Psychology and Adult Learning

By M. Tennant. 2019

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1. Introduction 2. Humanistic Psychology and the Self-directed Learner 3. The Psychoanalytic Approach 4. Adult Development 5. Cognitive Developmental Psychology: Piaget and Kohlberg 6. Learning Styles 7. Behaviourism 8. Group Dynamics and the Group Facilitator 9. Critical Awareness 10. Concluding comment: Psychology as a Foundation Disipline in Adult Education Bibliography Index.

Subfields: Education

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Foundations of Human Resource Development (2001, background): “Overview of Adult Development Theories Adult development theories are generally divided into three types: physical changes; personality and life span role development; and cognitive or intellectual development (Merriam & Cafferella, 1991; Tennant, 1997).”
Women, Work, and Learning. (2001, background): “Many adult learners are held to require particular kinds and amounts of guidance from educators in the course of their learning, because of their diverse levels of knowledge (Brockett & Hiemstra, 1991; Tennant, 1988).”
Community of practice for teachers: sensemaking or critical reflective learning? (2009, background): “In other words, new knowledge and learning are properly conceived as being located in ‘communities of practice’ (Lave & Wenger, 1991; Tennant, 1997).”
The role of students’ emotions in formal feedback situations (2008, background): “In such situations, a learner may be unreceptive to learning for a long time (Tennant 1997 ).”
Cognitive Style and Entrepreneurial Drive of New and Mature Business Owner-Managers (2009, background): “(Tennant 1988).”
Individual Differences in Cognitive Style and their Effects on Task and Social Orientations of Self-Managed Work Teams (2001, background): “…defined as “individual differences in how we perceive, think, solve problems, learn, and relate to others” (Witkin, Moore, Goodenough, & Cox, 1977, p. 5) and as “an individual’s characteristic and consistent approach to organising and processing information and experience” (Tennant, 1988, p. 3).”
Evaluation and Application of Andragogical Assumptions to the Adult Online Learning Environment (2007, methodology): “This assumption has been challenged by Tennant (1997) as being contradictory with the assumption that adults are problem centered in their learning, and because Knowles (1984) viewed this as something that was conditioned or learned, versus natural.”