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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Abstract Leadership in nursing is an important role that facilitates the delivery of successful nursing care and patient satisfaction in the medical field. In every work atmosphere‚ there are always leaders and followers. Both contribute to building a safe and effective workplace. The leaders motivate staff members and inspire them to work up to a particular goal‚ while the followers are guided by the nursing leaders. There are a few different leadership styles‚ some good and some bad‚ which
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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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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder In Adults Oh Look! A Shiny Penny! Abstract Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a brain disorder that affects the way nerves develop and the why individuals process thoughts and control actions. Individuals with ADHD tend to have difficulty maintaining focus and remembering details . ADHD has been thought to be a childhood disorder and that the disorder somehow disappears as a child grows older. Though ADHD is most common
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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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accept anything they are exposed to them. Their minds are like sponges and they soak in everything. They are not able to make sense of things the way an adult process things but they do the best that they can. Children are taught to do what is right and to be obedient. With this being said‚ the most powerful beings in a young child’s life is an adult‚ particularly their parents. Though parents are to protect their children‚ children often feel the need to not only obey their parents but to protect them
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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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I am an Adulty Adult Austrian psychologist Erick Erickson states “to become an adult one must achieve a separate identity" He defines identity as "a sense of self apart from one’s family" In his proposed psychoanalytic theory of psychosocial development he explains that by failing to achieve this‚ we become stagnant and unproductive. How do we achieve a separate identity‚ what is it that makes an adult; is it our decisions‚ our circumstances‚ or our age? I believe it is a culmination of all three
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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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