Resource List

Academic Writing:

Fife, J.M. & O’Neill, P. (2001). Moving beyond the written comment: Narrowing the gap between response practice and research [Electronic version]. College Composition and Communication, 53 (2), 300-321.

Fox, H. (1994). Listening to the world: Cultural issues in academic writing [Electronic version]. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers in English.

Lea, M. & Street, B. (1998). Student writing in higher education: An academic literacies approach. Handbook for Assessing Performance. London: Kogan Page.

Sommers, N. & Saltz, L. (2004). The novice as expert: Writing in the freshman year. College Composition and Communication, 56, (1), 124-150.

Adult Learning:

Clinchy, B. M., Belenky, M., Goldberger, M.F., Tarule, J.M. (1985). Connected education for women. Journal of Education, 167 (3).

Collins, M. (1998) Critical returns: From andragogy to lifelong education. In S. Scott, B.S. Spencer, & A. Thomas (Eds.), Learning for life: Canadian readings in adult education. Toronto: Thompson Educational Publishing.

Cunningham, P.M. (1989) Making a more significant impact on society. In B.A. Quigley (Ed.), Fulfilling the promise of adult and continuing education . New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 44. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Elias, J.L. & Merriam, S.B. (1995). Introduction: Philosophy of education. In Philosophical foundations of adult education (2nd ed.), pp. 1-12. Malabar, FL: Krieger.

English, L.M. (2000). Into the 21st century with spirit. New Horizons in Adult Education, 14 (1), 12-12.

Freire, P. (1993). Pedagogy of the oppressed. (M.B. Ramos, Trans. 30th anniversary ed.). New York: Continuum International Publishing Group Inc. (Original work published 1970).

Knowles, M. (1970, 1975). The modern practice of adult education: Andragogy versus pedagogy. New York: Association Press.

Knowles, M.S., Holton, E.F., III, & Swanson, R.A. (2005). The adult learner. The definitive classic in adult education and human resource development (6th ed.). London: Elsevier Inc.

MacKeracher, D. (1997). Women as learners. In The craft of teaching adults  (pp.71-86). Toronto: Culture Concepts, Inc. (Original work published 1988).

Merriam, S.B. (2005). Adult learning. In International encyclopedia of adult education (pp. 42-48). Houndmills: Palgrave MacMillan.

Merriam, S.B. & Brockett, R. (1997). The profession and practice of adult education: An introduction. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Selman, G., Selman, M., Cooke, M., Dampier, P.(1998). The foundations of adult education in Canada (2nd ed.). Toronto: Thompson Educational Publishing.

Andragogy/Pedagogy:

Ellsworth, E. (1989). Why doesn’t this feel empowering? Working through the repressive myths of critical pedagogy. Harvard Educational Review, 59 (3), 297-324.

hooks, b. (1994). Teaching to transgress: Education as the practice of freedom. New York: Routledge

hooks, b. (2003). Teaching community: A pedagogy of hope. New York: Routledge.

Houle, C.O. (1972). The design of education.  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Stage, F.K. & Milne, N.V. (1996). Invisible scholars: Students with learning disabilities. The Journal of Higher Education, 67 (4), 426-445.

Walker, M. L. (1980). The role of faculty in working with handicapped students. In H.Z. Sprandel & M.R. Schmidt (Eds.) Serving Handicapped Students. New Directions. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Vella, Jane. (2002). Learning to listen learning to teach: the power of dialogue in educating adults (revised edition).  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Creating a Professional Portfolio:

Constantino, P.M. & Lorenzo, M.N. (2002). Developing a professional teaching portfolio: A guide for success. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Lankard, B.A. (1996). Acquiring self knowledge for career development (ERIC Digest). (ERIC Document Reproduction Sevice No. ED391110).

Lyons, N. (1999). How portfolios can shape emerging practice. Educational Leadership, 56 (8), 63-65.

National Life Work Centre (2000). Appendix E: Career portfolios: Telling your life/work story.  [Electronic copy]. Retrieved February 8, 2006: http://www.lifework.ca/blue_2000/app_e.pdf.

National Occupational Organization (1998). Creating your life's work portfolio: An interactive career and lifeplanning workbook. Indianopolis, IN: JIST Works.

Straub, C. (1997). Creating your skills portfolio: Show your accomplishments. Menlo Park, CA: Crisp Publications.

Creating Websites:

MacDonald, M. (2005). Creating web sites: The missing manual. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Nielsen, J. (2000). Designing web usability. Indianapolis: New Riders Publishing.

Nielsen, J. & Tahir, M. (2002). Usability: 50 websites deconstructed. Indianapolis: New Riders Publishing.

Towers, J.T. (2005). Macromedia Dreamweaver for Windows & MacIntosh. Berkeley: Peachpit Press.

Ethics in Adult Education:

Brockett, R.G. (ed.) (1988). Ethical issues in adult education.  New York: Teachers College Press.
Merriam, S.B. & Caffarella, R.S. (1999). Ethics and adult learning. In Learning in adulthood (2nd ed., pp. 369-386). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Sork, T.J. & Welock, B. (1992). Adult and continuing education needs a code of ethics. In M.W. Galbraith & B.R. Sisco (Eds.), Confronting controversies in challenging times: A call for action (pp.115-122). New Directions for Adults and Continuing Education, no. 54. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Sork, T.J. (1988). Exploring the ethics of professional practice. In Proceedings of the 1988 SCUTREA Conference (pp. 393-398). Leeds, England, July, 1988. Sork, T.J. (1990). An ‘ethical practices analysis’ for adult educators. Paper presented at the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education Conference, October 1990.

