Awakening the Will: Principles and Processes in Adult Learning

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Temple Lodge Publishing, 1999 - Education - 192 pages
How do adults learn? What is the task of the educator in adult education? What can adults do to take charge of their learning process? Learning means change and transformation.

Coenraad van Houten tells us that, in order to learn, we must first awaken the will. True adult education, he says, enables our spiritual I to accomplish this.

He describes the forms in which learning can be meaningfully structured and offers advice and ideas to help overcome specific learning blocks. This book regards the business of adult education as a full profession, and it provides a theoretical and practical basis for its real goal - awakening the will.

 

Contents

Adult Learning as an Awakening of the Will
13
The Three Paths of Learning
26
The Image of the Human Being has to Permeate
36
The Adult Learning Process
43
The Rebirth of the Seven Liberal Arts
69
The Relationship between Adult Educator
77
Learning Activities
94
How to Design and Use Exercises
101
The Marriage of Art and Science in Adult
107
Our Biography as Destiny Learning in Adult
113
Forming Judgements
152
The Hygienic Element in Adult Learning
161
Concluding Remarks
169
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About the author (1999)

Coenraad van Houten was born in the Netherlands and, after studying chemistry, economics, and social pedagogy, lived in Indonesia, Hong Kong, and Britain. He has been a business manager, consultant, and director for the Centre of Social Development. He has developed special programs and seminars on adult education, "destiny learning," and spiritual research. He advises organization on training, is author of two books, and co-founder of the New Adult Learning Movement.

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