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Adult Learning

Adult Learning. David Shackles. Adults:. According to Knowles: Like to direct themselves Use their experiences as a source of learning Usually know what their learning needs are Like to apply their knowledge and skills in their own setting. So How do You Learn?. Several models proposed:

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Adult Learning

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  1. Adult Learning David Shackles

  2. Adults: According to Knowles: • Like to direct themselves • Use their experiences as a source of learning • Usually know what their learning needs are • Like to apply their knowledge and skills in their own setting

  3. So How do You Learn? • Several models proposed: • Race, 1993

  4. Think about something you have learned Why did you learn it?. w • How did you learn it? • How do you know you do it well?

  5. Hooks Feathers and Thread !

  6. Fly Tying • Why did Miles learn this? • How did he learn it? • How does he know he can do it well?

  7. Why do you do it? • Motivated to do it • Enjoy doing it • Need to do it

  8. How Did You Learn it? • By practice • By doing it • By trial and error • By getting it wrong and learning from mistakes

  9. How do you know you do it well? • Compliments • Reaction of others • Positive results or outcomes • All of these are forms of Feedback

  10. Doing • Is a key activity in learning • Not many adults say they learned by being taught.

  11. Feedback • Positive feelings are a crucial step to learning • Absence of positive feedback or receipt of negative feedback can inhibit successful learning

  12. So how do you learn? The critical stage is Digesting • A process of reflection on what has gone on • Making sense of the learning experience • Extract the fundamental principles from the background information • Getting things in perspective • Establish a sense of ownership of what has been learned, making it part of you

  13. Digesting Feedback Doing Wanting

  14. Kolbs Experiential Learning Cycle

  15. Brookfields Characteristics of Adult Learners • Not beginners but in a continuing process of growth • Bring with them a unique package of experiences and values • They come to education with intentions • They bring expectations about the learning process • They have competing interests (Life!) • They already have their set patterns of learning

  16. Adult education is therefore most productive when: • The learners are engaged with the design of learning • The learners are encouraged to be self directed • The educator functions as a facilitator rather than didactic instructor • Learning needs and styles are taken into account • A climate conductive to learning is established • Past experiences are used in the learning process • Learning activities seem relevant to learners circumstances

  17. ..that is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you’ve understood all your life, but in a new way. Doris Lessing

  18. Four Stages of Learning

  19. When Things Go Wrong(The Learner is not Engaged ?) Henry Reed 1914-86 Lessons of The War (To Alan Michell) • Naming of Parts

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