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What is Malcolm Knowles

Chapter 48
Handbook of Research on E-Learning Applications for Career and Technical Education: Technologies for Vocational Training
He was an American adult educator known throughout the world as the father of adult education. He has been the most frequently cited author in the field. He lived between 1913 and 1997. He was executive director of the Adult Education Association of the United States of America, and thereafter a professor of adult education for different universities such as North Carolina State University and University of Arkansas.
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Curriculum Development for Adult Learners in Career and Technical Education
Viktor Wang (California State University, Long Beach, USA)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 11
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-739-3.ch048
Abstract
This chapter addresses pertinent issues concerning the development of meaningful curricula for adult learners in career and technical education. Although developing a curriculum or a course in adult vocational education depends on a competency-based model which has been borrowed from foreign countries, adult learning theory promotes a humanistic orientation for the development of self-actualizing persons. The chapter discusses how the two different models contribute to curriculum development in career and technical education.
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Workplace Learning: A Paradigm Shift to Improve the 21st Century Workforce
Considered the father of adult education worldwide, he popularized the concept of andragogy during his lifetime.
Published in Chapter: Workplace Learning: A Paradigm Shift to Improve the 21st Century Workforce; From: Handbook of Research on Technologies for Improving the 21st Century Workforce: Tools for Lifelong Learning
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Improving Workforce Education and Adult Learning: New Concepts
Considered as the father of adult education worldwide who popularized the concept of andragogy during his lifetime.
Published in Chapter: Improving Workforce Education and Adult Learning: New Concepts; From: Handbook of Research on Technologies for Improving the 21st Century Workforce: Tools for Lifelong Learning
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