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If adults need medical treatment, they will learn on their own about their condition because they are. . .
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autonomous and self-directed |
A group of graduate students is asked to solve a problem and they connect learning to their knowledge/experience base, because have . . .
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Accumulated a lifetime of life experiences and knowledge |
A group of college students enroll in a workshop to learn how to create a resume because they know what they want to attain, because they are. . .
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Goal-Oriented |
Adults at a corporation take a class to improve their competency in a newly implemented software program, because there is a reason for learning it and they are. . .
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relevancy-oriented |
Teachers take courses in Instructional Technology because the courses focus on skills that will be useful to them in their work, because they are . . .
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practical |
Adults respond positively to an instructor who listens to their opinions because they need to be shown. . .
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respect |
Adults in the MAIT program are motivated to learn and attend class because they enjoy the friendships they have developed in their need for . . .
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Social relationships |
Even though the college students felt the assignment was too demanding, they were motivated to comply and completed it because of their concept of. . .
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External expectations |
Adults completing their graduate studies are motivated by a desire to be productive to society and serve mankind because of their concept of. . .
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Social welfare |
Adults are motivated to work to achieve their Master's Degree to get a promotion for. . .
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Personal advancement |
Adults taking a Painting class are often motivated to learn to relieve boredom as a means of. . .
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Escape/Stimulation |
An adult takes a course in Psychology to learn for the sake of learning and is motivated by. . .
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Cognitive interest |
In their learning endeavors, the four critical elements of learning that must be addressed in adult learners are. . .
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Motivation, Reinforcement, Retention, & Transference
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The field of adult learning was pioneered by. . .
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Malcolm Knowles |
Teaching children is called Pedagogy, while Malcolm knowles identified the teaching of adults as. . .
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Andragogy
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