Transcript Adult Education Stuff

Adult Education
Portland Oregon Metro
TaxAide TTT
December 2013
It’s always something
During your training classes, you will not be
able to impart everything that all of your
students will need to know.
How will we define a successful class?
Or, another way to put it, what are the goals
of each class?
How you present the material to your
students is, in many ways, just as important
as what you present.
NEWSFLASH!
You will be training
(wait for it...)
ADULTS!
And to make it really fun…
Every adult is different from all other adults.
What are some of those differences?
5 Principles of Adult Education
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They want to know Why!
They have different learning styles
They want to experience what they are
learning
“When the student is ready, the teacher
appears.”
They really like and often really need
encouragement
10 important lessons for effective
classroom presentations
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Don’t talk at participants. Involve them.
Encourage positive group dynamics. Reform and
move students into groups as needed.
Allow participants to discover data for
themselves.
Ask participants to keep an action or idea list,
and revisit it throughout the session.
Learning is directly proportionate to the amount
of fun you have.
10 important lessons for effective
classroom presentations (cont.)
Change the pace. Listening with retention only
lasts about 20 minutes at a time.
7. Design your class so participants leave
impressed with themselves and what they
learned.
8. Allow adults learners to use their expertise by
leaving time to share experiences.
9. Don’t offer material only one way. Recognize
your participants will learn differently.
10. Teach the things you have a passion for!
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(Adapted from Robert W. Pike, ASTD handbook for workplace learning professionals, 2008.)
Group Exercise
“This is your challenge as a teacher of adults.
Beyond teaching your subject, you have the
opportunity to inspire confidence and
passion in another human being. That kind
of teaching changes lives.”
I believe in you.