Foundations of Adult Education, Learning Characteristics, and Instructional Strategies

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-33
Author(s):  
Mabel C. P. O. Okojie ◽  
Yan Sun
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Instructional Strategies ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Principles Of Learning ◽  
Andragogical Principles

The chapter examines the concept of adult education by analyzing its emergence as an academic discipline, and assesses the philosophical ideologies through which it finds expression. It provides a critical review of andragogy as a framework for examining its perception as a teaching method exclusively for adult learners. The review reveals that andragogical principles can be used to develop learning strategies to support instruction for both children and adult learners. The unchallenged assumption that pedagogy is exclusively reserved for teaching children is critically assessed. To demonstrate that adults do learn from instructional strategies that are supported by both pedagogical and andragogical principles, a case study is conducted. Adults learn from similar methods as much as children. It indicates that the distinction between pedagogy and andragogy as principles of learning is somewhat spurious. The chapter discussed strategies for using digital theories to facilitate instruction.

Foundations of Adult Education, Learning Characteristics, and Instructional Strategies

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-33
Author(s):  
Mabel C. P. O. Okojie ◽  
Yan Sun
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Instructional Strategies ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Principles Of Learning ◽  
Andragogical Principles

The chapter examines the concept of adult education by analyzing its emergence as an academic discipline, and assesses the philosophical ideologies through which it finds expression. It provides a critical review of andragogy as a framework for examining its perception as a teaching method exclusively for adult learners. The review reveals that andragogical principles can be used to develop learning strategies to support instruction for both children and adult learners. The unchallenged assumption that pedagogy is exclusively reserved for teaching children is critically assessed. To demonstrate that adults do learn from instructional strategies that are supported by both pedagogical and andragogical principles, a case study is conducted. Adults learn from similar methods as much as children. It indicates that the distinction between pedagogy and andragogy as principles of learning is somewhat spurious. The chapter discussed strategies for using digital theories to facilitate instruction.

Justification Based on Rational Training

2010 ◽  
pp. 146-165
Author(s):  
Karim A. Remtulla
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Cultural Critique ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Exploratory Case Study ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Worker Identity ◽  
And Training

This chapter produces a socio-cultural critique of the ‘rational training’ workplace e-learning scenario. In this workplace e-learning scenario, workplace e-learning for workplace adult education training is used to justify the workforce through standards, categories, and measures. The alienating effects that arise out of this rush towards technocentric rationalization of the workforce through workplace e-learning are also discussed. These are the unintended and paradoxically opposite outcomes to the effects actually anticipated. An exploratory case study problematizes the unquestioned acceptance of the technological artefacts of workplace e-learning within organizations as credible sources to provide a rationale to justify workforces within workplaces. This approach critiques the presumption of infallibility of the technological artefacts of workplace e-learning; considers the short-comings of the conceiving of workplace e-learning as ‘finished’; and, reveals the ‘underdetermined’ nature of workplace e-learning technological artefacts. Socio-cultural insensitivity from workplace e-learning, in this scenario, comes from the basic, unquestioned assumption that workers are essentially socially flawed and culturally inferior; accountable for overcoming their sociocultural flaws and inferiorities; and, need to be justified by workplace e-learning, through standards, categories, and measures, to meet the expectations of the infallible and commodified workplace. A workplace e-learning that is deployed to justify the workforce, through standardization, categorization, and measurement, all result in a workforce being alienated from: (a) each other (worker-worker alienation); (b) their work (worker-work alienation); and, (c) their personal identities and sense of self (worker-identity alienation). Social rationalization is not the means to social justice in the workplace when it comes to workplace adult education and training, workplace e-learning, and the diverse and multicultural learning needs of a global cohort of adult learners.

scholarly journals Learning Strategies Used by Good EFL Adult Learners: a Case Study on University Students in Pare-Pare

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 114
Author(s):  
Buyung Renaldy Adisaputra ◽  
Haryanto Atmowardoyo ◽  
Kisman Salija
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Cognitive Strategy ◽  
Metacognitive Strategy ◽  
Social Strategy ◽  
Audio Recorder

This research aimed to find out the good EFL adult learners learning strategies in acquiring the foreign language and how the learning strategies affect the leaners achievement at Universitas Muhammadiyah Parepare. The method used in this research was qualitative method. The instrument were an interview and audio recorder. The participant of the research were the graduate students of Universitas Muhammadiyah Parepare within the age of 25-65 as one of the criteria of adult learners. The result of the research showed that the learning strategies applied by the learner were direct and indirect strategy. Direct strategy covered memory related strategy, cognitive strategy and compensatory strategy while metacognitive strategy, affective strategy and social strategy were included in indirect strategy.

