The Oxford Handbook of Reciprocal Adult Development and Learning

One of the "Best Books of 2011" from the Center for Optimal Adult Development The fields of adult development and the study of learning have traditionally been considered separate, with development falling under psychology and learning under education. However, recent ideas, research, and practices that have emerged in these fields of study effectively emphasize the inherent reciprocal relationship that exists between them: advances in development frequently lead to learning, and conversely, learning almost necessarily fuels development. In this second edition of The Oxford Handbook of Reciprocal Adult Learning and Development, the synchronicity between development and learning is explored further, as expert authors advance the latest theories to provide a rich foundation for this new area of study and practice for this interrelated field of study. At the border of two disciplines, this handbook focuses on the capacities of intelligence, meta-cognition, insight, self-efficacy, spirituality, interpersonal competence, wisdom, and other key adult attributes as they relate to positive changes and personal growth in adults. Contexts for development and learning (e.g., the work role and environment) are also addressed, and mixed in throughout the volume are emanating implications for research, practice, and policy. What emerges is a thoughtful handbook for all who promote optimal aging, and is a must-read for academics, psychologists, and practitioners in adult development.

Carol Hoare, Ph.D., is Professor of Human Development and Human and Organizational Learning in the Department of Counseling and Human Development at the George Washington University.

ContentsPreface
Part One: Introduction and Overview
Continuing to Build a Discipline at the Borders of ThoughtCarol Hoare
Part Two: Foundations
The Relationship between Adult Learning and Development: Challenging Normative AssumptionsM. Carolyn Clark, Sharan B. Merriam, and Jennifer A. Sandlin
Qualitative Methods in Adult Development and Learning: Theoretical Traditions, Current Practices, and Emerging HorizonsJae Hoon Lim
Latent Growth Models: A Quantitative Method for Studying Adult Development and LearningGrace I. L. Caskie
Prior Learning Assessment and the Developmental Journey: From "Map-less" to CartographerAnnalee J. Lamoreaux and Kathleen Taylor
Part Three: The Reciprocal Fuel of Development for Learning and Learning for Development: Four Key Areas
The Interface of Adult Learning and IntelligenceK. Warner Schaie and Faika Zanjani
Self-Authorship and Metacognition: Related Constructs for Understanding College Student Learning and DevelopmentPatricia M. King and Ruby Siddiqui
Emotion, Regulation, and Learning across the Adult Lifespan: Implications from Developmental FunctionalismNathan S. Consedine
Principles of Interpersonal Competence and Motivation: Distinguishing Reciprocity and Affect in Social Contexts of LearningJenny Wagner and Frieder R. Lang
Part Four: The Self-System in Adult Development and Learning
Identity Narratives during the Adult Years: Development and LearningJane Kroger and Kate C. McLean
Midlife Work Role Transitions: Generativity and Learning in 21st Century CareersElizabeth Bussman Mahler
Psychological Functioning in Adulthood: A Self-Efficacy AnalysisDaniele Artistico, Jane M. Berry, Justin Black, Dan Cervone, Courtney Lee, and Heather Orom
Constructing the Self in the Face of Aging and Death: Complex Thought and LearningJan D. Sinnott
Mature Transformations in Adulthood Facilitated by Psychotherapy and Spiritual PracticeMelvin E. Miller
Part Five: The Higher Reaches of Adult Development and Learning
The Connection between Postformal Thought, Stage Transition, Persistence, and Ambition and Major Scientific InnovationsMichael Lamport Commons, Sara Nora Ross, and Linda Marie Bresette
Wisdom and its Development: Learning to Become Wise(r)Caroline L. Bassett
Religious, Spiritual, and Moral Development and Learning in the Adult YearsJames Meredith Day
Mindfulness, Openness to Experience, and Transformational LearningRobert W. Barner and Charlotte P. Barner
Part Six: Essential Contexts for the Learning, Developing Adult
Effects of Children on Adult Development and Learning: Fifty Years of Theory and ResearchJack Demick
Sibling Relationships as Opportunities for Development and Learning in AdulthoodRichard P. Lanthier and Andrew J. Campbell
Work as the Catalyst of Reciprocal Adult Development and Learning: Identity and PersonalityCarol Hoare
Culture, Learning, and Adult DevelopmentCarolin Demuth and Heidi Keller
Part Seven: Adult Development and Learning, Measured and Applied
We are all learning here: Cycles of research and application in adult developmentTheo L. Dawson and Zachary Stein
A Close-up on Adult Learning and Developmental Diversity: Adult Growth in Cohorts and Collaborative GroupsEleanor Drago-Severson
Doctoral Study: At the Intersection of Age-Related Change and Higher LearningJudith Stevens-Long and Robert Barner
Holistic Development, Learning, and Performance in College and Beyond Glen Rogers, Judith Reisetter Hart, and Marcia Mentkowski
EpilogueCarol Hoare