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March 29, 2017
Learning From Our Lives: Using Educational Biographies with Adults
- Author
- Dominice, Pierre
- Publisher
- Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
- ISBN
- 787910317
- Book Review Link
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-9647.00144/abstract
- Table of Contents
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Foreword
Preface
The Author
ch. 1 Learning as an Active Search for Meaning
ch. 2 Understanding Biographical Approaches to Learning
ch. 3 From Life History to Educational Biography
ch. 4 How Adults Educate Themselves
ch. 5 Exploring Adults' Ways of Thinking
ch. 6 Learners' Needs, Motivations, and Dreams
ch. 7 Helping Learners Put Words to Their Lives
ch. 8 Giving Evaluation Another Meaning
ch. 9 Creating Conditions for Successful Learning in Adult Life
References
Index
Learning from Our Lives is the first professional guide to using educational biography with adult learners. It offers anecdotes and narratives, interpretations and analyses, and numerous examples of different biographical approaches. Written for practitioners who conduct adult educational programs in formal or informal settings, this book can help teachers, trainers, career counselors, and human resource professionals to empower learners in assuming greater responsibility for their education and development. (From the Publisher)