Challenges Next Door – A Case Study of Learning for Life

2001 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Crichton ◽  
Ellen Kinsel
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Western Canada ◽  
Employment Skills ◽  
Personal Empowerment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Facilitated Learning

This paper reports on the findings of an ongoing study of adult learners at the Facilitated Learning Centre (FLC) in New Denver, British Columbia, Canada and focuses on the relationship between adult education, personal empowerment and learning. The program is grounded within models of situated cognition rather than focussing on employment skills and was started seven years ago in a small, rural community in western Canada. The study looks at the impact the program has had on learners, literacy, employability, participation in unpaid work, and personal empowerment.

scholarly journals CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING OF IMMIGRANTS IN ADULT EDUCATION: A CASE STUDY IN SWEDEN

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (12) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Andreas Ahrens ◽  
Jelena Zascerinska ◽  
Julija Melnikova ◽  
Virginija Jurgaityte ◽  
Ludmila Aleksejeva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Culturally Responsive Teaching ◽  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Theoretical Modelling ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Responsive Teaching ◽  
Norms And Values

Adult education has been criticized for its lack of focus on sociocultural aspects of individual learners, largely ignoring the importance of cultural identity to the learning process. The article’s aim is to investigate culturally responsive teaching of immigrants in adult education, theoretically and empirically underpinning the implementation of a case study for the elaboration of implications on culturally responsive teaching of immigrants in adult education. Research methods include theoretical and empirical methods. Theoretical methods imply analysis of theoretical sources and theoretical modelling. The empirical study was based on a case study. The sample was composed of 20 adult learners and three teachers of Swedish in May 2019 and February 2020. The case study was implemented at Folkuniversitetet, Kristianstad, Sweden. The theoretical findings allow defining religion and human comfort conditions such as thermal comfort as the dimensions of cultural norms and values to be addressed by culturally responsive teaching of immigrants. The findings of the empirical study allow drawing the conclusion on the necessity of a personalised approach to an adult learner in culturally responsive teaching of immigrants. The novelty of the present work is revealed in the implications on culturally responsive teaching of immigrants. Further research is proposed.

Integrating Digital Photography into Adult Education

2010 ◽  
pp. 609-625
Author(s):  
Laura D. Hoffman
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
School District ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Digital Photography ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Educational Opportunities ◽  
Traditional Student ◽  
Enrichment Program

As colleges and universities around the country face increasing budget challenges, pressure mounts for a more retail-based approach to education, where the needs of students and the ability of institutions to fulfill them are clearly defined. This article presents a case study of a successful digital photography curriculum for adult learners at a large school district in Southern California. The curriculum represents a retail-based approach to education grounded in meeting the needs of students, expanding their zest for learning and providing new educational opportunities. This approach rests on proven concepts of retail marketing woven into the fabric of the learning experience: Give people what they want and they will keep coming back; expand their universe of wants and you will have a customer for life. The article concludes that even with shrinking budgets, rising costs and a dwindling traditional student population, course curricula can be designed for student enrichment, program growth and ongoing institutional success.

scholarly journals Adults With Special Educational Needs Participating in Interactive Learning Environments in Adult Education: Educational, Social, and Personal Improvements. A Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Díez-Palomar ◽  
María del Socorro Ocampo Castillo ◽  
Ariadna Munté Pascual ◽  
Esther Oliver
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Interactive Learning ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Interactive Learning Environments ◽  
Adult Women

Previous scientific contributions show that interactive learning environments have contributed to promoting learners' learning and development, as interaction and dialogue are key components of learning. When it comes to students with special needs, increasing evidence has demonstrated learning improvements through interaction and dialogue. However, most research focuses on children's education, and there is less evidence of how these learning environments can promote inclusion in adult learners with SEN. This article is addressed to analyse a case study of an interactive learning environment shared by adults with and without special needs. This case shows several improvements identified by adult learners with special needs participating in this study. Based on a documental analysis and a qualitative study, this study analyses a context of participatory and dialogic adult education. From the analysis undertaken, the main results highlight some improvements identified in the lives of these adult women and men with SEN, covering educational improvements, increased feeling of social inclusion, and enhanced well-being.

scholarly journals Collaboration and Networking in Adult Education and Training. A Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-157
Author(s):  
Adél Kiss
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Active Network ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Network Member ◽  
Economic Potential ◽  
Training Programmes ◽  
And Training

AbstractThe article discusses the analysis of the available resources in the Pro Educatione Network of Adult Education and Training. The study unveils the provided human resources, economic potential, organizational capacities and relationships as well as the surplus by the network of the 15 adult education organizations. The results show that networking brings access to different resources for network members. Half of the network member organizations affirm intense relationships, i.e. they often call for the collaboration of network member organizations for their adult education and training programmes, and significant co-creation activities are taking place. Despite the fact that several network member organizations have limited resources for the operation of adult education, they achieve significant efficiency; in other words, they can reach out to a considerable number of adult learners through their education and training programmes. The analysis identified passive, moderately active, and very active network members. It also identified areas with deficits in networking.

Motivational Profiles of Adult Learners

2016 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Rothes ◽  
Marina S. Lemos ◽  
Teresa Gonçalves
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Occupational Status ◽  
Autonomous Motivation ◽  
Analysis Of Covariance ◽  
Controlled Motivation ◽  
In The Beginning

This study investigated profiles of autonomous and controlled motivation and their effects in a sample of 188 adult learners from two Portuguese urban areas. Using a person-centered approach, results of cluster analysis and multivariate analysis of covariance revealed four motivational groups with different effects in self-efficacy, engagement, and learning. The study showed that groups of learners who have high autonomous motivation in the beginning of a course score higher in self-efficacy and later on in behavioral engagement and use of deep-learning strategies, whereas those who have controlled motivation alone or low levels of both types of motivation have worse results. Additionally, the study showed motivational differences according to adult learners’ gender, educational level, and occupational status. The influence of the Portuguese adult education system on the results and the implications of the study for the practice of adult education are also discussed.

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