Why Adult Learners Need More Than Structured Lessons (Full Transcript)
[00:00:00] Speaker 1: When we were children, we would go to the classroom because we were told to go. We would have a teacher sit there, tell us what it was that we were going to learn. We'd have a really structured environment. As adults, we come with different experiences than we were as children. And as a result, we have opinions, we have backgrounds, we have different roles and different environments that we're in in a daily basis. And so that's really going to shape how we come to the table as adult learners. And so as a result, we're going to want more in that learning process overall.
- Childhood learning is often teacher-led and highly structured.
- Adults bring varied experiences, opinions, and contexts that influence how they learn.
- Adult learners typically seek greater relevance, autonomy, and participation in the learning process.
- Effective adult education should acknowledge and leverage learners’ backgrounds and roles.