Adult Learning Theory

Adult Learning Theory for New-Hire Training

Overview

Woodward, C. (2007), “Using Adult Learning Theory for New-Hire Training”, Journal of Adult Education, 36.1

The article in discussion here focuses on the issue of applying adult learning theory in training newly hired employees. The author also seeks to test how beneficial is the use of adult learning theory in making the process of training effective. The article draws reference from the works of Malcolm Knowles by using the concepts of andragogy. The results from before and after the training program were taken into account to conduct the analysis. The outcome of the test ...