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          Sharan B. Merriam is professor of adult education at the University of Georgia..

          Sharan Merriam

          American educator

          Sharan B. Merriam is professor of adult education at the University of Georgia.

          Her focus has been researching and writing about adult learning and the foundations of adult education.

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        1. Merriam synthesizes twenty years of developments in qualitative research with clarity and acumen." Michael Quinn Patton, author, Qualitative Research and.
        2. Sharan B. Merriam is professor of adult education at the University of Georgia.
        3. This article addresses twin purposes of adult education: education for social change and education for spiritual growth.
        4. The Encyclopedia of Adult Education is the first comprehensive reference work in this important and fast-growing field, and is an invaluable resource for adult.

          5. She has won the Cyril O. Houle Award for Outstanding Literature in Adult Education for three of her books. In 1998 she was a senior Fulbright scholar to Malaysia.[1][2]

          Biographical information

          Presently on the faculty in Adult Education at the University of Georgia in Athens, where her responsibilities include teaching graduate courses in adult education and qualitative research methods, and supervising graduate student research.

          Her doctorate is in adult education from Rutgers University. Prior to her move to Georgia, she served on the faculties of Northern Illinois University and Virginia Tech. Merriam served as author, co-author, or editor of 25 books and was co-editor of the Adult Education Quarterly for five years.[3]

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