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Theory and Practice
Learning in Adulthood
Fall, 2006
The Role of Theory
Understand experience
Different points of view
Guide practice
Learning Variables
X + Y + Z = learning
Theory populates the variables
Three Factors
Learner
Context
Process
Learner
Adulthood Experience
Nature of the experience Development
How affects learning Aging
Memory
Focus on the Individual
Context
In-dependence Freedom of choice Bounds
Home and School Work, Family, Community
Learning connects with usefulness to context Learning with everybody
Process
Fewer differences Speed Meaningfulness
Internal motivation
Cognitive or context? Additive vs. Transformative? Problem Finding
Access
Learning as institutional norm
Just in time training
eLearning
Distance learning
Relating Knowledge & Practice
Adults learning differently than children
A knowledge base informs practice
Change intuitive action to reflection
Theory and Practice are one
Return to iPod exercise
You volunteer for a local library, helping them with training needs. The library has recently purchased iPods as a way to deliver books on tape. You have been asked to develop educational materials for this technology. Your target population are residents of the local retirement home, large users of the books on tape program. How do you approach this problem?
Apply Theory
Account for Learner Context Process
Develop a list of learning objectives
Learning Objectives
Observable task learner performs Conditions utilized to perform task Criteria that measures success
Example At the end of the course, the learner will be able
to process three sample customer orders within fifteen minutes without any errors.
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Personal Transformation
The company you work for has just been acquired by a multi-national corporation. Your department has been declared redundant, and you have one month’s notice. You will be receiving a six-month full salary severance package. What will you do?
Next Week
Sign up for a day Prepare a short overview of your work
Learner Context Process