Adult Learning Principles

Adult Learning Principles
Overview
Adults have a particular learning style as does any other group of individuals who come to an educational institution to gain knowledge and skill for a particular purpose e.g. to learn to think, or to prepare them for a career in the world. Some of the requirements that are particular to adults are driven by the fact that they are mature individuals who in many cases have direction and motivation towards a goal. In addition, they have also achieved a measure of knowledge and expertise that has conditioned and prepared them for a set of expectations in their adult life and for their educational experiences. Therefore, many adults expect that they not only will be able to learn new information as they participate in coursework, but that they will also be able to share what they have learned through their past educational and work experience. Therefore, an interactive learning model is an effect...