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Foundational Theories of Adult Learning

          Andragogy

          Self-Directed Learning

          Transformational Learning

Reformulations of "Borrowed" Theories

          Feminist Theory - Feminist Pedagogy

          Situated Cognition

          Critical Theory - Postmodernism

Social Relationships

Attachment Theory

The Convoy Model

Socioemotional Selectivity Theory

Evolutionary Psychology Theory

Primary Aging

Oxidative Damage

Genetic Limits

Caloric Restriction

Work and Retirement

Super's Theory of Career Development

Holland's Theory of Career Selection

Personality

          Psychosocial Development

          Ego Development

          Mature Adaptation

Note: The categorization scheme for the first three categories were taken from Merriam, 2001. The remaining categorizations were taken from Bjorklund and Bee, 2008.

Citations

Merriam, S. B. (2001). Something old, something new: Adult learning theory for the twenty-first century. New Directions For Adult and Continuing Education, 89. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Bjorklund, B. R. & Bee, H. L. (2008). The Journey of Adulthood (6th Ed). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.