Handbook of Research on Adult Learning and Development

by Smith; M. Cecil

• ISBN13: 9780805858198
• ISBN10: 0805858199
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-11-07
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The time is right for this comprehensive, state-of-the-art analysis, integration, and summary of theoretical advances and research findings on adult development and learning-a rapidly growing field reflecting demographic shifts toward an aging population in Western societies. Featuring contributions from prominent scholars across diverse disciplinary fields (education, developmental psychology, public policy, gerontology, neurology, public health, sociology, family studies, and adult education), the volume is organized around six themes: Theoretical Perspectives on Adult Development and Learning, Research Methods in Adult Development, Research on Adult Development, Research on Adult Learning, Aging and Gerontological Research, Policy Perspectives on Aging.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Chapter Reviewers	p. xxi
Theoretical Perspectives on Adult Development and Learning	p. 1
Challenges for the Current Status of Adult Developmental Theories: A New Century of Progress	p. 3
Emerging Adulthood: Learning and Development During the First Stage of Adulthood	p. 34
Models of Adult Development in Bronfenbrenner's Bioecological Theory and Erikson's Biopsychosocial Life Stage Theory: Moving to a More Complete Three-Model View	p. 68
Cognitive Development as the Dance of Adaptive Transformation: Neo-Piagetian Perspectives on Adult Cognitive Development	p. 103
Research Methods in Adult Development	p. 135
Analyzing Change in Adulthood with Multilevel Growth Models: Selected Measurement, Design, and Analysis Issues	p. 137
Research Synthesis and Meta-Analysis	p. 162
Research on Adult Development	p. 181
Epistemological, Intrapersonal, and Interpersonal Development in the College Years and Young Adulthood	p. 183
Addressing Stability and Change in the Six-Foci Model of Personality: Personality Development in Midlife and Beyond	p. 220
Adjustment and Growth: Two Trajectories of Positive Personality Development across Adulthood	p. 241
Attachment and Marriage	p. 269
The Influence of Family Relationships on Adult Psychological Well-Being and Generativity	p. 305
The Close Relationships of Sexual Minorities: Partners, Friends, and Family	p. 350
Gender Strategies: Socialization, Allocation, and Strategic Selection Processes Shaping the Gendered Adult Life Course	p. 378
Career Development, Work, and Occupational Success	p. 412
Religious and Spiritual Development in Adulthood	p. 436
Research on Adult Learning	p. 461
A Brief History of Research and Theory on Adult Learning and Cognition	p. 463
Expertise and the Adult Learner: A Historical, Psychological, and Methodological Exploration	p. 484
An Integrative Model of Everyday Problem Solving Across the Adult Life Span	p. 524
Changes in Goal-Striving Across the Life Span: Do People Learn to Select More Self-Concordant Goals as They Age?	p. 553
Informal and Incidental Learning in the Workplace	p. 570
Literacy in Adulthood	p. 601
Service-Learning, Civic and Community Participation: Contributions to Adult Development	p. 636
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Adults	p. 670
Aging and Gerontological Research	p. 693
What Do We Know About the Aging Brain?: Implications for Learning in Late Life	p. 695
Wisdom, Integrity, and Life Satisfaction in Very Old Age	p. 732
Policy Perspectives on Aging	p. 761
Social Trends and Public Policy in an Aging Society	p. 763
Postscript	p. 784
Contributors	p. 785
Index	p. 789
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