Adults lead complex lives with limits on the amount of time they have to engage in formal learning. This reality, combined with the amount of effort and practice needed to develop one’s literacy ...

Andragogy, a term initially coined by the German educator Alexander Kapp in 1833, was later popularized by American educator Malcolm Knowles. It signifies a shift in educational methods and practices, ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Literacy development is a complex skill that can require thousands of hours of ...

Training transfer refers to the process by which adult learners apply newly acquired skills, knowledge and attitudes from formal training environments to real-world contexts. In adult education, ...

As the dean of the Hamilton Holt School of Professional Advancement and Graduate Studies at Rollins College, I meet a variety of adult learners returning to finish or obtain a college degree. These ...

A student leverages a training aid to bolster her skills in giving an oral examination for dogs while in an online course. Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg Higher education leaders love to segment ...

Students are often labeled unmotivated when they are actually exhausted or overwhelmed. Adults frequently misunderstand ...

As a child, we are fascinated with the world. As a child, we are naturally curious about our environment. We want to touch, push, pull and poke things that are within our reach. All of our senses are ...