Internet Master - The Adult Learner

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Meeting Adult Learner's Needs - A Vision of What Can Be

	What you may have experienced "the default":	What learners, especially adults, respond to:
Self Concept	dependency	self directed
Experience	relatively little credit given to learner's life experiences	learners are a rich resource for learning
Time Perspective	future. "Someday you'll need to know this" i.e. educational spinach	immediate application. Will utilize within the next few hours/days
Orientation to Learning	subject centered	problem centered
Climate	authority centered, formal, competitive	mutually respectful collaborative informal
Planning	by teacher	mutual planning
Diagnosis of Needs	by teacher	mutual diagnosis
Objectives Determined	by teacher	mutual negotiation
Activities	transmittal techniques	experiential, inquiry
Evaluation	by teacher	mutual evaluation * learner's progress * improve curriculum

Adapted by Cynthia Crawford from Malcolm Knowles (1978) The Adult Learner - A Neglected Species

For more information, contact:
Don Day - daydr@missouri.edu
Mark Stewart - stewartm@missouri.edu
Revised 09/30/99