Handbook of research on adult learning and development / edited by M. Cecil Smith ; with Nancy DeFrates-Densch.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains information on analysis, integration, and summary of theoretical advances and research findings on adult development and learning - a rapidly growing field reflecting demographic shifts toward an aging population in Western societies. Features contributions from known scholars across diverse disciplianry foelds( education, developmental psychology, pulic policy, gerontology, neurology, public health, sociology, family studies, and adult education) and the volume is organized on six themes: Theoretical Perspectives on Adult Development and Learning, Research Methods in Adult Development, Research on Adult Development, Research on Adult Learning, Aging and Gerontological Research and Policy on Aging.