A Passion for Adult Learning: How the Fielding Model Is Transforming Doctoral Education

by Keith Melville

Book Overview

This book tells the story of Fielding Graduate University, an institution that started a radically innovative doctoral program in the 1970s, and initiated many changes that have been widely adopted ever since. Fielding's founders, a colorful group of publicly engaged scholar-practitioners, were visionaries intent on creating a new kind of educational experience for adults. They were utopians who set out to realize a mission of social change and comprehensive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1534840834
• ISBN13: 9781534840836
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"