Teaching, Coaching and Mentoring Adult Learners: Lessons for professionalism and partnership Contributor(s): Fehring, Heather (Editor), Rodrigues, Susan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1138961051 ISBN-13: 9781138961050 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $52.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Higher - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Arts & Humanities - Education | Adult & Continuing Education |
Dewey: 374 |
LCCN: 2016010422 |
Physical Information: 0.38" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.57 lbs) 178 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The challenge for those coaching, mentoring, supervising or teaching adults is to design and deliver high-quality programmes that encompass a blend of teaching and learning approaches and strategies, that are constructed for adult learners in multiple educational environments and that cater for the diversity of adult learners' needs. Adult learners are complex individuals who come to the learning process with a multitude of different experiences. Teaching, Coaching and Mentoring Adult Learners helps practitioners step up to this challenge by developing the skills needed to share their expertise with adult learners and engage them in new transformative practices. This book also forms a timely contribution to the current period of evolution in adult education, where extreme changes in the nature and scope of work and the globalisation of work and life are influencing learning. The shift in adult education addressed in this book includes:
This book provides research-based insight into the expectations and the value of the coach, mentor, tutor and supervisor roles and combines research with strategic guidance to support the implementation of innovative techniques through case studies, strategies and methodologies in teaching and learning in higher education and professional learning. Bringing together insights from an expert range of international contributors, this text will be invaluable to higher education professionals and those involved in supervising, coaching and mentoring in the workforce. |