Online Learning and the Adult Learner Cassandra Jones Foundations of Online Learning American Public University System Amy Peterson Online Learning and the Adult Learner Being an online learner as an adult is harder in my opinion than being in a physical classroom. The learning styles one must have implemented prior to a start date can cause conflict with schedules or a more relaxed environment where as a more structural environment where lessons‚ assignments‚ quizzes‚ exams‚ and test are
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Ethan Barnett AP Govt. & Political Science 9/2/14 In his excerpt The American Commonwealth‚ James Bryce talks about equality in America when he visited the United States in the 1880s. Bryce provides his own view of the different equalities that all Americans possess. He states that in America‚ equalities are present as listed: legal equality‚ material conditions-wealth‚ education and intelligence‚ social status‚ and estimation. Legal equality is that all are equal under the law whereas material
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Adult Learning Theory Donna L. Herrera June 20‚ 2013 INFT 101 Final Draft Summary Research has been prepared over the past twenty years to help educators comprehend Adult Learning‚ and observe different theories to help facilitate returning adult students. Some of the different issues that were investigated were the mental‚ physical and emotional aspects of Adult Learning. This is not only imperative for educators. It is vital for Adult Learners so that they are able to ascertain the
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Adult Learning Theory Are people too stubborn and independent to learn once they become adults? The Adult Learning Theory focuses on the difference between how adults learn and how children learn. There are three main central ideas that support the Adult Learning Theory. These ideas or theories are known as andragogy‚ self-directed learning‚ and transformational learning. Andragogy is the teaching of adults‚ self-directed learning is the individual controlling their learning‚ and transformational
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Research Paper: Adult Learning Education beyond high school‚ even beyond a Bachelors degree is a critical requirement to obtain a decent rewarding employment in today’s society. However‚ many individuals do not graduate high school or college for many reasons: unexpected pregnancies‚ lack of family support‚ need of financial aid‚ etc. These individuals who return to some kind of higher education later in life are known as adult learners‚ or the non-traditional students. Adult learners over
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Context That Motivates Adult Learning There are four “distinct context” to motivate adult learners according to the research of Malcolm Knowles (Alexander‚ M.‚ Clugston‚ W‚ & Tice‚ E. (2009) these are; Practical‚ Personal‚ Experiential and Idealistic Context. Practical context describes one who is motivated by intentional or specific personal gain where you deliberately choose to learn a subject or activity knowing in advance of starting the learning process that it will benefit and /or be
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Assumptions of the Andragogical Model | Discuss how your perception of each of these assumptions differs from the Pedagogical Model. | The need to know | Adults need to know why they need to learn something before undertaking to learn it. According to Tough(1979)‚ considerable energy will be invested by adults in looking into what they will gain if learning something on their own and also what negative consequences will occur if they do not learn it. | The need to know in the andragogical model differs
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PWCS 22: PRINCIPLES OF PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT IN ADULT SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS 1.1 IDENTIFY STANDARDS THAT INFLUENCE THE WAY ADULT SOCIAL CARE JOB ROLES ARE CARRIED OUT. Standards that influence the way adult social care job roles are carried out include code of practice‚ regulation‚ minimum standards and national occupational standards. 1.2 EXPLAIN WHY REFLECTING ON WORK ACTIVITIES IS AN IMPORTANT WAY TO DEVELOP OWN KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS Reflecting on own work activity helps a person to identify
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There is little doubt that the most dominant form of instruction in Europe and America is pedagogy‚ or what some people refer to as didactic‚ traditional‚ or teacher-directed approaches. A competing idea in terms of instructing adult learners‚ and one that gathered momentum within the past three decades‚ has been dubbed andragogy. The purpose of this resource piece is to provide the interested reader with some background information regarding both instructional forms. The pedagogical model of
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Explain ways in which theories of how adults learn can be applied to work with groups of adults Kolb’s learning cycle represents in a cycle diagram the process through which adults learn. The theory is that people learn through reflecting on their experience‚ deciding how they felt‚ analyzing what was going on and choosing what they will do next time. These 4 phases of learning are known as; concrete experience‚ reflective observation‚ abstract conceptualization and active experiment. This
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