Learning and Teaching in Adult Education : Contemporary Theories / Henning Pätzold

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pätzold, Henning Prof. Dr., Author.

Series:

Study Guides in Adult Education Series

Study Guides in Adult Education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adult Learning.

Adult Education.

Teaching techniques.

Local Subjects:

Adult Learning.

Adult Education.

Teaching techniques.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (130)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leverkusen Verlag Barbara Budrich 2011

Language Note:

English.

Summary:

Learning is a key issue in education. Being familiar with contemporary learning theory, therefore, is an essential prerequisite for education scholars and practitioners alike.

Henning Pätzold's book addresses various approaches to the pedagogical issues associated with teaching adult learners. He draws attention to a broad field of approaches to adult learning within a sociocultural context. International Review of Education, Volume 58-4, 9/2012

Contents:

Cover

Learning and Teaching in Adult Education

Contents

Preface

1. Introduction

Part One: Theories of Learning: A Field of Approaches towards the Learning of Adults

2. Of Learning Triangles and Beyond

2.1 Introducing systematic approaches

2.2 Levels of energy

3. Relational Perspectives on Learning

3.1 Phenomenography

3.2 Relational didactics

4. Logical Models and Stages of Learning

4.1 The relationship between logic and learning

4.2 Bateson's levels of learning

4.3 Alternatives to Bateson's levels of learning

5. Comprehensive Approaches

5.1 Towards a comprehensive theory of learning?

5.2 Humanism and pragmatism: The roots and branches of modern learning theory?

6. Looking Beyond One's Own Nose: Psychological Approaches and Neurosciences

6.1 A brief glance at behaviourism, cognitivism, and constructivism

6.2 The learning brain?

6.3 Conclusions

Part Two: The 'Art of Teaching': Exploring Concepts of Adult Learning to Address Didactic Challenges

7. Didactics and Didactic Models

7.1 Preliminaries on the term didactic

7.2 Didactic models and models of instruction

8. Reflections on Learning

8.1 Learning and non-learning

8.2 Exercise: Reflection on learning

9. Time, Person, Lifeworld: Cornerstones of Didactic Theory

9.1 Time: Sequences and gestalt of learning

9.2 Person: Emotion, cognition, and the lived body

9.3 Lifeworld: The social and material environment

10. Conclusions

Annotated Bibliography

References

About the Author

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9783866496354

3866496354

OCLC:

1159394475

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access