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What Really Happens When Adults Play?: A Call for Examining the Intersection of Psychosocial Spaces, Group Energy, and Purposeful Play
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Tyler, Jo A. – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2017
Play is an increasingly popular process for working with groups of adults in a range of contexts. We are increasingly sophisticated in our ability to integrate creative forms of play into our facilitated work with groups, often with excellent outcomes. Experience and research have deepened our understanding of how to design and implement powerful…
Descriptors: Play, Group Activities, Adults, Adult Learning
Changing Self-Perception through Participation.
McMahill, William; Dobbs, Ralph – Perspectives in Adult Learning and Development, 1981
The results of an experiment with a participatory learning model indicate that, through participatory training, adults can experience improvement in their self concept which will aid them in becoming effective group members and in making decisions. (Journal availability: Department of Adult Education, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506.)…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adults, Decision Making, Group Behavior
What We Know About Adult Learning and What It Means to the Adult Educator--With Emphasis on Learning in Groups.
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Even, Mary Jane – 1973
The literature and research on adult learning in groups is reviewed in this paper. The adult educator must develop expertise in understanding leadership as it relates to groups so he can provide for the evolution of group cohesiveness in the curriculum development process. He must strive to organize varied group interaction and action…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Thirty Second Theatre: A Way of Helping Autonomous Work Groups with Problem Solving.
Gibbs, Graham; Eastcott, Diana – Simulation/Games for Learning, 1989
Describes a method for helping autonomous groups work effectively on problem solving without a facilitator. Application in a British part-time course for tutors working with adult learners is described; group dynamics are discussed; evaluation methods are explained; and detailed instructions for using this method are provided in the appendixes.…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Course Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Evening Programs
Adult Education for Home and Family Life.
Ruud, Josephine B.; Hall, Olive A. – 1974
The book is intended for college seniors and graduate students seeking an understanding of adult education and for practitioners who are conducting some aspect of an adult program. Its focus is on education for home and family life, one of the important objectives of adult education. Part One introduces the nature of adult education, giving…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
Adult Learning in Cohort Groups. Practice Application Brief No. 24.
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Imel, Susan – 2002
A form of group learning, cohorts, has become increasingly attractive to administrators, instructors, and participants in adult education. Basic academic skills cohort learning supports three types of knowing: instrumental, socializing, and self-authoring; whereas, in higher and adult education cohort learning, the development of critical…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Adult Development, Adult Education