Scholars of how adults learn and how adult education should be organized, including andragogy, transformative learning and critical reflection in adult classrooms. A person belongs here when the cited article calls the person an adult educator or a scholar of adult education or adult learning. It excludes theorists of children's learning, who sit in their own groups. Their writing shaped workplace training, continuing education and community learning programs for adults.
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Wikipedia: Jack Mezirow
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Jack Mezirow (1923 - September 24, 2014) was an American sociologist and Emeritus Professor of Adult and Continuing Education at Teachers College, Columbia University.
Malcolm Knowles (Wikipedia)
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Malcolm Shepherd Knowles (August 24, 1913, November 27, 1997) was an American adult educator, famous for the adoption of the theory of andragogy-initially a term coined by the German teacher Alexander Kapp.
Sharan Merriam (Wikipedia)
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Her focus has been researching and writing about adult learning and the foundations of adult education.
Stephen Brookfield (Wikipedia)
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Stephen Brookfield (born 1949 in Liverpool, England) is a scholar in adult education who has held positions at the University of British Columbia, Columbia University, Harvard University University of Saint Thomas and Antioch University.
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