1.1 Explain The Principles Of Adult Learning
Explain the principles of Adult learning and the learning cycle.
Motivation –Adult learner needs to understand the need for the learning without feeling intimidated or offended. Trainers need to build rapport and welcome the learners into an open and friendly climate. Trainers should set an appropriate level of concern depending on the importance of the objective, bearing in mind that learning is best received in a low to moderate stress setting. An appropriate level of difficulty needs to be set to challenge the learner but not too high that they become frustrated with too much information.
Reinforcement – An important part of learning. Trainers can encourage correct types of behaviour. Trainers should use both positive and negative reinforcement as adults already have their own experiences which have influenced certain behaviours. The positive reinforcement will increase good behaviour, the negative reinforcement strengthens a behaviour because a negative condition is avoided as a consequence of the behaviour. …show more content…
If the participants did not learn the material well initially, they will not retain it well. The adult leaner needs to see a meaning for the information and be able to interpret and apply the learning for it to be successful.
Transference – Is the ability to put into practice within a new setting, what has been learnt. This is most likely to happen when; the learning can be associated with something already known, is similar to material already known, original learning was high and when the student sees the benefit of the information learned is key to them doing their job better.
In the cycle of learning, learners must make the link between the theory and action by planning, acting out, reflecting and relating it back to the theory.
Kolb's Learning Cycle
Concrete Experience -
Motivation –Adult learner needs to understand the need for the learning without feeling intimidated or offended. Trainers need to build rapport and welcome the learners into an open and friendly climate. Trainers should set an appropriate level of concern depending on the importance of the objective, bearing in mind that learning is best received in a low to moderate stress setting. An appropriate level of difficulty needs to be set to challenge the learner but not too high that they become frustrated with too much information.
Reinforcement – An important part of learning. Trainers can encourage correct types of behaviour. Trainers should use both positive and negative reinforcement as adults already have their own experiences which have influenced certain behaviours. The positive reinforcement will increase good behaviour, the negative reinforcement strengthens a behaviour because a negative condition is avoided as a consequence of the behaviour. …show more content…
If the participants did not learn the material well initially, they will not retain it well. The adult leaner needs to see a meaning for the information and be able to interpret and apply the learning for it to be successful.
Transference – Is the ability to put into practice within a new setting, what has been learnt. This is most likely to happen when; the learning can be associated with something already known, is similar to material already known, original learning was high and when the student sees the benefit of the information learned is key to them doing their job better.
In the cycle of learning, learners must make the link between the theory and action by planning, acting out, reflecting and relating it back to the theory.
Kolb's Learning Cycle
Concrete Experience -