Learning does not simply end with the transition of an individual from childhood to adulthood. Although many may associate education and learning with the youth of today, this is and has always been a misconception. Education is a continuous event, and affects and is affected by people of all ages. This display and the items of which it comprises aims to dispel preconceived notions and conceptualizations around “the student”, and to inform readers and educators alike of effective and informed techniques from which to approach adult education.
With teachers and instructors as its intended audience, How to Teach Adults: Plan Your Class, Teach Your Students, Change the World serves as great start when preparing lesson plans for adult learners. Filled with practical teaching and classroom management strategies, this item does an excellent job of informing the educator of the unique methods, strategies and theories that are involved in adult education so to ensure students reach their full potential. With its recommendations on how to connect with students, facilitate discussions, and create effective syllabi, How to Teach Adults addresses the adult education process completely by covering everything from preparing the classroom, managing the classroom, and preparing students for their professional or academic careers.
Building Sustainable Futures for Adult Learners edited by Jennifer K. Holtz, Carrie J. 
Boden Mcgill and Stephen B. Springer is a volume comprised of papers that have been published in conjunction with the Adult Higher Educational Alliance and American Association of Adult and Continuing Education Conferences. Divided into two parts, “Sustaining Adult Learners in Higher Education” and “Supporting Adult Learning in Organizations, Institutions and Communities”, this item is full of strategies and theories concerning an education that will empower all students as they pursue their aspirations, whether they be academically or professionally geared. Based from the findings of both academic and practice-based research, this item makes notable attributions to the field of adult education while offering effective strategies that can be implemented in the classroom.
While there are a unique set of obstacles experienced by mature students, this experience is even more intense for students of colour whose lived experiences are informed by a society that privileges the white male. Swimming Upstream: Black Males in Adult Education is an edited volume composed of works that speak to the unique challenges experienced by black men pursuing adult education. Whether it through engagement with adult basic education programs, professional degrees or higher education, this volume helps to shed light on and inform commonly held perceptions and stereotypes when considering the mature black male student. Swimming Upstream works to provide a better understanding of the sociocultural dynamics that impact this demographic of students and to encourage more effective and appropriate education strategies and policies.
As a volume containing a number of important foundational works by the most notable 
current contributors within the field of adult education, Jossey-Bass Reader on Contemporary Issues in Adult Education is a superb resource by which readers can gain a more thorough and intimate understanding of issues and trends affecting adult education today. Touching on topics such as social justice, diversity, lifelong learning, ethical issues and technology, this item acts as an expansive resource by which the topic of adult education is approached by holistically. By including research that concerns the student experience in all walks of life, this item acts as a great toolkit by which to approach adult education in the classroom.
An item of celebration and community, Women, Adult Education, and Leadership in Canada: Inspiration, Passion and Commitment gives voice to the multitude of women who have made ground-breaking contributions to adult education. Emphasizing the motivation on the part of these women to inspire social change, this item is full of the real-life stories and experiences of women who work to empower their communities through adult education. While highlighting the experiences and voices of women of colour, this item does a great job in promoting the many ways that women have benefited their communities through adult education.
For these and more books on adult education, visit the Lobby Display on the ground floor of the OISE building. Please feel free to take out the materials found in the lobby display—OISE staff would be happy to take these out for you.
