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    Adult learners are more self-directed in their learning and prefer to set their own goals and evaluate their own progress. They learn best when education is relevant to their lives and careers and allows them to apply knowledge through hands-on experiences and projects. Repetition and practicing new skills in a supportive environment helps adult learners develop mastery. Their learning is guided by their life experiences and is most effective when it incorporates different learning styles and allows them to critically think about their own assumptions.

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    Adult learners are more self-directed in their learning and prefer to set their own goals and evaluate their own progress. They learn best when education is relevant to their lives and careers and allows them to apply knowledge through hands-on experiences and projects. Repetition and practicing new skills in a supportive environment helps adult learners develop mastery. Their learning is guided by their life experiences and is most effective when it incorporates different learning styles and allows them to critically think about their own assumptions.

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    Adult learners are more self-directed in their learning and prefer to set their own goals and evaluate their own progress. They learn best when education is relevant to their lives and careers and allows them to apply knowledge through hands-on experiences and projects. Repetition and practicing new skills in a supportive environment helps adult learners develop mastery. Their learning is guided by their life experiences and is most effective when it incorporates different learning styles and allows them to critically think about their own assumptions.

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    Adults Are Self-Directing: For many adults, self-directed learning happens naturally

    without anyone explaining it or suggesting it. Adult learners are more prone to plan, carry
    out, and evaluate their learning experiences without the help of others. When instructing
    adults, it’s important for learners to set goals, determine their educational or training needs,
    and implement a plan to enhance their own learning.
    2. Adults Learn by Doing : Many adults prefer not only to read or hear about subjects but to
    actively participate in projects and to take actions related to their learning. Project-based
    curriculum utilizes real-world scenarios and creates projects for students that they could
    encounter in a job in the future. Many adult learners find that this kind of learning is hugely
    beneficial for them as they apply what they have been taught to their careers, giving them
    direct access to seeing what they can do with their knowledge.
    3. Adults Desire Relevance: While some enjoy learning as an end in itself, adult learners are
    more likely to engage in learning that has direct relevance to their lives. For example, if
    they’re taking a certification course to improve their chances of promotion on the job, then
    the course should immediately address their needs.
    4. Adults Utilize Experience: Adults are shaped by their experiences, and the best learning
    comes from making sense of those experiences. Adult learners can greatly benefit from
    finding ways to get hands-on learning. Internships, job shadowing opportunities, projects, and
    other experiential opportunities can help them get a firmer grasp of their learning and be
    more excited about how what they learn can be applied to their interests and careers.
    5. Adults Process with Their Senses: Most adult learners don’t thrive as well in a lecture-
    style environment. Due to the lack of brain plasticity in older learners, it’s important to fully
    engage the senses when learning to successfully solidify new knowledge. Learning practices
    need to incorporate audio, visual, reading/writing, kinesthetic, independent, and group
    techniques.
    6. Adults Appreciate Repetition: Repetition is essential for adult learning. If learners can
    practice new skills in a supportive environment, self-efficacy will develop to take those skills
    outside of the classroom. And the more they can practice a particular subject or skill, the
    better the chances are for mastery.
    7. Adults Guide Their Own Development: Utilizing dilemmas and situations to challenge
    an adult learner’s assumptions and principles helps them guide their own development.
    Adults can use critical thinking and questioning to evaluate their underlying beliefs and
    assumptions and learn from what they realize about themselves in the process.
    8. Adults Thrive with Goal Setting: Learners who have a specific career or personal goal in
    mind will have a better experience as they pursue their degree programs. For example, if a
    student wants to learn Spanish before a trip to Mexico, they might have a specific goal to be
    conversational by a certain date. Adult learners need these goals because their learning is
    more in their own hands than younger learners.
    9. Adults Learn Differently Than Children: Children and adults are very different when it
    comes to how they learn, so different techniques must be used in order to make learning
    effective for adults. In addition to reading and memorizing, adult learners utilize their past
    life experiences and their current understanding of a subject as they learn. Also, adult
    learning needs to be problem-centered, making the impact more focused on current events or
    real life.
    10. Adults Require Ownership: With a more nuanced and advanced hierarchy of needs,
    adult learners place more value on intrinsic motivation and personal ownership of their
    learning. It's important to give adults internal motivation by recognizing their success and
    promoting increased self-esteem and confidence.

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