Pedagogy-18071, Brief Guide for Teaching Adult Learners by Laura Maria Velasquez Orellana https://padlet.com/lmvelasquez/1mfywxbku2p2 Teaching Adult Learners en-us 2019-04-24 23:22:45 UTC 2024-08-21 18:56:03 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/372975477/ac7e4b236229aba126575ad88ae678ad/Brief.png Statements that we hear from adult learners: lmvelasquez https://padlet.com/lmvelasquez/1mfywxbku2p2/wish/353944638 * I Need to Know What, Why, and How
* Involve Me in the Process of Decision Making
* Value My Experience
* Connect My Learning and My Life
I Have My Own Reasons for Learning 
]]> 2019-04-24 23:42:02 UTC https://padlet.com/lmvelasquez/1mfywxbku2p2/wish/353944638 Adults make commitments to learn new skills, qualify for jobs, or other personal reasons. They expect learning experiences are relevant to their lives. lmvelasquez https://padlet.com/lmvelasquez/1mfywxbku2p2/wish/353945131 2019-04-24 23:45:54 UTC https://padlet.com/lmvelasquez/1mfywxbku2p2/wish/353945131 1. CHARACTERISTICS OF ADULT LEARNERS lmvelasquez https://padlet.com/lmvelasquez/1mfywxbku2p2/wish/353945589 1. Adults have a need to know “why they need to know.”
2. Adults are task-oriented 
3. Adults bring to the learning their experiences
4. Adults need to be self-directed learners.
5. Adults learn best when the learning applies to their lives
6. Adults are motivated by self-esteem or quality of life
]]> 2019-04-24 23:49:17 UTC https://padlet.com/lmvelasquez/1mfywxbku2p2/wish/353945589 Learning principles can be connected to the andragogy work by Malcom Knowles lmvelasquez https://padlet.com/lmvelasquez/1mfywxbku2p2/wish/353950625 2019-04-25 00:23:35 UTC https://padlet.com/lmvelasquez/1mfywxbku2p2/wish/353950625 2. I NEED TO KNOW WHAT, WHY, AND HOW lmvelasquez https://padlet.com/lmvelasquez/1mfywxbku2p2/wish/353952137 According to NCES, adult learners meet one or more of the following criteria: 
* Delay enrollment or they did not finish school
* Attend part-time 
* Work full-time 
* Are financially independent
* Have dependents, are single
]]> 2019-04-25 00:31:34 UTC https://padlet.com/lmvelasquez/1mfywxbku2p2/wish/353952137 3. INVOLVE ME IN THE PROCESS OF DECISION MAKING lmvelasquez https://padlet.com/lmvelasquez/1mfywxbku2p2/wish/353955379 Negotiation and control were frequently cited by adult learners as important in providing a sense of self-respect, increasing confidence and allowing them to create a pace
of learning where they felt they could succeed. 
 
]]> 2019-04-25 00:50:57 UTC https://padlet.com/lmvelasquez/1mfywxbku2p2/wish/353955379 4. VALUE MY EXPERIENCE lmvelasquez https://padlet.com/lmvelasquez/1mfywxbku2p2/wish/353956317 Adults have a greater variation in life quality of previous life experiences than younger people This may facilitate in making the learning experience more meaningful.
Stories and narratives provide a wonderful way for teachers to connect with students in the classroom.

]]> 2019-04-25 00:56:37 UTC https://padlet.com/lmvelasquez/1mfywxbku2p2/wish/353956317 5. CONNECT MY LEARNING AND MY LIFE lmvelasquez https://padlet.com/lmvelasquez/1mfywxbku2p2/wish/353960501 Teachers need to focus on the here-and-now needs of adult learners. While these adults will accept the need to learn theoretical concepts, they possess an expectation that those theories can be tied to usable, real-life information that is directly applicable to their current life situation.]]> 2019-04-25 01:19:42 UTC https://padlet.com/lmvelasquez/1mfywxbku2p2/wish/353960501 6. I HAVE MY REASONS FOR LEARNING lmvelasquez https://padlet.com/lmvelasquez/1mfywxbku2p2/wish/353960825 We live in a fast-paced culture and this factor is relevant for adult learners who choose to engage in learning.
In response to this circumstance, efforts should be made to provide opportunities for reflection on what they are learning and how that learning connects with their reasons for getting additional knowledge and skills
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