Andragogy in Practice

Andragogy in Practice is a timely book of case studies, which offers readers the opportunity to see andragogy in practice solving real-world challenges in a variety of adult learning contexts. It highlights the wonderful range of innovative practices that characterize adult learning today.

Holton, Robinson, and Caraccioli, authors of the bestselling The Adult Learner, bring a variety of diverse and inspiring extended cases together from a range of experienced teaching and learning specialists. Showing the broad scope, power, and potential of adult learning using andragogy, case topics include Artificial Intelligence, Online Learning in Higher Education, Human Resource and Leadership Development, Curriculum and Faculty Development and Art-Based Learning. The book can be used in conjunction with The Adult Learner or as a standalone text and provides a wealth of resources for educators, students, and practitioners looking to further their understanding of how andragogy is being applied in new and innovative ways. Experienced adult educators will be challenged to be more innovative in their own practices. For reflection and further dialog, each case includes a set of discussion questions to enhance engagement and understanding.

Students and practitioners of human resource development and adult education will enjoy the engaging, innovative, and insightful cases in this book addressing andragogical practices in the contemporary society.