Adult educational psychology / / edited by James A. Athanasou.

Adult Educational Psychology is useful for those encountering psychology as a subject in adult education courses as well as those with an interest in the psychology of adult development. It is directly relevant for teachers in higher education, instructors in technical and further education, staff d...

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Place / Publishing House:Rotterdam, Netherlands ;, Taipei : : Sense Publishers,, [2008]
©2008
Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / James A. Athanasou
  • Introduction to Adult Educational Psychology / James A. Athanasou
  • The Development of Identity in the Adult Years / Mark Tennant
  • Social Psychology of Adult Learning / Shirley Saunders
  • Social Learning / Ian R. Cornford
  • Motivation / Peter Russell
  • Emotions and Adulthood / Irene Strydom
  • Interest and Learning: From Attraction to Absorbing Interest / Mary Ainley
  • Intelligence: Theories and Issues / Gerard J. Fogarty
  • Modern Associative Theory in Teaching and Learning / E. James Kehoe and Michaela Macrae
  • Memory and Retrieval: Implications for Teaching and Learning / R. T. Pithers
  • Skill Learning and the Development of Expertise / Ian R. Cornford
  • Adult Cognition: Development and Characteristics / Kevin F. Collis
  • Making Judgements and Decisions / Ray W. Cooksey
  • Principles and Applications of Educational and Psychological Testing / Gerard J. Fogarty
  • Introduction to Psychometrics / Iasonas Lamprianou
  • About the Editor / James A. Athanasou
  • Index / James A. Athanasou.