Mentor

Laurent A. Daloz is an associate director and faculty member at the Whidbey Institute, a learning center on Whidbey Island, Washington. He served as mentor to adult students for many years as faculty with the Norwich University Adult Degree Program, the Johnson College External Degree Program, and the Lesley College Intensive Residency Option.

• Foreword vLois ZacharyPreface to the Original Edition ixPreface xixThe Author xxxiPart One: Adult Learning as Development1 First Shards: The Search for Meaning as a Motive for Learning 32 Mentors, Myths, and Metamorphosis: Education as a Transformational Journey 173 Maps of Transformation: How Adults Change and Develop 43Part Two: Learning as a Transformative Journey4 The Deep and Savage Way: The Unsettling First Steps of an Educational Journey 895 The Dynamic of Transformation: How Learning Changes the Learner 1256 Returning Home: Helping Adults Integrate New Insights 147Part Three: Fostering Adult Learning7 The Ecology of Adult Learning: Barriers and Incentives to Learning and Growth 1818 The Yoda Factor: Guiding Adults Through Difficult Transitions 2039 The Art of the Mentor: Limits and Possibilities 231Afterword 249Notes 263References 269Appendix 279Index 281