Improving Adult Learning
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The document emphasizes the importance of effective adult learning by creating an optimal environment and utilizing appropriate techniques. It highlights the unique challenges adult learners face, including their varying needs, learning styles, and social interactions. Successful adult education should be problem-oriented and personalized, with careful planning and active participation to enhance retention and learning outcomes.
Improving Adult Learning
- 2. Introduction Why? When? How? Where?
- 3. What’s today about? Providing the best atmosphere Developing the best planning Using the best techniques Because…
- 4. It’s a matter of Honoring the Lord Respecting the client Being efficient with mission resources
- 5. Effective Teachers are Flexible co-learners Catalysts Conduits Coaches
- 6. Enlarging Our Perception of the Adult Learner ? ? ? ? ?
- 7. The adult learner often is Unsure of Learning Ability Which Affects the Expressed Desire to Learn
- 8. The adult learner needs relativity Relativity to already acquired knowledge Relativity to life issues at hand
- 9. The adult learner often has A Misperception of Need for Learning
- 10. The adult learner has Individual Needs and Learning Styles
- 11. The adult learner is Often affected by social interaction
- 12. The adult learner usually is Easily distracted, undisciplined in mental exercise
- 13. Adult learners are Usually not risk takers in educational opportunities
- 14. Summarizing … successful adult education should be Problem oriented Personalized Confirming personal responsibility
- 15. Simple FAP approach Focused 1-2 main points per session
- 16. Simple FAP approach Application Driven Knowledge plus a reason
- 17. Simple FAP approach 3. Participation opportunities Involvement Discussion Brain Storming
- 18. Role of preparation Planning the curriculum Planning the session Planning each learning experience
- 19. Planning the curriculum Simple, realistic, appropriate, achievable, applicable, conceptual and sequential Develop the basic concepts followed by objectives, followed by activities and completed with plan for evaluation. Distribute the plan to the participants at the beginning of the course
- 21. Planning each learning experience
- 22. 12 Techniques to Enhance Retention Repetition Sequenced Context Construct Application Participation Social involvement Individualization Applicability Provision Affirmation Evaluation