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BY Priyadersini MSC - Nursing, 1 ST Year

This document discusses adult learning and provides characteristics of adult learners. It notes that adult learning involves formal and informal activities undertaken after initial education to acquire new knowledge and skills. Some key characteristics of adult learners are that they are autonomous, goal-oriented, practical, want to develop competence and mastery, are results-oriented, have outside responsibilities, and may have physical limitations. Adult learners also want to understand the big picture, draw from their wealth of knowledge, are purposeful, and can have emotional barriers. The document also lists some methods of adult learning such as reading, writing, listening, discussion groups, and emphasizing text-based inputs and outputs. It concludes by mentioning a journal reference about adult learning styles and

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52 views13 pages

BY Priyadersini MSC - Nursing, 1 ST Year

This document discusses adult learning and provides characteristics of adult learners. It notes that adult learning involves formal and informal activities undertaken after initial education to acquire new knowledge and skills. Some key characteristics of adult learners are that they are autonomous, goal-oriented, practical, want to develop competence and mastery, are results-oriented, have outside responsibilities, and may have physical limitations. Adult learners also want to understand the big picture, draw from their wealth of knowledge, are purposeful, and can have emotional barriers. The document also lists some methods of adult learning such as reading, writing, listening, discussion groups, and emphasizing text-based inputs and outputs. It concludes by mentioning a journal reference about adult learning styles and

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BY

PRIYADERSINI
MSC.NURSING ,1 ST YEAR
ADULT LEARNING
• Adult learning is defined as ‘ the entire range of formal and informal
learning activities which are undertaken by adults after a break since
leaving initial education and training , which results in the acquisition
of new knowledge and skills.
HISTORY OF ADULT LEARNING
CHARACTERISTICS OF ADULT LEARNING
• AUTONOMY
• GOAL ORIENTED
• PRACTICAL
• COMPETENCE AND MASTERY
• RESULTS ORIENTED
• OUTSIDE RESPONSIBILITIES
• POTENTIAL PHYSICAL LIMITATION
CONT…
• BIG PICTURE
• WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE
• PURPOSEFUL
• EMOTIONAL BARRIERS
METHODS OF ADULT LEARNING
 ENJOY READING AND  PRINT ORIENTED
WRITING  LECTURE , AUDIO
 READ AND SAY MEDIA
WORDS  DISCUSSION GROUPS
 LISTENERS AND  EMPHASIZE TEXT
READERS BASED INPUTS AND
OUTPUTS
ADULT LEARNING STYLES
JOURNALS REFERENCE
Adult learning styles and on-line educational preference
James R. McGlone Liberty University
ABSTRACT
The use of on-line instructional delivery methods continues to grow as
technological and societal changes have enabled and encouraged this
growth. The purpose of this paper is to review recent literature with
respect to and tie that concept into a discussion and preference towards
on-line instruction discovered and recommendations are provided based
upon these reviews. Keywords: adult learners, on-line education, e
Research in Higher Education Journal Adult Learning Styles, Page learning
styles and on-line educational preference

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