|aA history of education for older learners / David A. Peterson -- Philosophy of education for older adults / Harry R. Moody -- Educational needs and interests of older learners / Sharan Merriam and D. Barry Lumsden -- Cognitive and noncognitive factors affecting learning among older adults / Bert Hayslip, Jr. and Kevin J. Kennelly -- The older adult as reader / Lance M. Gentile, Ann Marie Bernazza Haase, and Richard D. Robinson -- Educational tests and measures / Bradley C. Courtenay and Allen B. Moore -- Counseling the older adult learner / Lyle D. Schmidt and Gary W. Piggrem -- The older adult's learning projects / Roger Hiemstra -- Career education for older learners / N. Alan Sheppard and G. Sandra Fisher -- Education of exceptional older learners / Carl Lampner.