Principals of Adult Learning 

Introduction

Adults maintain expectation when learning...[they] become focused on error (what's wrong?), rather than the skills presented.

Tendencies of Adult Learning

• Like to share the 
• Want to approaches to be pragmatic

Adult Learning (cont.)

• Are goal oriented
• Expect traing to be relvant to their jobs or lives
• Are often autonomous and self-directed

Adult Learning (cont.)

• Need respect
• Want an opportiuity to practice with the learning materials
• Are motivated by the personal consequences of knowing and not knowing
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Adult Learning (cont.)

• Use their knowledge from years of experience to filter new information
• Like reflection time in order to integrate new pattersn into well establsied patterns built through the years
• Don not like being beginnerr
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use the these tendencies for conductiong an engaging participants

Comfortable Learning Environment

• ..creating a cozy learning space with social cues and behavioral reinforcement

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• Establish and uphold ground rules
• Discourage negative behaviors and reward positive ones
• Listen for content and feelings, for emotions behind the words between the lines. Respond to both.
• Look for nonverbal cues of the participants discomfort, such as fidgeting, avoid eye contact, sighing, and learning and entering.
• Use humor as appropriate
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Develop Participants

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Develop Participants

Do's of Instructor

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Don't 

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Comfortable Learning Environment

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Give Clea * Concise Instructions 

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