EPSY 407 Adult Learning and Development
Tuesday and Thursday, 3:30-4:50, 215 David Kinley Hall
Professor: Elizabeth A. L. Stine-Morrow, Education 210G, 4-2167, eals@illinois.edu
Human development continues throughout the life span, as does our capacity to learn. In this course, we explore the nature of adult development in the domains of perception, cognition, intellectual performance, emotional experience, and personality, as well as the impact of social context. The question driving this course is how multifaceted change in different arenas of life impacts the learning process, and how the capacity for continued learning affects other parts of life. We will review the empirical evidence for development within each of these domains, evaluate the major theories of aging that have be en used to account for these findings, and consider the implications of these principles for best practice in adult education.
