Module 1: Understanding the Adult Learner - Available Now!

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This first module presents a foundation for teaching the adult learner and provides participants with best practices of adult education. This information helps to set the stage for future modules and provides the essential information needed by any instructor teaching adults. The sections included in this module are as follows:

Section 1: Adult Learner Characteristics and Needs
The goal of Section 1 is to help you understand the characteristics of the adult learner as a foundation for Sections 2 through 5. Self-reflection is the main learning strategy of Section 1.

Section 2: Applying Selected adult Learning Theories
Section 2 explains aspects of adult development, explores the characteristics of adult thinking and cognition, and examines several of the major adult learning theories. Activities in Section 2 are focused on their application in the classroom.

Section 3: Using Learning Domains in the Classroom
Section 3 explores the three domains (cognitive, affective, and psychomotor) of Bloom’s Taxonomy and their individual components or levels. Each domain is explored in terms of the learning it best supports.

Section 4: Brain Dominance and Learning Styles
Section 4 explores the varied ways individuals learn as a function of their brain dominance and preferred learning styles. Perspectives from Roger Sperry’s Split-Brain theories, Paul McLean’s Triune Brain Theory, Ned Herrmann’s research into brain dominance, and Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences will be reviewed.

Section 5: Best Practices in Teaching the Adult Learner
Section 5 is focused on strategies you can implement to effectively teach the adult student. Its goal is to help you integrate and apply a blend of the concepts from Sections 1 through 4 to your classroom.

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