Book description
Planning Programs for Adult Learners, Third Edition
covers the development of adult education programs in clear, specific
detail. This popular step-by-step guide contains information on every
area of program planning for adult learners, from understanding the
purpose of educational programs to obtaining suitable facilities to
incorporating technology appropriately. For educators and
practitioners for whom planning programs is a full-time responsibility
or only a part of their jobs, as well as volunteers in a variety of
organizations, will find this book to be an essential tool.
Grounded
in a variety of program planning models, the new edition includes:
- new refinements to the 11-component interactive model
- updated exercises and examples from new settings
- new material on the practical application of technology
- discussion of instructional and program evaluation
- a focus on critical managerial tasks
- a new chapter on exploring the foundational knowledge of program planning
- a new section on the ethical issues related to program planning
Rosemary S. Caffarella is an emerita professor of education in
the College of Agriculture and Life Science at Cornell University. Her
research and writing activities have focused on adult development and
learning, and program planning and evaluation. She has authored or
coauthored a number of books, including the award-winning Learning
in Adulthood.
Sandra Ratcliff Daffron, president and CEO of the Institute for
Professional Training & Education, is an international authority
on adult and continuing professional education and professor of adult
education at Western Washington University.
