Adult Learners on Campus

by Slotnick,H.B.

• ISBN13: 9780750701150
• ISBN10: 0750701153
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-01-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The opportunity for a "second chance" is a growing phenomenon. Some members of the Adult Learners Consulting Group, a dozen or so faculty and graduate students at the University of Dakota, who have a general interest in the related processes of learning and teaching, investigated the specific concern about the ways older-than-average students learn and the instructional methods most appropriate for them. They recognized that for both the older student and the teacher of the older student there are problems and issues that are different from the average student or student/teacher relationship. In addition to presenting an integrated picture of adult learners on campus, this book also provides some teaching techniques that can be used in the classroom tomorrow.; It is aimed at teachers in further and adult education, trainers in all disciplines, researchers in adult and continuing education.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures
Foreword
Preface
Thirteen People Who Helped Us Understand Adult Learners
A Background on Adult Learners	p. 1
Adult Learners	p. 3
Perspective on Adults and Adult Learning	p. 5
Andragogy Versus Pedagogy	p. 6
An Introduction to the Adult Learner	p. 9
Adult Development	p. 11
Cognitive Development	p. 13
Identity Development	p. 20
Our Study and Its Findings	p. 25
Our Study, Our Students	p. 29
Methodology	p. 29
Students at the University of North Dakota	p. 31
A Group of Young Adult and Adult Learners	p. 35
Issues Related to College Attendance	p. 42
Competing Priorities	p. 42
Allotment of Time	p. 43
Reasons for Attending College	p. 46
Issues Related to Teaching and Learning	p. 50
Contemporary Students, Former Students	p. 50
Preferred Instructional Style	p. 51
Best Teachers and Worst Teachers	p. 54
Deterrents	p. 61
Obstacles	p. 63
Personal Academic Strengths and Weaknesses	p. 65
Preferred Evaluation Strategy	p. 68
Support Services	p. 72
Implications for Teaching	p. 75
Recommendations for Teaching Adult Students	p. 77
Recommendations for Faculty	p. 78
Institutional Recommendations	p. 91
Epilogue	p. 94
Young Adults	p. 95
Adults	p. 97
Final Thought	p. 101
Appendix A: Methodology	p. 103
Appendix B: Survey Instrument and Letters to Respondents	p. 110
Annotated Bibliography	p. 120
References	p. 132
Index	p. 138
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