigenous Australians (Michael McDaniel and Rick Flowers) * Adult education and social action (Michael Newman) Conclusion: Coming to grips with complexity (Griff Foley).