Adult Learning Principles

Useful resources to keep in mind. My special recommendation: the ones in red. 

Agar, M.H. (1996). The professional stranger: An informal introduction to ethnography, 2nd Ed. San Diego: Academic Press.

Amobi, F. (2004). Crossing borders: Reflections on the professional journey of a teacher educator in diaspora. Intercultural Education, 15 (2), 167-178.

Baldwin, J. (1985). The price of the ticket: Collected non-fiction. New York: St. Martin’s Press.

Caudron, S. (2000). Learners speak out: What actual learners actually think of actual training, Training and Development, 52-57.

Coulby, D. (2006). Intercultural education: theory and practice. Intercultural Education, 17 (3), 245-257.

Freire, P. (2002; 1970). Pedagogy of the oppressed. New York: Continuum.

Giroux, H. (2005). Border crossings: Cultural workers and the politics of education, 2nd Ed. New York: Routledge.

Grace, A. (1996). Adult educators as border crossers: Using transformative pedagogy to inform classroom practice. Paper presented at the 37th Annual Adult Education Research Conference, University of South Florida, 145-150.

Haig-Brown, C. (1992). Choosing border work. Canadian Journal of Native Education, v. 19, n. 1., 96-116.

Kidd, J.R. (1973). How adults learn. New York: Association Press.

Lindeman, E. (1925). The meaning of adult education. New York: New Republic.

Merriam, S. & Caffarella, R. (1999). Learning in adulthood: A comprehensive guide, 2nd Ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Merriam, S., Caffarella, R., & Baumgartner, L. (2007). Learning in adulthood: A comprehensive guide, 3rd Ed. San Francisco: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Smith, L.T. (1999). Decolonizing methodologies: Research and indigenous peoples. London: Zed Books.

Taylor, E. (1994). Intercultural competency: A transformative learning process. Adult Education Quarterly, 44 (3), 154-174.

Tight, M (1983). Education for Adults, volume I: Adult Learning and education. Beckenham, Kent: The Open University.

Thomas, AM. (1998). Learning Our Way Out. In: Scott, SM, Spencer, B & Thomas, AM (Eds.). Learning For Life: Canadian Readings in Adult Education. Toronto, ON: Thompson Educational Publishing, Inc.

Wekker, G. (2006). The politics of passion: Women’s sexual culture in the Afro-Surinamese diaspora. New York: Columbia University Press.

Zachary, L.J. (2002). The role of teacher as mentor. New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 93, 27-38.