A) According to the American Psychology Association‚ older adults are defined as “persons 65 years of age or older (APA‚ Practitioners‚ 2002) The older adult population is separated by two subpopulations called “young old”‚ “older old”‚ and “oldest old.”(APA‚ Practitioners‚ 2002) “Young old” describe those between the ages of 65-74‚ “older old” describes those between the ages of 75 and 84‚ and oldest old refers to those 85 and older. (APA‚ Practitioners‚ 2002) Other important subpopulations include
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increasing number of adult students are on college campuses seeking undergraduate degrees‚ filling some of the seats formerly occupied by the traditional‚ 18-22-year-old students (Apps‚ 1981; Cross‚ 1981; Leckie‚ 1988). Cross (1981) notes that part-time students make up the greater part of this increase. Indeed the number of full-time adult students is still quite small‚ particularly at four-year colleges and universities. While universities are noticing the presence of mature adults in their full-time
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ADULT EDUCATION Part of being an effective educator involves understanding how adults learn best (Lieb‚1991). Andragogy (adult learning) is a theory that holds a set of assumptions about how adults learn. Andragogy emphasises the value of the process of learning. It uses approaches to learning that are problem-based and collaborative rather than didactic‚ and also emphasises more equality between the teacher and learner. Knowles identified the six principles of adult learning outlined below. Adults
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Hitting a certain age? Having a relationship? Getting a job? How is it that we can do those things‚ that we consider to be “adult”‚ but we still feel like kids? Or that we feel like grown-ups‚ we’re certainly old enough‚ but we haven’t seemed to have accomplished any of those things “grown-ups” have done? People never seem to quite understand the meaning of being an “adult”. I myself am not very sure of the full meaning of it. It has always seemed to me that age is irrelevant. You can be 12 and
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IMPORTANCE_OF_ADULT_EDUCATION">IMPORTANCE OF ADULT EDUCATION GOOD MORNING RESPECTED TEACHERS AND MY DEAR FRIENDS. EDUCATION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WHICH IS MANDATORY FOR ALL THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE WORLD. WITHOUT EDUCATION PEOPLE CAN BE EASILY CHEATED‚ BE-FOOLED & DECEIVED. THEY THEN ARE GIVEN THE NAME WHICH MOST PEOPLE DON’T LIKE IS THE WORD ’ILLITERATES’. THEY ARE DISCRIMINATED AND THEY CANNOT JOIN THE MAINSTREAM WHICH IS A DIFFICULT TASK. The scope of Adult education is very comprehensive. Social
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Project 1: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Do you consider that your organisation is prepared to take risks in order to succeed? I do believe that my organisation is prepared to take risks in order to succeed. We continually strive to grow our organisation with new ideas and incentives. Growth does not occur without risk or change. Why is the concept of risk essential to change‚ innovation and the marketplace success of organisations? The concept of risk in essential to change‚ innovation and
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Adult Psychopathology Sleep and Sexual Disorders Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders: At the outset: four terms 1. Anatomic sex: biological sex‚ based on XX or XY chromosomes 2. Gender Identity: internal feelings as to whether one is male or female (I am male/ I am female) 3. Gender role: external behavior (particularly social behavior but can include sexual behavior) how one wishes to be seen by others (or oneself) as a male or female 4. Sexual orientation: preference for sexual partners
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WED 486 Reflection Assignment Dr. Steven Brookfield’s Adult Learning May 30‚ 2013 In the pursuit of higher learning‚ many adults are returning back to school to obtain suitable degrees. These untraditional students bring with them a unique mindset to the classroom environment‚ to include certain hurdles professors and students must face at one point in time during their curriculum. Amongst the several theories on “Adult Learning” discussed in this course‚ the theorist that is more
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tried and sentenced as adults? There are many teenagers who do violent crimes‚ but to many people it’s different on how they should be punished. Most people who I spoke to said it all depends upon the crime and then there are some people who think the teenagers’ accused of the violent crime should be sentenced as adults‚ because they chose to act like adults. While it is wrong to commit a violent crime for a young teenager‚ I believe that they should not be sentenced as adults‚ because they have not
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Manage quality customer service SECTION 1 Assessment Activity 1 Develop and document‚ on behalf of an organization for which you do or might work‚ a detailed process whereby it will possible to investigate‚ identify‚ assess and include the needs of customers in planning processes. Private Schooling The first process is investigating why Parents would choose Private Schooling for their child/ren. The School would investigate the following. Investigate the needs of families in the local area
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