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Title: Understanding and Facilitating Adult Learning (Jossey-Bass Management Series) by Stephen D. Brookfield ISBN: 0-87589-674-X Publisher: Jossey-Bass Pub. Date: March, 1986 Format: Hardcover List Price(USD): $27.00

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Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: This is a seminal work in Adult Education
Comment: I found this work anything but dry. It does present a balance of the theoretical and practical--so if you're looking for a cookbook of training techniques, look elsewhere. But it is very practical book in many ways. Probably the most useful aspect is Brookfield's expansive survey of the literature in which he critically examines the notion of "andragogy" (ala Malcolm Knowles) as a theory upon which adult educators can hang their hats. He concludes that there simply isn't enough empirical to support all of the generalizations Knowles makes (and quips, in fact, that adult education is a discipline without a theory). There is no such thing as a uniquely "adult" learning style, according to Brookfield. The sole empirically supported difference between adults and traditional-aged learners is the amount of life and work experience adults bring to any learning situation. But the importance of that difference shouldn't be underestimated because it, alone, suggests many differences in the way we should approach adults as learners.

If you're looking to build your theoretical understanding of adult education, this is a seminal text.

Rating: 2
Summary: Okay for teacher of community college students.
Comment: I ordered the book for my job. My company builds CBT's (computer based training modules) The summary on this book is misleading. The only people that could truly benefit from this book are those that teach GED classes, community college classes, and maybe at universities. The book is extremely dry. The author used words that I had never heard of, and could write pages and pages but say nothing. The author could've fit all of the important info in the book into about 50 pages. I really felt like I wasted my time reading it.