Adult Learning Theory Christina Bell (Student #0000000) American Military University Professor Michelle Jones 4/23/10 Adult Learning Theory It is a known fact that Humans dominate the planet because of their intelligence. The ability of the human species to formulate ideas and make use of those ideas and concepts to teach‚ learn and grow as a whole is phenomenal. This paper will focus on the ageless learner and how cognitive learning develops from
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My perception of the older adult has been somewhat influenced by society. Society’s view is that older people need special treatment because of their poor health‚ lack of income‚ or because they lack social support. Therefore‚ they feel that the older adult needs extra help. At times I do feel the same way‚ but my view is more geared to what is called "compassionate stereotyping". This stereotype attempts to create sympathy for older people‚ but it doesn’t give a true picture of later life. See‚
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HSC024 Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care ALL OUTCOMES IN RED ARE OBSERVATIONS TO BE CARRIED OUT BY YOUR ASSESSOR. THE INFORMATION GIVEN INDICATES THE TYPES OF THINGS YOUR ASSESSOR WILL BE LOOKING FOR Know how to recognise signs of abuse OUTCOME 1 1. Define the following types of abuse 2. Identify the signs and/or symptoms associated with each type of abuse. Physical abuse - Punching‚ Kicking Scratching‚ Slapping‚ Biting‚ Scalding‚ Pulling hair
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life‚ such as medication‚ adequate nutrition and heating. Recognition is by observing their general health and seeing if there is any decline with time Sexual abuse: Examples include: Rape and sexual assault or sexual acts to which the vulnerable adult has not consented‚ could not consent or was pressured into consenting. Non-contact abuse such as voyeurism‚ involvement in pornography. Recognition is by observing their emotional states‚ they may become withdrawn or even the opposite and become abusive
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Adult Educator Interview Name AET/505 November 8‚ 2010 Instructor Adult Educator Interview The thought of becoming an adult educator is exciting and new to this author. The education realm is what a facilitator makes of it. The class can be stimulated or withdrawn just by the actions the class leader has taken. A positive experience is what this author would love to make her goal so she can be remember as the individual who made a difference. One inspiration is that of Jeremy
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characteristics‚ positive and negative‚ of the non-traditional student. The article relays that many non-traditional students are adults who have been in the workplace for an extended period. As stated‚ there is much adult learning theory that comes from the "organizational development field (OD) field . . ." and the article gives four principles that characterize adult learners (Knowles‚ 1974). These principles point out some of the good characteristics of this category of people‚ one of which is
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Task 1 The benefits of diversity Britain is a multicultural society with a huge variety of people who all have come from different backgrounds‚ these people live and work all over the country. London is the capital of the country and has the largest immigrant number. In Britain 6.5% of the population are ethnic minorities. The British population is made up of the following ethnic groups: • White-53‚074‚000 (includes Irish‚ Polish‚ Italian‚ etc) • Black Caribbean- 490‚000
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Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care Level 2 Unit Ref A/601/8574 Unit Credit Value 3 1. Know how to recognise signs of abuse 1.1 Define the following types of abuse: Physical Sexual Emotional/psychological Financial Institutional Self neglect Neglect by other Physical abuse is an act of another party involving contact intended to cause feelings of physical pain‚ injury‚ or other physical suffering or bodily harm. Sexual abuse is sexual activity
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people’s lives. I have wanted to be involved in working‚ in a health care setting from an early age as I spent a lot of time in hospital with my mother’s asthma problems‚ which developed my growing interest in nursing. My desire to take a course in adult nursing was firmly established after my first work placement at a care home. In the placement‚ I understood that becoming a nurse would excite me as I would be helping others with their needs and seeing them to better health. I feel that nursing would
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& Future of Adult Learning Learning for adults is a field of study in and of itself. The study of adult learning‚ or andragogy‚ has come a long way and it is a relatively new idea. Society has tended to be so focused on teaching children‚ that only in the last century or so have educators come to realize that different methods should be used to more successfully educate adult learners. One of the main ideas that must be realized when looking at learning as an adult‚ is that adults tend to learn
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