Research Agenda

Applied Critical Thinking

• What is critical thinking? Why is it so difficult to explain, acquire, and implement? For adults who have mastered it in whole or in part, why do they consistently under-employ it in their personal life circumstances? An important need for the adult community is a critical thinking model that is teachable and applicable to everyday life.
• Learn more…Applied Critical Thinking (ACT)

Essential Life Skills

• Is there a set of core skills that are essential for thriving in the 21st Century? Our research with adult learners indicates there are.
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Later Life Transitions

• What happens to adults developmentally in later life? Is there a possibility for a Second Adulthood, transformational learning, growing on? Based on our work with Baby Boomers we have developed and are now field-testing a comprehensive Baby Boomer Later Life Curriculum.
• Learn more…Baby Boomers (Part I)
• Learn more... Baby Boomers (Part II)
• Learn more...Retiring Retirement
• Learn more…Second Adulthood and Later Life Transitions (Growing On!)