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How to Achieve Better Student Retention in Adult Education

by Teddy Edouard

A practical framework for adult-learner retention

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A practical framework for adult-learner retention

Teddy Edouard organizes the book around the work of keeping adult students engaged and enrolled, moving from learning theories and warning signs to systems for retention, facilitation, transferable skills, and test preparation. Its scope includes traditional, hybrid, and online classrooms. The description highlights expanded attention to andragogy—including its limitations—as well as the theory of margin and transformative learning. The chapter sequence gives the subject a practical arc, connecting ideas about how adults learn with classroom strategies and real-world learning-facilitation guidance.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Adult educators seeking structured ideas for engagement and retention
  • Instructors working across traditional, hybrid, or online classrooms
  • Readers interested in adult-learning theories and test preparation

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Adult educationStudent engagement and retentionLearning theoriesFlexible and transferable skillsTest preparation

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Book overview

Secrets for Becoming an Exceptional Adult Ed Instructor

 

This updated edition introduces valuable content for adult educators, including more insights on hybrid and online teaching, advanced test-taking strategies, and expanded discussions on key learning theories. Notably, the edition includes a summary and limitations of andragogy, a look into the theory of margin, and a deeper exploration of transformative learning. These theories offer educators more tools to improve student engagement and retention in both traditional and online classrooms.

 

  • Superficially, this edition presents the following chapters:
  • Chapter 1: Understanding Our Calling
  • Chapter 2: Foundation: Key Theories That Influence Adult Learning
  • Chapter 3: Taking Matters into Your Own Hands
  • Chapter 4: Identifying the Warning Signs
  • Chapter 5: Building a System for Student Engagement and Retention
  • Chapter 6: Raising Your Learning-Facilitation Game
  • Chapter 7: Flexible Knowledge and Transferable Skills
  • Chapter 8: Test Preparation (Game Day!)
  • Chapter 9: Real-World Oriented Learning-Facilitation Guidelines

 

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