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  • Adult Learning and Development

    Perspectives From Educational Psychology

    Edited by M. Cecil Smith, Thomas Pourchot ...
    Series series Educational Psychology Series
    Adult education occurs whenever individuals engage in sustained, systematic learning in order to affect changes in their attitudes, knowledge, skills, or belief systems. Learning, instruction, and developmental processes are the primary foci of educational psychology research and theorizing, but educational psychologists' work in these domains has centered primarily on the childhood and adolescent ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Teaching Human Development for Educators

    Edited by M Cecil Smith, Carlton J. Fong, Russell N. Carney ...
    Series series Theory to Practice: Educational Psychology for Teachers and Teaching
    In an age where the quality of teacher education programs has never been more important, educators need a fundamental understanding of human growth, development, and change at different ages and stages across the life span. The present volume draws upon the latest research to help teacher preparation instructors select and convey essential content on human development. Such efforts serve to ... Read more

    $44.29 USD

  • The Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education

    Edited by Tonette S. Rocco, M Cecil Smith, Robert C. Mizzi, Lisa R. Merriweather, Joshua D. Hawley ...
    Co-published with Colleges and universities are increasingly becoming significant sites for adult education scholarship—in large part due to demographic shifts. With fewer U.S. high school graduates on the horizon, higher education institutions will need to attract “non-traditional” (i.e., older) adult learners to remain viable, both financially and politically. There is a need to develop a better ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Challenges and Innovations in Educational Psychology Teaching and Learning

    Edited by M. Cecil Smith, Nancy DeFrates-Densch ...
    Leading faculty members in educational psychology, who are expert classroom teachers, describe inherent difficulties encountered when teaching different subject matter in educational psychology to diverse populations of students, including undergraduate teacher candidates, psychology and child development majors, and graduate students in education and psychology. Educational psychology addresses ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Reading Across the Life Span

    Edited by Steven R. Yussen, M Cecil Smith ...
    Series series Recent Research in Psychology
    One of the liveliest areas of research in the social sciences is reading. Scholarly activity is currently proceeding along a number of different disciplinary lines, addressing a multitude of questions and issues about reading. A short list of disciplines involved in the study of reading would include linguistics, psychology, education, history, and gerontology. Among the important questions being ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Handbook of Research on Adult Learning and Development

    Edited by M Cecil Smith, Nancy DeFrates-Densch, Assistant Editor ...
    The time is right for this comprehensive, state-of-the-art Handbook that analyzes, integrates, and summarizes 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 ... Read more

    $190.00 USD

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  • The Profession and Practice of Adult Education

    An Introduction

    by Sharan B. Merriam, Ralph G. Brockett ...
    The Profession and Practice of Adult Education is a timely book and an excellent introduction to the field. Drawing from an extensive volume of literature, it provides comprehensive coverage and a clear guide. Graduate students will benefit from it and practitioners will be kept abreast of changes that are occurring.--Peter Jarvis, professor of continuing education and senior research professor, ... Read more

    $40.00 USD

  • Educational Psychology, Global Edition

    by Anita Woolfolk ...
    For Introduction to Educational Psychology courses.Forty-four easy-to-read modules facilitate students’ learning and retentionIn clear and jargon-free prose, Educational Psychology, 14th Edition, explains and illustrates educational psychology’s practical relevance for teachers and learners. Theory and practice are considered together, showing how research on child development, learning, cognition ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Reforming Child Protection

    by Bob Lonne, Nigel Parton, Jane Thomson, Maria Harries ...
    Child protection is one of the most high profile and challenging areas of social work, as well as one where children’s lives and family life are seen to be at stake. Vital as child protection work is, this book argues that there is a pressing need for change in the understanding and consequent organization of child protection in many English speaking countries.The authors present compelling ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Differentiation and the Brain

    How Neuroscience Supports the Learner-Friendly Classroom (Use Brain-Based Learning and Neuroeducation to Differentiate Instruction)

    by David A. Sousa, Carol Ann Tomlinson ...
    Students are becoming more academically and culturally diverse, making it more important than ever to shift away from a one-size-fits-all approach and toward differentiated instruction. The second edition of this best-selling book will help you create truly effective, brain-friendly classrooms for all learners. The authors share an array of updated differentiated instruction examples, scenarios, ... Read more

    $34.59 USD

  • An Inclusive Academy

    Achieving Diversity and Excellence

    by Abigail J. Stewart, Virginia Valian ...
    How colleges and universities can live up to their ideals of diversity, and why inclusivity and excellence go hand in hand.Most colleges and universities embrace the ideals of diversity and inclusion, but many fall short, especially in the hiring, retention, and advancement of faculty who would more fully represent our diverse world—in particular women and people of color. In this book, Abigail ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Adult Learner

    The Definitive Classic in Adult Education and Human Resource Development

    by Malcolm Knowles, Petra A. Robinson, Corina Caraccioli ...
    How do you tailor education to the learning needs of adults? Do they learn differently from children? How does their life experience inform their learning processes? These were the questions at the heart of Malcolm Knowles’ pioneering theory of andragogy which transformed education theory in the 1970s. The resulting principles of a self-directed, experiential, problem-centred approach to learning ... Read more

    $96.99 USD