Study On Adult Learning Thought Of Malcolm Knowles

With the development of the concept lifelong education and the construction of learning society,adult learning has attracted more and more attention,and has become an important way of life.As a lifelong education system,the adult education in the position of marginalization,the plight of adult higher education reform,the theory of adult education system is not perfect.Therefore,it is a great practical significance to strengthen the study of adult learning,especially for the in-depth analysis of the characteristics of adult students.Knowles course of his life devoted to theoretical research and practical activities,led to large numbers of adult education workers are active in adult education career,which greatly promoted the development of the United States and the world of adult education,its numerous works and practice in the field of adult education,has been widely praised by the United States and the world of adult education the first is endowed with multiple reputation:the father of adult learning;the first puts forward a comprehensive theory of adult education;the first describes the development of adult education in America;first introduced the practice of informal adult education.Under the rich theory of adult education,the exploration of adult learning thought is very important.The study on Knowles’ adult educational thought has achieved fruitful results,but has not yet made a comprehensive discussion on adult learning thought.Knowles’ adult learning thought is implicit in his adult educational thought,and to clarify the formation,the main content and the included learning theory is very important.This paper collects a lot of information relating to Knowles finishing the theory of adult education,widely existing research results at home and abroad,based on the theoretical origin,the background of the Age and the adult practice of the adult education,to take the literature research method,and historical research method and other research methods,A comprehensive of Knowles adult learning theory,the system examines and combs,trying to include all the contents of Knowles’ s thought of adult learning,to form a complete theoretical system.This paper’s structure and contents as following:The first chapter is the introduction part,which includes the thesis’ origin,purpose and significance,literature review,research content,research method,research focus,difficulties and innovation point.The second chapter mainly discusses the theoretical origin and historical background of Knowles’ s adult learning thought.The third chapter analyzes the formation of Knowles’ s adult learning thought.It has gone through three stages:exploration period,formation period and perfect period。The fourth chapter including adult learning characteristics,learning principles,learning process,learning methods and teachers’ responsibilities.The fifth chapter examines the historical influence of Knowles’ adult educational practice activities and adult learning thoughts on the development of adult education in the United States and the world.With the development of the times characteristic at that time,criticism based on the perspective of Knowles Adult learning thought to make an objective evaluation.The sixth chapter is the enlightenment part,On the basis of summing up the rationality and shortcomings of Knowles’ adult learning thoughts and evaluating the thoughts and evaluation,combining with some theoretical and practical problems in the development of adult education in China.