Alan Rogers holds a Special Professorship in Adult Education in the School of Education at the University of Nottingham and an Honorary Professorial Fellowship in the University of East Anglia, UK. He engages in research, evaluation and training programmes overseas. Naomi Horrocks is a freelance consultant in the further and higher education sector, working for both national and regional agencies on teacher education, research and evaluation. She is a Visiting Fellow in the School of Lifelong Learning at UEA, UK.

• Before You StartTeaching adults today: The contextA contract to learnPerceptions of adult educationAdult studentsThe nature of LearningFrom learning to teachingPause for thoughtAims, goals and objectives The adult learning groupRoles and the teacher Teaching: Contents and methodsPause for more thoughtBlocks to learningEvaluationParticipationConclusionBibliography

Alan Rogers holds a Special Professorship in Adult Education in the School of Education at the University of Nottingham and an Honorary Professorial Fellowship in the University of East Anglia, UK. He engages in research, evaluation and training programmes overseas. Naomi Horrocks is a freelance consultant in the further and higher education sector, working for both national and regional agencies on teacher education, research and evaluation. She is a Visiting Fellow in the School of Lifelong Learning at UEA, UK.

• Before You StartTeaching adults today: The contextA contract to learnPerceptions of adult educationAdult studentsThe nature of LearningFrom learning to teachingPause for thoughtAims, goals and objectives The adult learning groupRoles and the teacher Teaching: Contents and methodsPause for more thoughtBlocks to learningEvaluationParticipationConclusionBibliography

Alan Rogers holds a Special Professorship in Adult Education in the School of Education at the University of Nottingham and an Honorary Professorial Fellowship in the University of East Anglia, UK. He engages in research, evaluation and training programmes overseas. Naomi Horrocks is a freelance consultant in the further and higher education sector, working for both national and regional agencies on teacher education, research and evaluation. She is a Visiting Fellow in the School of Lifelong Learning at UEA, UK.

• Before You StartTeaching adults today: The contextA contract to learnPerceptions of adult educationAdult studentsThe nature of LearningFrom learning to teachingPause for thoughtAims, goals and objectives The adult learning groupRoles and the teacher Teaching: Contents and methodsPause for more thoughtBlocks to learningEvaluationParticipationConclusionBibliography