Self-Directed Learning: Application and Theory

From the foreword: "Self-Directed Learning: Application and Theory is the product of the North America Symposium on Adult Self-Directed Learning held in August of 1986 at the University of Georgia. The content of this work, with the exception of the two chapters by Long and Smith, was discussed in the symposium. Each author, except as noted above, prepared chapter drafts that were critically reviewed by all other authors."

Contents:
Huey B. Long, "Self-Directed Learning Reconsidered"
Stephen M. Brookfield, "Conceptual, Methodological and Practical Ambiguities in Self-Directed Learning"
Rosemary Caffarella and Judith M. O'Donnell, "Research in Self-Directed Learning: Past, Present and Future Trends"
Carol Kasworm, "Self-Directed Learning in Institutional Contexts: An Exploratory Study of Adult Self-Directed Learners in Adult Education"
Roger Hiemstra, "Self-Directed Learning: Individualizing Instruction"
Lucy and Paul Guglielmino, "Self-Directed Learning in Business and Industry: An Information Age Imperative"
Robert M. Smith, "Improving Dissemination of Knowledge about Self-Directedness in Education"
Claudia Danis and Nicole A. Tremblay, "Autodidactic Learning Experiences: Questioning Established Adult Learning Principles"
George Spear, "Beyond the Organizing Circumstances: A Search for Methodology for the Study of Self-Directed Learning"
Patrick Penland, "Self-Directed Learning and Natural Language Processing"
Huey B. Long and Stephen K. Agyekum, "Self-Directed Learning: Assessment and Validation."