Psychology and adult learning

The third edition of this popular book examines the role of psychology in informing adult education practice and has been fully updated to reflect the effect of changes in the structure of society, globalisation, technology and the impact of postmodernism.

It explores the traditions of key psychological theories and discusses issues and problems in applying them to an understanding of adult learning and development. It also examines the formation of identities and places increased emphasis on what it means to be a lifelong learner. Dealing with adult learning in a variety of contexts, the topics considered include:

humanistic psychology self directed learners psychoanalytic approaches the formation of identities development of intelligence learning styles behaviourism group dynamics and group facilitators critical awareness.

Author Notes

Mark Tennant is Professor of Adult Education and Dean of the University Graduate School at the University of Technology, Sydney

List of figures and tables	p. vii
Preface	p. viii
1 Introduction	p. 1
2 The self-directed learner and theories of the self	p. 7
3 The psychoanalytic approach	p. 21
4 The development of identity during adulthood	p. 35
5 Development of intelligence and cognition	p. 58
6 Learning styles	p. 79
7 Behaviourism	p. 93
8 Group dynamics and the group facilitator	p. 107
9 Transformative learning	p. 122
10 Concluding comment: psychology as a foundation discipline in adult education	p. 136
Bibliography	p. 142

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