Discover strategies that work with the adult learner!Based on the authors′ 20 years of combined experience, this illuminating text examines the challenge of teaching adults and reveals what really works when leading professional development training for educators. Ideal for new and aspiring staff developers, this resource presents research-based adult learner theory and reviews assumptions about adult learners, principles that guide adult learning practices, and adult responses to change. The authors discuss all aspects of adult training, including: Roles people play in group processesThe three-tiered change processThe evolution of professional development modelsLevels of information transfer to the classroom