Overview
- The book describes a theoretico-practical learning model relevant to the field of adult non-formal education, which has few such models
- The book encompasses, on the one hand, the model itself and its theoretical grounds and, on the other, the different elements (instructional approach, target population, learning facilities) involved in the implementation of the model
- The book targets adult education practitioners of many orientations including teachers, researchers, and resource persons; social and educational policy designers; community organizers; and all those interested in concrete proposals for adult non-formal education
Part of the book series: International Issues in Adult Education (ADUL)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Adult Learning for Self and Relational Growth Model (ALG)
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The ALG Model: Instructional Approach
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The ALG Model: Recapitulation and Ultimate Considerations
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Back Matter
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About this book
Grounded on tenets from cognitive psychology, philosophy, sociology, and adult education, the model assumes that human development is propelled by two psychological needs, personal betterment and social belonging, and that the materialization of such development requires on the one hand, the exercise of human thought abilities like reflectivity, generativity, and creativity, and on the other, a milieu enabling such exercise.
To address those requirements, the model proposes a conviviality-oriented instructional approach with three learning venues (Explorations, Enrichments, and Creations) featuring a variety of illustrative courses and projects. The approach offers adults opportunities to access and share information and knowledge leading to critical reflection on their beliefs and value systems, as well as opportunities to use their creativity and generativity to express their ideas and feelings, and to act for the common good.
Attainment of the instructional approach’s objectives, both age-related and general (Cultivate, Cope and Care), could help adults achieve a decentralized personalist perspective on development. A perspective that, based on personal valuation and justification of individual growth with and by the growth of others, could result in adults’ greater self-determination, humanness, and capacity for social change.
The book also describes and justifies the makeup of the model’s target population and the learning centers suitable for its implementation.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Adult Learning for Self and Relational Growth (ALG)
Book Subtitle: An Integrative Developmental Model
Authors: Isabel Borrás
Series Title: International Issues in Adult Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-417-6
Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-6300-417-6Published: 22 March 2016
Edition Number: 1
Topics: Education, general