Enhancing Learning in Training and Adult Education

by Edward E. Gordon

Overview

This book picks up where the well-received Futurework (1994) left off. It builds a strong case for workplace trainers treating their work as research. The nine chapters are designed to prepare readers to become workplace consultants. The authors present their workplace training program of research as well as a mastery learning model. By presenting ideas from instructional psychology, cognitive science, mastery learning, and performance based assessments, and then relating these findings to the workplace, the authors offer a new way to look at learning in the workplace. Considerable focus is given to the need to enhance diversity within workplace settings. Suggested readings are included with each chapter.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275950163
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	02/24/1998
Series:	Technology Series; 15
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.88(d)

About the Author

RONALD R. MORGAN is an expert in the psychology of learning and instruction. He serves as the director of the educational and school psychology programs of study at Loyola University of Chicago.

JUDITH A. PONTICELL is an Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at Texas Tech University./e Her research focuses on adult learning, school effectiveness, and establishing educational partnerships in the workplace.

EDWARD E. GORDON is President of Imperial Corporate Training and Development and teaches at Loyola University in Chicago. Together they have co-authored Futurework: The Revolution Reshaping American Business (Praeger, 1994) and Closing the Literacy Gap in American Business (Quorum Books, 1991).

Table of Contents

Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Cognition and Instruction: Putting Theory into Practice
Adult Learning and Development: A Cognitive Science Perspective
Theoretical Foundations of Learning and Development
Behavioral Views of Learning and Instruction
Thinking, Problem Solving, and Creativity: A Cognitive Science Perspective
Assessment of Learner Characteristics
Intelligence: An Information Processing View
Personality Assessment
Consultation and Professional Practice
Instructional Consultation
Training and Adult Education
The Interface of Science and Practice: The Role of the Training Practitioner in Applying Science
Methodological Issues Related to the Multicultural Revolution Reshaping American Business
Appendix: Problem Solutions
References

Editorial Reviews

Presents an approach to workplace training that is anchored in the literature of educational psychology. Discusses the benefits of incorporating cognitive science theories into the leading paradigms of instructional psychology. The authors contend that such links will allow the trainer to treat workplace education and training as research laboratories and design programs that minimize learning differences such as attention, cognitive style expectancies, and memory organization. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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