Adult learning and the emotional self

Dirkx, John M., 1951- (Added Author).

Summary: This issue of "New directions for adult and continuing education" contains articles that look at the role that emotion can play in the lives of teachers and adult learners. It looks at adult learning in a number of settings.

Record details

ISBN: 9780470446744
Physical Description: 101 p. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass , 2008.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

The meaning and role of emotions in adult learning / John M. Dirkx -- Adults in programs for the "academically underprepared" / Janet Isserlis -- Emotional challenges of adult learners in higher education / Carol E. Kasworm -- Adult learning and the emotional self in virtual online contexts / Regina O. Smith -- Fostering awareness of diversity and multiculturalism in adult and higher education / Lisa M. Baumgartner, Juanita Johnson-Bailey -- Adult learning in the workplace: emotion work or emotion learning? / Laura L. Bierema -- Powerful feelings: exploring the affective domain of informal and arts-based learning / Randee Lipson Lawrence -- Teaching and emotions in a nonformal educational setting / Edward W. Taylor -- The emotional self in adult learning / Carolyn Clark, John M. Dirkx.