The new update on adult learning theory

By S. Merriam. 2001

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Transformative learning theory: a neurobiological perspective of the role of emotions and unconscious ways of knowing (2001, background): “To bring the reader up to date, in the previous edition of this volume (Merriam, 2001), there were three alternative perspectives discussed in contrast to Mezirow’s psychocritical perspective of transformative learning: psychoanalytic, psychodevelopmental, and social emancipatory.”
So You’re Thinking of Trying Problem Based Learning?: Three Critical Success Factors for Implementation (2004, background): “In addition, adult learning theory (Knowles, 1980; Merriam, 2001) identifies as one of the five adult learning principles that adult learners are problem centered and interested in immediate application of knowledge to problems that they face in their workplace or personal lives.”
The Concept of Self-Directed Learning and Its Implications for Human Resource Development (2004, background): “…the considerable attention that has been devoted to SDL in the field of adult education during the past 30 years, recently there has been an overall decline in interest and research on the topic (Brockett, 2000; Brockett et al., 1994, 2000; Merriam, 2001; Merriam & Caffarella, 1999; Rager, 2003).”
Considerations Regarding the Future of Andragogy (2011, background): “Merriam (2001) acknowledged that andragogy is A 3 4 A d u l t Learning one of the pillars of adult education and it will continue to engender debate, discussion, and research; however, the field needs to move beyond andragogy.”