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Adult learning theory for the twenty‐first century
Author(s) -
Merriam Sharan B.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
new directions for adult and continuing education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0717
pISSN - 1052-2891
DOI - 10.1002/ace.309
Subject(s) - adult learning , adult education , learning theory , education theory , psychology , experiential learning , epistemology , sociology , pedagogy , cognitive science , mathematics education , higher education , political science , philosophy , law
Drawing from previous chapters in this volume, this final chapter proposes that adult learning theory is attending more to the various contexts where learning takes place and to its multidimensional nature.