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Book Reviews : Gary Dickinson. Teaching Adults: A Handbook for Instructors. Toronto: New Press, 1973. 108 pp. $4.95

Teaching Adults is particularly addressed to part-time instructors of adults in diverse organizations, agencies, and institutions. Although most part-time instructors have considerable expertise in their principal employment, their training and experience in the art and skills of teaching adults often are quite limited. It is this problem that the author seeks to resolve by providing background on the nature of adults and learning and then discussing the planning and processes of instruction. The author states several criteria which guided the writing of the book: it should have broad applicability, provide systematic treatment of information, present research and theory in practical terms, and include only material directly useful to part-time instructors. The author’s intent was to keep the book relatively brief and concise. Dickinson adheres to these criteria, in an effort to produce a useful reference for new instructors.