In adult education, the concept of self‐directed learning has great importance. This term
arose in the field of adult education in the 1970s and is still a widely used term in the field …

This article deals with the concept of andragogy and the understanding of the same from a
historical and professional perspective. It also includes a clarification of the difference …

Entrepreneurship education (EE) research is not advancing as fast as general
entrepreneurship because it is not subject to the same level of scholarship. Grounded in the …

Adult learning is a lifelong process whereby knowledge is formed through the transformation
of adults' experience. Research on online adult learning has been on the rise in recent …

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 …

Medical education as we know it today spans three sectors: undergraduate, postgraduate,
and the continuing professional development of established clinicians. Medical education is …

This chapter describes 10 selected theoretical approaches to education, exploring their
implications for the practice of medical education. The theoretical approaches are social …

The central question of how adults learn has occupied the attention of scholars and
practitioners since the founding of adult education as a professional field of practice in the …

The third edition of this classic is a must-have text for the human resource development
(HRD) profession. It has with brand-new material on the impact of technology, globalization …

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 …