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Planning programs for adult learners : a practical guide /
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 obtai...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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San Francisco :
Jossey-Bass, a Wiley Imprint,
[2013]
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| Edition: | Third edition. |
| Series: | Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of 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.