Understanding and Teaching the At-Risk Adult Student

Strategies to Improve Retention and Success

Diane Mierzwik (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

124 Seiten

2013
Rowman & Littlefield Education (Verlag)
978-1-4758-0164-4 (ISBN)

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This is a guide for teachers entering or continuing in the specific realm of adult education of students who are at-risk due to their criminal backgrounds, substance abuse issues or undiagnosed learning disabilities. The book provides readers with an overview of the teaching challenges for this population of students, presents research on their unique challenges as learners, and provides teachers with evidence-based practices to enhance the success of this adult learner population.

Diane Mierzwik has been an educator for over 25 years, teaching all grade levels, serving as a program coordinator for adult education and a mentor teacher for others. She is the author of several books and articles. www.dianemierzwik.net

Preface
Introduction
Part One: Understanding the At-Risk Adult Student
1.Defining "At-Risk"
2.Undiagnosed Learning Disabilities and Behavioral Disorders
3.Substance Abuse Induced Brain Dysfunction
4.Chronic Criminogenic Behaviors
5.The Adult Brain
Part Two: Teaching the At-Risk Adult Student
6.Managing the At-Risk Adult Learner
7.Classroom Environment
8.Delivery of New Materials
9.Explicit Teaching of Problem-Solving Skills
10.The Use of Graphic Organizers and Other Non-traditional Teaching Strategies
11.Group Processing and Cooperative Learning Strategies

Erscheint lt. Verlag	22.5.2013
Verlagsort	Lanham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	157 x 237 mm
Gewicht	322 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
ISBN-10	1-4758-0164-5 / 1475801645
ISBN-13	978-1-4758-0164-4 / 9781475801644
Zustand	Neuware