Virginia Glatzer's List: Adult Learning

• self-directed
• Malcolm Knowles
• with differences presenting themselves in regard to the use of the style based  on the learning environment
• Malcolm Knowles is the father of andragogy
• direct his or her own learning
• independent self-concept
• reservoir of life experiences
• learning needs closely related to changing social roles
• problem-centered
• immediate application
• problem-centered
• motivated to learn by internal
• learner centered
• involved in the planning and evaluation
• Experience (including mistakes) provides the basis for learning activities
• immediate relevance
• acknowledge prior knowledge and experiences of learners, including their ability  to recognize their own skills as lifelong learners
• While the most common reason for adults to place themselves in a learning  environment is a life-changing event

• Briefcase may include:

   
   
  • Life experience (including life altering events that affect cognitive  abilities)
   
  • Work experience (including development of thinking patterns based on this  experience)
   
  • Positive/negative previous adult learning experiences
   
  • Performance affectors, including cognitive abilities
   
  • Time between learning interactions
   
  • Aging factors
• professional development toolkit for trainers
• basics of design and delivery
• understanding of diverse clients and their different learning styles
• read the context, assess needs, and select or create appropriate mini-learning  sessions
• reflective practice skills
• develop activities
• active experiential learning and debriefings
• more than one delivery system
• learner-centered instruction
• opportunities for reflection, clarification, and guidance
• Development of trainers should include demonstrating multiple approaches to  delivering the same information.
• action learning is basically the small components that create the main team  involved in a learning community
• small groups or teams
• an approach to working with, and developing people, which uses work on a real  project or problem as the way to learn
• learning coach works with the group
• Experiential learning is a learning theory that is learner-centered and operates  on the premise that individuals learn best by experience. A good way to describe  this theory is "learning by doing". Experiential learning thus has the learner  directly involved with the material being studied instead of just thinking and  talking about that material.
• cyclic process
• allows for the transfer of skills and knowledge
• Uses participants' own experience and their own reflection about that experience
• Involves doing something and discovering what it is like, how it made the  learner feel, what it meant to the learner
• addresses the cognitive, emotional and the physical aspect

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