Planning programs for adult learners : a practical guide / Rosemary S. Caffarella and Sandra Ratcliff Daffron.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caffarella, Rosemary S. (Rosemary Shelly), 1946-

Contributor:

Daffron, Sandra Ratcliff.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adult education--United States--Administration.

Adult education.

Adult education--United States--Planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (458 pages)

Edition:

3rd edition.

Other Title:

Planning programs for adult learners

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Planning Programs for Adult Learners, Third Edition covers the development of adult education programs in clear, specific detail. This popular step-by-step guide contains information on every area of program planning for adult learners, from understanding the purpose of educational programs to obtaining suitable facilities to incorporating technology appropriately. For educators and practitioners for whom planning programs is a full-time responsibility or only a part of their jobs, as well as volunteers in a variety of organizations, will find this book to be an essential tool.

Contents:

Planning Programs for Adult Learners: A Practical Guide; Copyright; Contents; Figures, Exhibits, and Exercises; Figures; Exhibits; Exercises; Figures, Exhibits, and Exercises Available Online; Figures; Exhibits; Exercises; Foreword; Preface; Overview of the Contents; How the Contents of the Book Are Provided; Acknowledgments; The Authors; 1: Planning Programs for Adults: What It's All About; What Programs for Adults Look Like; Planners of Education and Training Programs; Sponsors and Purposes of Education and Training Programs; Change as a Primary Outcome of Education and Training Programs

Sample Outcomes: Individual ChangeSample Outcomes: Organizational Change; Sample Outcomes: Community and Societal Change; How Education and Training Programs Are Planned; Sources for the Model; Approaches to Planning Programs; Conventional or Traditional Approach; Pragmatic or Practical Approach; Radical Planning; Practitioners' Voices; Authentic Planning Experiences Captured by Scholars; Experiences of Those Immersed in Planning Programs; Chapter Highlights; Notes for Additional Online Resources; Application Exercises; 2: Introducing the Interactive Model of Program Planning

Description of the Interactive Model of Program PlanningTasks Within Each Component of the Model; Assumptions on Which the Model Is Grounded; Assumption 1: Focusing on Learning and Change; Assumption 2: Applying What Is Known About Adults as Learners; Assumption 3: Honoring and Taking into Account Cultural Differences; Assumption 4: Discerning the Importance of Power and Interests; Assumption 5: Building Relationships; Assumption 6: Making Use of Technology; Assumption 7: Being Ethical Is Fundamental; Assumption 8: Accepting That Program Planners Work in Different Ways

Assumption 9: Understanding That Program Planners Are LearnersDetermining Which Components of the Model to Use and When; Who Finds the Interactive Model Useful?; Making Ethical Decisions in Program Planning; Framework for Ethical Decision Making; Ethical Decision Making in Practice; Chapter Highlights; Notes for Additional Online Resources; Application Exercises; 3: Exploring Foundation Knowledge of Program Planning; Adult Learning; Experiential Learning; Transformational Learning; Non-Western and Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Learning; Cultural Differences; How Culture Is Defined

Relationship BuildingBuilding Relationships That Have Different Meanings; Influence of Culture on Building Relationships; Cultural Competence in Building Relationships; Power and Interests; Negative and Positive Uses of Power; The Centrality of Power in Program Planning; Technology; The Planning Process; Available Technology Tools; Observations on Technology in Practice; Chapter Highlights; Notes for Additional Online Resources; Application Exercises; 4: Discerning the Context; Facets of the Planning Context; The Human Element; Reflections on A Program Failure; Reflection on New Directions

The Organization

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1118418247

1299106056

1118415434

9780470770375

OCLC:

827208176