Más contenido relacionado La actualidad más candente (20) Similar a How Teaching Adults Impacts your Instruction (16) Más de Stan Skrabut, Ed.D. (20) How Teaching Adults Impacts your Instruction1. How Teaching Adults Impacts your Instruction Stan Skrabut @skrabut #UWCES http://www.slideshare.net/skrabut 5. You want to implement better adult learning strategies. 6. Let me show why adults can be challenging and some strategies to help. 7. Adults have a number of characteristics that may affect adult learning. 9. Young adults are 18-24 years old and are mostly in college; they make up 13% of population. 11. Older adults are 65 years and older, and make up 17% of population. (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010) 12. Knowles (1980) defines an adult as someone who behaves as an adult, and who perceives themselves as adults. 15. Older adults may have trouble translating what is being said or understanding rapid speech. (Wlodkowski, 2008). 16. Some adult may have problems hearing certain frequency ranges. (Wlodkowski, 2008). 18. Changes in sight can be corrected with glasses and proper lighting. (Wlodkowski, 2008). 19. Older adults may have problems processing information visually and may need more time. (Wlodkowski, 2008). 22. Because of issues with sight and hearing, older adults may have problems with sensory memory (Rothwell, 2008). 24. Older adults may have problems with short-term memory and may need more time to learn. (Rothwell, 2008) 26. “When information is learned well, and new material is integrated with prior knowledge, older adults remember and use this information into old age” (Wlodkowski, 2008). 28. As the field of adult education developed, some assumptions about adult learners formed. 29. Malcolm Knowles has outlined four crucial assumptions in The Modern Practice of Adult Education. 30. Adult learners tend to be more self-directed. They do not wish to stay dependent on others. 31. Adults gain experience throughout life and in turn become a resource. They want to build on their experiences. 42. Based on what is known about adult learners, there are some strategies for improving instruction. 44. Present information in meaningful and relevant ways. (Wlodkowski, 2008). Make learning as specific as possible. 45. Use aids like checklists and mnemonics to help organize information (Wlodkowski, 2008). 46. Present material on a pace to help with learning (Wlodkowski, 2008). Older adults want to learn it the right way the first time. 57. When you group learners, it is sometimes better to have homogeneous groupings. (Knowles, 1980)