Adults tend to experience a need to learn quickly, where
the learning activities and content have immediate and pragmatic application
within their life.
Adults learn best in environments which encourage the
development of trusting relationships that provide freedom from threat and
opportunities for self-direction.
Adults learn best when novel information is presented
through a variety of sensory modes and experiences, with sufficient repetitions
and variation on themes to allow distinctions in patterns to emerge.
Adults learn best through effective two-way communication
emphasizing learner talking and self-reflecting, and instructor listening and
reflecting.
Adults want their past experiences to be acknowledged,
and they need to understand how present learning is connected with their
accumulated knowledge and experience base.
Adults respond more positively to learning opportunities
that are well organized and have clearly defined outcomes. They want to know
where they are going in the learning process and how they will get there.
Adults learn more effectively through experiential
techniques of education such as discussion or problem solving.
Aduls are a highly diversified group of individuals with
widely differing preferences, needs, backgrounds and skills.
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