Starrat R.J. (1991). Building an ethical school: A theory for practice in educational leadership. Educational Administration Quarterly, 27 (2), 185-202.

Globalisation:

Finger, M. (2005). Globalization. In International encyclopedia of adult education (pp. 269-273). Houndmills: Palgrave MacMillan.

Gonzalez, V., Chen, C., & Sanchez, C. (2001). Cultural thinking and organizational patterns influencing writing skills in a Chinese English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) learner. [Electronic version]. Bilingual Research Journal, (25) 4, 627-652.

Grace, A. (2005). Queer studies. In International encyclopedia of adult education (pp. 530-533). Houndmills: Palgrave MacMillan.

Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario Website provides information on learning disabilities(n.d.). LDAO definition of learning disabilities. Retrieved February 20, 2006 from  http://www.ldao.ca/resources/education/pei/assessment/index.php

Nesbit, T. & Wilson, A.L. (2005). Power. In International encyclopedia of adult education (pp. 496-499). Houndmills: Palgrave MacMillan.

Newman,  M. (2005). Social change. In International encyclopedia of adult education (pp. 569-580). Houndmills: Palgrave MacMillan.

Stevens, R.A. (Jr.) (2004). Understanding gay identity development within the college environment [Electronic version]. Journal of College of Student Development. 45,(2), 185-206.

Tanaka, G. (2002). Higher education’s self-reflexive turn: Toward an intercultural theory of student development [Electronic version]. The Journal of Higher Education, (72), 2, 263-294.

Program Planning, Feedback, and Evaluation:

Cervero, R.M. & Wilson, A.L. (1994). Planning responsibly for adult education: A guide to negotiating power and interests. (3 chapters, pp. 3-13, 13-33, 171-193). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Crowe, J. L. (2000) Evaluation of adult learners: Ethical issues [Electronic version]. New Horizons in Adult Education, 14, (3), 4-10.

Davie, L. (1997). Program evaluation for adults. In The craft of teaching adults (pp. 185-200) Toronto: Culture Concepts, Inc. (Original work published 1988).

Caffarella, R.S. (2002). The interactive model of program planning. Planning programs for adult learners (2nd ed., pp. 20-36). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Herman, R. (1997). Planning for learning: A model for creative decision making. In The craft of teaching adults (pp. 165-183). Toronto: Culture Concepts, Inc. (Original work published 1988).

Johnston, R. (1992). Evaluation: The problem that won’t go away. International Journal of University Adult Education, 31 (1), 63-74.

Leach, L. & Zepke, N. (2005). Evaluation. In International encyclopedia of adult education (pp. 238-243). Houndmills: Palgrave MacMillan.

Sork. T.J. (2000). Planning educational programs. In Handbook of adult and continuing education (pp. 171-190). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Vella, J., Berardinelli, P. & Burrow, J. (1998). How do they know they know? Evaluating adult learning. San Francisco:Jossey-Bass.

Self-Directed Learning:

Brockett, R. & Hiemstra, R. (1991). Self-direction in adult learning: Perspectives on theory, research, and practice. London: Routledge.

Brookfield,S.D.(2005). Critical thinking in self-directed learning (notes transcribed from lecture), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.

Brookfield, S.D. & Preskill, S. (1999). Discussion in a democratic society. In Discussion as a way of teaching (pp. 1-21). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Caffarella, R. S. (1993). Self-directed learning. New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 57, 25-35.

Candy. P.C. (1991).  The growth of interest in self-directed learning. In Self-direction for lifelong learning (pp. 24-28). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Chovanec, D. M. (1998). Self-directed learning: Highlighting the contradictions. In S.M. Scott, B. Spencer, & A.M. Thomas (Eds.), Learning for life: Canadian readings in adult education. (pp. 300-312). Toronto: Thompson.

Knowles, M. (1975). Self-directed learning: A guide for learners and teachers. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Cambridge Adult Education.

Lindeman, E.C. (1982). To put meaning into the whole of life. In R. Gross (ed.), Invitation to lifelong learning (pp.118-122). Chicago: Follett.

Transformative Learning:

Cranton, P. (2005). Transformative learning. In International encyclopedia of adult education (pp. 630-637). Houndmills: Palgrave MacMillan.

Merriam, S.B. (2004). The role of cognitive development in Mezirow’s transformation learning theory [Electronic version]. Adult Education Quarterly, 55 (1), 60-68. Mezirow, J. (1978). Perspective transformation. Adult Education Quarterly, 28, (2) 100-110.

Mezirow, J. (1985b). A critical theory of self-directed learning. In S. Brookfield (Ed.), Self-directed learning: From theory to practice. New Directions for Continuing Education no. 25. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Mezirow, J. (2002). Learning to think like an adult: Core concepts of transformation theory. In J. Mezirow & associates (Eds.), Learning as transformation (pp.3-33). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.