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Training resources

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Publications

Brookfield, SD 1986, Understanding and facilitating adult learning, John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Suffolk, England. This highly regarded resource analyses current approaches to adult learning, presents a comprehensive review of the research on how adults learn, and proposes ways to develop more innovative adult learning programs.

Darkenwald, GG & Merriam, SB 1982, Adult education: foundations of practice, Harper Row, New York. An important reference book for identifying and overcoming barriers to adult participation in education and training programmes.

Knowles, M 1990, The adult learner: a neglected species (4th ed.), Houghton Mifflin, Boston. Malcolm Knowles provided the foundation work on how adult learn, and the characteristics of the adult learner. 

Rogers, J 2001, Adults learning, Open University Press, Buckingham, England. This resource is a widely recognised guide on how to teach adults in the 21st century. It answers questions such as, ‘How do adults learn?’, ‘How can I deliver material in a way that will interest people?’ and ‘How can I manage my group so that confident people do not dominate and the quieter ones are able to join in?’

UNESCO Institute for Education, 1997, Adult environmental education: awareness and environmental action, provides an international perspective on adult education and participation in environmental activities – www.unesco.org/education/uie/confintea/pdf/6a.pdf.

Websites

  • The National Training Information Service website contains information on the module RTD3507A, ‘Undertake sampling and testing of water’, as part of the nationally accredited training course in conservation and land management – www.ntis.gov.au 
  • TAFE Queensland provides information on where you can complete the module RTD3507A, ‘Undertake sampling and testing of water’, as part of the Diploma of Conservation and Land Management – www.tafe.qld.gov.au 
  • The Department of Education, Science and Training website contains useful contacts and information on training – www.dest.gov.au
  • Adult Learning Australia Inc. website contains publications on community engagement along with links to information on different learning and teaching practices – www.ala.asn.au 
  • Griffith University (Brisbane) has put together a science toolbox providing information on a wide range of tools which can be useful for encouraging participation in group discussion of ideas such as how polluted waterways affect communities – www.gu.edu.au 
  • Infed is a website on informal education, and it includes a summary of seminal works by Malcolm Knowles informal adult education, self-direction and andragogy, which dealt with some important concepts in adult education and characteristics of adult learners – www.infed.org  
  • UNESCO Institute for Education provides an internanational perspective on adult education and environmental action – www.unesco.org/education

Training materials

A number of regional groups across Queensland have put together their own accredited training packages and materials for community water monitoring. You may find them useful when developing your own regionally-specific materials.

The regional groups to contact are:

Last updated 19 February 2008