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| Practitioners in human resource development must be informed about how older persons behave, learn, and what they value. This practical guide provides an overview of current gerontological theory and research and an overview of principles of adult education. It is specifically designed to address the needs of a wide range of practitioners and adult educators, and provides basic information and practical strategies. This book is intended to
inform a wide audience of adult learners about aging, adult education, intervention strategies for different levels of needs in older persons, and specific discipline-driven categories of workers. This book will be a welcome addition to any college course on adult education. It will supplement the knowledge base without demanding a full reading of gerontological texts and research. It can be used as a good overview for the generalist adult educator in training. In addition, faculty members
teaching undergraduate and graduate level courses in a number of programmatic areas such as gerontology, social work, pastoral ministry, allied health, recreation and leisure, geriatrics, management, marketing, the family, human service and education, human development through the life span, and counseling should find the resource helpful either as a central or as a complimentary resource within their courses. |
| | | | "The depth of treatment of this superbly organized book, with its sustained integration of the fundamental principles of the two allied disciplines, seems
appropriate for the "beginners" for whom the book is designed, and a good balance between theory and practice for this purpose has been achieved." -- James B. Hartman, Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, Vol. 2, No. 1.
"Beatty and Wolf, both professional practitioners/educators in the field of gerontology, have delivered a wonderful little volume of practical instruction in educational gerontology." -- Jack R. Cunningham, Review and Expositor,
93 (1996). |
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