Final Reflective Paper The decision to return to school is a significant step for adult learners, particularly after a long absence from formal learning, and there are many factors in making that decision. Perhaps to develop or achieve professional goals, higher career status, professional security, or to personal goals, such as, seeking knowledge and new skills. As adult learners, they bring lived experiences and develop knowledge to the classroom, most are self-directed, goal oriented, therefore, have different ways in approaching learning and may require particular learning environments. The unique aspects which are most salient for me are, first, the Andragogy theory (model); the idea of adult learners learning through enriched opportunities to collaborate in what they are learning and why they are learning it. The authors note, if the adult learner understands the value of what they are learning and it can be relatable to prior life experiences, they tend to be more motivated and retain the information. With that in mind, the importance of “climate setting” to provide mutual respect by actively collaboration with the adult learner in planning and the direction of lessons(Merriam, & Bierena, 2014). Second, the relationship of experiences and learning; how knowledge can be learned in the context of making connections to their life experiences. As adult learners learn new concepts or ideas it reinforces or lessens pass interpretations and/or outcomes, or in
This could affect the amount of learning students are able to obtain. Another interesting conclusion I
In order to make it to adulthood, education is the priority of any individual. Students of all ages have one thing in common
Education Reform Learning is a permanent behavior that one achieves through experience. Education is one of the most important skills that anyone can hone by having the opportunity to attend school. However, the current education system seems to be lacking some of the most fundamental parts of learning for its students. Some of the fundamentals that are absent from education are mainly the appeal as to why it is there to begin with. Initially, learning seemed to be introduced to the young as fun, however, the older they get, education doesn’t seem to carry that same message.
There are a vast amount of things that can be taught through this principle that are often overlooked and unappreciated. The idea of
The audience of Becoming a Learner is future or current college students. This is a wide range of people, but this story can be beneficial to all who will be in search of a job after college. By telling his audience how to become a learner before they graduate with a degree they will be able to apply his ideas and get the most out of their education. This medium is very important because it gives the audience purpose for reading the piece. If the audience was not college students or another type of learner, it would be too late for them to change the way they strive for their degree.
Dr. Jane Vella devoted her life to creating and developing the Dialogue Education ™ approach to adult education. Dr. Vella received her understanding on the adult learning principles from her more than 50 years experience as an educator in many countries in Africa, Asia and the Americas. She used the principle Dialogue Education in her doctoral research at the University of Massachusetts and wrote several popular books on this subject. She founded Global Learning Partners (GLP) to develop a network of practitioners of Dialogue Education approach (Core Group 2012). The Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach book is written about principles and practical steps of the Dialogue Education approach.
There is a need for instructional staff to fully understand the nature of the Common Core Shifts and the expectations that will place on the entire adult education community. In fact, these shifts go beyond the classroom setting and several adaptations need to be put in place to achieve successful outcomes. Instructional staff will need to change how they teach, students will need to adapt to instructional changes as well as learning
On one hand, there is a belief that professionalization is essential to moving the field from a marginal status (whether real or perceived) to one that wields more influence in society. At the same time, some very basic concerns must be addressed about adult education becoming so absorbed with the elements of professionalization that this process will ultimately produce a narrowly defined mainstream that excludes many of the diverse voices of those people who engage in its practice" [14]. The approach to adult learning and education can be made, therefore, from different perspectives which are oriented either towards personal or societal development. The second part of our paper is concerned with adult education following andragogy principles as defined by Knowles where we analyse the results of the survey addressing employed students from different forms of enrolment: full attendance, low attendance, and distance
This shows that students will learn better when they can do and experience instead of listen and take
Understand how to select and develop Learning Materials and Objectives Understand how adult learners and groups should use Learning Materials and how they interact with Learning Objectives Understand the importance of aligning these resources with the needs, interests and abilities. In this phase we explain why Learning Objectives are important.
Learning comes in an array of different shapes and size; everyone is affected differently by it. Two individuals who are going through the same situation will always comprehend and learn from it differently because of their own learning experiences and transformative learning has been altered by the events they have experienced. As adults, we understand the events around us from our own personal experiences because “adults learn to think for themselves rather than act upon the assimilated beliefs, values, feelings and judgements of others” (Mezirow 2001, pg.1). Countless different elements go into the complex process of transformative learning. My own personal experiences relate to the concept of perspective transformation (Mezirow 1991, pg
In general, a narrow focus on only one aspect of learning produces narrow thought. I
Instead of doing the same thing every single day, it is beneficial to try new things. When people experience new things, and are introduced to new material, they are learning. Some people do not realize it, but we all learn something new every day. Learning is a relatively permanent change in behavior or knowledge that results from experience. Learning can be adaptive and flexible to meet life’s demand.
These experiences interact with activities (Lynn: concrete and abstract guidance; Darseni: learner-centric authentic learning experiences) during the learning episode to result in learning. However, the theories differ on the learner’s role in initiating the learning process, because Lynn’s leaves the initiator of the experience open, while Darseni’s stresses that learning experiences need to be learner-initiated or based on learner’s interest. The difference is due to the different objectives of learning. The initiator is not important in Lynn’s theory because learning is considered achieved as long as the learner demonstrates a change or acquisition of a skill. On the other hand, the initiator is important in Darseni’s theory because learning only takes place when the learner becomes self-directed and reflective.
The problem or research question. The children have different learning styles, and these are ultimately responsible for the various forms of action of students to the process of mutual learning The importance of considering learning styles as a starting point in the design, implementation and monitoring of the teaching-learning process in the context of educational psychology and teaching itself is generally itself, which mainly concerns the work especially military school teacher Tcrn. Lauro Guerrero.