Textbooks

Core Classes

ACE-D 500 Introduction to Adult Education Theory

• Philosophical Foundations of Adult Education
• Selected Writings on Philosophy and Adult Education

ACE-D 505 Adult Learning Through the Lifespan

• Learning in Adulthood: A Comprehensive Guide (3rd Edition) (this is used in both 505 and 506)
• Bringing Transformative Learning to Life

ACE-D 506 Adult Education Planning and Development

• Planning Programs for Adult Learners: A Practical Guide for Educators, Trainers, and Staff Developers (2nd Edition)
• Learning in Adulthood: A Comprehensive Guide (3rd Edition) (this is used in both 505 and 506)

ACE-D 512 Forms and Forces of Adult Education

• The Profession and Practice of Adult Education: An Introduction (The older edition is the same as the 2007 one except for one chapter. It doesn't matter which version you have.)

ACE-D 521 Participation Training

• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable
• Readings in Oncourse

ACE-D 525 Introduction to DE Systems

• Theory and Practice of Online Learning (free ebook)

ACE-D 620 Adult Education Research

• Introduction to Social Research

ACE-D 640 Capstone Seminar

• No Required Text. Readings linked through Oncourse

Professional Focus Area Classes

ACE-D 523 Small Group Theory

• Paradoxes of Group Life: Understanding Conflict, Paralysis, and Movement in Group Dynamics
• Joining Together: Group Theory and Group Skills (9th Edition) - RECOMMENDED ONLY!

ACE-D 600 The Teaching-Learning Transaction

• Emerging Perspectives on Learning, Teaching, and Technology (free ebook)
• Rapid Instructional Design: Learning ID Fast and Right <-RECOMMENDED ONLY!

ACE-D 613 Organizational Context of Adult Education

• Enhancing Organizational Effectiveness in Adult and Community Education
• HPI Essentials

ACE-D 615 Adult and Continuing Education in Collegiate Settings

• Kasworm, Polson, & Fishback. (2002). Responding to adult learners in higher education. Malabar, FL: Krieger Publishing
• Kilgore & Rice (Eds.) (2003). Meeting the special needs of adult students. New Directions for Student Services, 102 THIS TEXT IS AVAILABLE FREE ONLINE THROUGH THE IUPUI LIBRARY. SPECIFIC CHAPTERS INCLUDED IN THIS COURSE ARE LINKED ALONG WITH OTHER ARTICLES ON THE READING LIST IN THE RESOURCES TOOL IN ONCOURSE

ACE-D 625 TOPICS (look under specific topic title for books)

• Listening Dynamics in Teaching and Learning
  • Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach

• Perspectives on Diversity in Adult Education
  • Power in Practice: Adult education and the struggle for knowledge and power in society

• Community Colleges
  • Minding the Dream: The Process and Practice of the American Community College

• New Student Orientation
  • No Required Text. Readings linked through Oncourse