Planning programs for adult learners: a practical guide

by Caffarella, Rosemary S., (Rosemary Shelly)

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Title Statements

Full title :Planning programs for adult learners : a practical guide / Rosemary S. Caffarella and Sandra Ratcliff Daffron.

Summary

Planning Programs for Adult Learners, Third Edition covers the development of adult education programs in clear, specific detail. This popular step-by-step guide contains information on every area of program planning for adult learners, from understanding the purpose of educational programs to obtaining suitable facilities to incorporating technology appropriately. For educators and practitioners for whom planning programs is a full-time responsibility or only a part of their jobs, as well as volunteers in a variety of organizations, will find this book to be an essential tool. Grounded in a variety of program planning models, the new edition includes:new refinements to the 11-component interactive modelupdated exercises and examples from new settingsnew material on the practical application of technologydiscussion of instructional and program evaluationa focus on critical managerial tasksa new chapter on exploring the foundational knowledge of program planninga new section on the ethical issues related to program planning.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013
Edition:Third edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Jossey-Bass, a Wiley imprint
Place of Publication:San Francisco
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781118415436, 1118415434, 9781118418246, 1118418247, 9781118525319, 1118525310, 1299106056, 9781299106055
oclc:ocn821560866
LC Classification:LC5225.A34
Dewey Decimal:374

Planning Programs for Adult Learners: A Practical Guide; Copyright; Contents; Figures, Exhibits, and Exercises; Figures; Exhibits; Exercises; Figures, Exhibits, and Exercises Available Online; Figures; Exhibits; Exercises; Foreword; Preface; Overview of the Contents; How the Contents of the Book Are Provided; Acknowledgments; The Authors; 1: Planning Programs for Adults: What It's All About; What Programs for Adults Look Like; Planners of Education and Training Programs; Sponsors and Purposes of Education and Training Programs; Change as a Primary Outcome of Education and Training Programs.

Sample Outcomes: Individual ChangeSample Outcomes: Organizational Change; Sample Outcomes: Community and Societal Change; How Education and Training Programs Are Planned; Sources for the Model; Approaches to Planning Programs; Conventional or Traditional Approach; Pragmatic or Practical Approach; Radical Planning; Practitioners' Voices; Authentic Planning Experiences Captured by Scholars; Experiences of Those Immersed in Planning Programs; Chapter Highlights; Notes for Additional Online Resources; Application Exercises; 2: Introducing the Interactive Model of Program Planning.

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Adult education -- Administration Adult education -- Administration. -- U… Adult education -- Planning Adult education -- Planning. -- United … EDUCATION -- Adult & Continuing Educati… EDUCATION -- Non-Formal Education Éducation des adultes -- Administration… Éducation des adultes -- Planification.… Electronic books United States