How To Handle

Adult Learners
Teachers Development & Training
- These are the students who
are 18 years old and above
- Students with wide range of
educational and cultural
backgrounds, adult
responsibilities and job
experiences
- They often enroll to stay
competitive at work or to
prepare for a career change
KNOWING OUR LEARNERS
- They often take classes at a
part time basis while taking care Who are the adult learners?
of other responsibilities
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Barriers In Teaching Adult Learners

Background Physical Aspect Preparedness & Stock Knowledge Attitude

Flexibility
Any outside factor which Refers to the physical The ability of both learner and An overall knowledge Both the learner and the
affects the learning and aspect of a person. teacher on how they deal with that was retained from teacher should have a
teaching of both student the onset of class. past years of studies. positive attitude towards
and teacher. learning.
The teacher once faced with any
circumstances that impede
learning should be flexible in
addressing the matter for the
sake of learning.
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 Know-It-All Zero Level Shy or Pragmatic

Types Of Adult Learners

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How To Deal With Different
Types Of Adult Learners

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A student that seeks attention,
would always tend to know
everything that the teacher is
saying.

How to Handle?
- You need to allow them to figure out
what they don’t know and tell you what
they want to know.

- This way you’re not pointing out their

weaknesses to them, but you’re 1.
letting them find them for themselves.
KNOW-IT-ALL
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A type of student that knows a
little about a given subject
matter.
They are branded as “Gullible”
for, they would always believe
even the slightest thing you tell
them.
How to Handle?
- Teachers should be reminded to speak
slow.
- Keep the pace down throughout your 2.
class.
- Build a strong rapport with your student.
- Google translate
ZERO LEVEL
Teaching absolute beginners or zero levels can be a tough
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- As educators, we need to be able to help
students overcome these emotions and help
students socialize.
- The development of social skills depends on
trust and safety in social situations and these
can only be attained with time.
- They need to understand that their thoughts,
fears, and emotions are important and real.
- Introductory activities help student learn about
one another.
- Maintain continuous contact with all students,
especially those you may recognize as being ‘shy.’
- Make some small talk, or even pass a smile just
to let them know that you are there for the
student, boost the student’s self-confidence, say
something nice about the student (smile, dress,
or even the slightest thing about the student)
3.
- Create an environment that she won’t be
subjected to any criticism, that she is free to say SHY OR PRAGMATIC
whatever she wants to say, (be sensitive).
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Different Learning Styles

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1. Verbal (Spatial)

- Verbal learners learn

best both under verbal VERBAL LEARNERS:
instruction and writing. - Express themselves in both written
- They typically excel and spoken word.
with both. - Enjoy reading and writing.
- These learners are - Like tongue twisters and rhymes.
typically those that go - Has a large vocabulary and enjoys
into public speaking, learning new words.
writing, journalism, and
debating.

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2. Aural (Auditory-Musical)
- Aural learning is a unique
type of learning style, but it AURAL LEARNERS:
is used to classify those who - Find that certain music invokes strong
respond primarily to sound. emotions.
Unsurprisingly, most - Enjoy listening to music in the
musicians are aural learners.
background while learning.
- This is a learning style that - Have a good sense of pitch or rhythm.
isn’t often addressed in many - Often hear songs, jingles, and themes
schools because it can be
tend to pop in their head without
hard to teach outside of
music class. prompts.
- These are also individuals
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3. Physical (Kinesthetic)
- If you are someone who
likes getting their hands
dirty, then you are likely a
physical learner.
- Physical learners are
extremely animated and
always need to be moving.
- They learn best by going
through the motions of what
they are learning.
PHYSICAL LEARNERS:
- Notice and appreciate the physical world
around them, such as textures.
- Enjoys sports and exercise along with
outdoor activities and working with their
hands.
- Tend to use and pick up on body language.
- Enjoy making models or doing jigsaw
puzzles.
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4. Logical (Mathematical)
- Most logical thinkers end
up being engineers, LOGICAL LEARNERS:
mathematicians, or - Classify and group information together to
pursuing the sciences. This is
better understand it.
because they have a very
unique way of
- Perform complex calculations.
learning. - Create procedures for future use, after
coming up with a solution to a
- They are the individuals problem.
who want to understand the
- Plan agendas and itineraries and even rank
reason behind
content or skills and tend to
and number them.
enjoy games like chess and
doing brainteasers.

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5. Social (Interpersonal)
- As the name
suggests, social learners are SOCIAL LEARNERS:
natural group workers. - - Prefer to socialize after work or class.
For students, these are the
- Enjoy playing group sports.
individuals that seem to be
involved in every
- Bounce ideas off of others and to work
extracurricular activity. through issues in a group.
- Listen well.
- For adults, they are the - Are often trusted by others for their advice.
individuals that like to be
engaged with others, work
on teams, and ask their
peers for feedback in order
to learn.

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6. Solitary (Interpersonal)
- Solitary learners are
individuals who simply prefer to
SOLITARY LEARNERS:
learn on their own and keep to
themselves. - Spend time on self-analysis.
- Prefer to relax or travel away from crowds.
- In most situations, this is a
- Think independently.
learning style for socially
introverted people - but not - Journal, write, and record personal
always. thoughts and events as a way to improve.
- There are some people who
are extroverts in social
situations but prefer to be alone
**Note: INTRA means ‘oneself’
when they are trying to learn.
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7. Visual (Spatial)
- As the name suggests,
visual learners are those VISUAL LEARNERS:
that learn best when - Have good spatial sense and sense of
they have an image or direction.
cue to help them process - Can easily visualize objects, plans, and
the information. outcomes.
- Like coloring, drawing, and doodling.
- They may also need to - Have good color balance.
map out or write out - Are good at using maps and rarely get lost.
their thoughts in order to
really process what they
are thinking.

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The End