Adult learners : motives for learning and implications for practice -- Understanding how adults learn -- Exploring self-directedness in learning -- Facilitating self-directed learning -- Andragogy : alternative interpretations and applications -- The facilitator's role in adult learning -- Learning in informal settings-- Learning in formal settings -- Program development for adults : challenging the institutional approach -- Structuring programs around learners' needs and abilities -- Evaluating learning and its facilitation -- Facilitating learning : toward guidelines for good practice.