Becoming adult learners : principles and practices for effective development / Eleanor Drago-Severson.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-203) and index.

Foreword / Laurent A. Parks Daloz -- 1. Introduction : aims, purposes, and intentions of this book -- 2. Understanding constructive-developmental theory -- 3. Research method -- 4. The polaroid learning site -- 5. "Not I alone" : the power of the cohort and collaborative learning -- 6. "Good teachers understand their students" : a developmental view of learners' expectations of their teachers -- 7. "We're trying to get ahead" : changes in learners' conceptions of themselves, their skills, and their relationship to work -- 8. Implications of a new pluralism for program design, curriculum development, practice, policy, and research -- Epilogue : graduation : a red-letter day.

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