From Learning in Adulthood: A Comprehensive Guide Do adults learn differently than children do? What distinguishes adult learning and adult education from other areas of education?
From Learning in Adulthood: A Comprehensive Guide In addition to there being different dimensions to experiential learning, there are different theoretical conceptualizations of this type of learning.
From Learning in Adulthood: A Comprehensive Guide Since Tough's work on adult learning projects was published in 1971, self-directed learning has captured the imagination of researchers and writers both inside and outside the field of adult education.
From Learning in Adulthood: A Comprehensive Guide Transformative or transformational (terms used interchangeably in the literature) learning is about change—dramatic, fundamental change in the way we see ourselves and the world in which we live.
From Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science Forms of cooperative or collaborative learning have been used for centuries and a variety of peer learning techniques have emerged. The underlying premise of these techniques is that learning is enhanced by peer interaction.