Hi everyone!
The Adult Learning and Development Group (ALD) at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education invites 
you to please join us on Friday, October 29, 2004 from 12 to 2 pm in Nichols House next to Harvard 
Graduate School of Education’s Gutman Library at 6 Appian Way off Brattle Street in Cambridge, MA, 
for a talk by Dr. Eleanor Drago-Severson.

Ellie Drago-Severson will present on her second book, Becoming Adult Learners: Principles and 
Practices for Effective Development, published by Teachers College press (2004).

In this book, Drago-Severson (2004):
·	explores adult learning and development at a particular workplace education site through the 
lens of Robert Kegan’s (1982, 1994) constructive-developmental theory.
·	draws from a NCSALL study (Kegan, Broderick, Drago-Severson, Helsing, Popp, & Portnow, 2001) and 
investigates how adult learners “make sense of their learning experiences and their lives” ( 
Drago-Severson, 2004, p. 3).
·	asserts: “In this book I present the voices of people not unlike my grandparents in their 
courageous pursuit of their dreams. Many are immigrants trying to become fluent enough to sing 
their songs in English; all are learners wanting to improve their literacy so as to expand their 
lives” (Drago-Severson, 2004, p. 2).


This event is hosted by the HGSE Adult Learning and Development Group and funded by HGSE’s Office 
of Student Affairs and Student Government Association.

All are welcome. We invite teachers, learners, researchers, and policymakers to join in this 
event.

Pizza, salad and soda will be served.

If you have questions, please contact Jenni Roloff Welch (roloffje at gse.harvard.edu) or Kat 
DiTommaso (ditommka at gse.harvard.edu)

Thank you.
Jennifer Roloff Welch and Kathrynn DiTommaso, Co-chairs of ALD