ADULTS LEARNERSS TRAIT

1. Self Direction Adult

➢Feel the need to take responsibility of their lives and decisions
and this is why it is important for them to have control over
their learning.
➢Self assessment, a peer relation with instructor, multiple option
and initial, yet subtle support are all imperative
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2. Practical and Result-oriented Adult Learners
➢An immediate applicable to their professional needs, and
generally prefer practical knowledge that will improve their
skills, facilitate their work and boost their confidence.
➢Important to create course that will cover the individual needs
and have more utilitarian content.
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3. Less open-minded
➢Maturity and profound experiences usually lead to rigidity
which is enemy of learning.
➢Instructional designers need to provide the “why” behind the
change, new concept that can be linked to already established
ones, and promote the need to explore
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4. Slower learning, yet more integrative knowledge
➢Aging does affect learning.
➢Adults tends to learn less rapidly with age
➢The depth of learning tends to increase over time, navigating
knowledge and skills to unprecedented personal levels
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5. Use personal experience as resource

➢Adult have lived longer, seen and done more, have the
tendency to link their past experience to anything new
and validate the new concept based on RPL.
➢Crucial to form a class with adults that have similar life
experience levels.
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6. Motivation
➢Learning in adult is usually voluntary
➢Motivation is the driving force behind learning
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7. Multi-level responsibilities
➢Adult learners have a lot of juggle.
➢More difficult for an adult to make room of learning, it is
crucial to prioritize
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8. High Expectations
➢They want to be taught about things that will be useful to their
works
➢Seek for a course that will worth their while and not to be a waste of their time and
money