Resources and Insights
We provide a comprehensive range of resources designed to support diverse learning styles and academic goals.
Adult Learning Theory
These core principles have shaped how we approach modern educational practice and professional development programming.
Andragogy
Malcolm Knowles’ The Modern Practice of Adult Education: From Pedagogy to Andragogy (1980) established that adult learners are self-directed, experiential, and problem-centered.
Transformative Learning
Jack Mezirow’s Transformative Dimensions of Adult Learning (1991) explains how adults critically reflect on and alter their deeply held assumptions.
Experiential Learning
David Kolb’s Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning and Development (1984) details a four-stage cycle focusing on concrete experience and active experimentation.
Self-Directed Learning
Sharan Merriam’s work, such as Adult Learning: Linking Theory and Practice (2013), synthesizes how adults take independent ownership of their learning paths.
Relevant Literature
Explore our curated selection of foundational texts and contemporary research papers that shape modern educational consulting and cognitive development strategies.
The Adult Learner
- Baumgartner, L.M., et al. (2003). Adult Learning Theory: A Primer.
- Clark, M.C. (2001). Creative approaches to adult learning
- Elias, J.L. & Merriam, S.B. (2005). Philosophical Foundations of adult education. (3rd ed).
- Fenwick, T.J. (1994). Learning Styles in Adult education: Issues for research and practice
- Knowles, M. S. (1990). The adult learner: A neglected species.
- Merriam, S. B. & Caffarella, R. S., (1999). Learning in Adulthood.
Innovative Teaching & Learning
- Akella, D. (2010). Learning together: Kolb's experiential theory and its application.
- Beard, C. (2018). Dewey in the World of Experiential Education.
- Brookfield, S. D., (1999). Discussion as a way of teaching.
- Brookfield, S. (1995). Becoming a critically reflective teacher.
- Knowles, M. (1975). Self-Directed Learning Guide.
- Kolb, D.A. (1986). Facilitating Experiential learning.
Contemporary Cognitive Science
- Ericsson, K. A., et al. (2006). Handbook of expertise.
- Spiro, R. J., et al. (1988). Cognitive flexibility theory.
- Stern, Y. (2009). Cognitive reserve.
- Wexler, B. E. (2006). Brain plasticity and behavior.
Supporting Adjunct Faculty
- Antony, J. S. (2002). Satisfaction of Part-time Faculty.
- Baldwin, R. G. (2011). Contingent Faculty as Teachers.
- Burleigh, C., et al. (2021). Online Adjunct Perceptions.
- Childress, H. (2019). The adjunct underclass.
- Ginsberg, B. (2011). The fall of the faculty.
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