KATHLEEN TAYLOR is professor in the Doctorate of Educational Leadership program in the Kalmanovitz School of Education at Saint Mary's College of California. A former Fulbright Scholar, she teaches, writes, and consults internationally in the areas of adult development and learning, learning and transformation, creativity, and "brain-aware" facilitation of adult learning.

CATHERINE MARIENAU is professor-faculty mentor and coordinator of the Master of Arts in Educating Adults program in the School for New Learning at DePaul University. She teaches, writes, and consults in the areas of adult learning and development, competency-based learning, assessing learning, reflective practice, and "brain-aware" facilitation of adult learning.

They are the authors, with Morris Fiddler, of the award-winning Developing Adult Learners: Strategies for Teachers and Trainers from Jossey-Bass.

Preface ix

PART I: Brain: Then and Now 1

Chapter 1: Brain Basics–changes in the brain over eons 3

Chapter 2: The Learning, Changing Adult Brain–experience, memory, and emotions 33

Chapter 3: Metaphors, Embodiment, and Hemispheres–foundations of brain-aware approaches 59

PART II: PracticesThat Enhance Adult Learning–featuring the Theatre of Knowing 81

Chapter 4: Setting the Stage for Learning–lowering anxiety, engaging curiosity 91

Chapter 5: Enter Stage Left–starting with verbal-theoretical conceptual approaches in mind 115

Chapter 6: Enter Stage Right–starting with embodied and metaphorical approaches in mind 135

Chapter 7: Center Stage–interweaving multifaceted approaches 175

Chapter 8: Spotlight on Meaning Making–scaffolding reflection and feedback 215

PART III: Reflecting on Practice 245

Chapter 9: Enhancing Brain-Aware Practice with Theory–foundational theories of learning and development 247

Chapter 10: Toward Complexity and Commitment–learning that promotes courageous informed action 287

Epilogue 311

References 315

Acknowledgments 331

About the Authors and Contributors 333

Name Index 345

Subject Index 349

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