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Teaching and Supporting Adult Learners.
This publication enables those teaching adult learners to gain an understanding of the difficulties that students may experience while developing their own professional practice in order to create effective, focused and inclusive teaching strategies for this group.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Critical Publishing,
2014.
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| Colección: | Further education
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Series information; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; Meet the authors; Introduction; Who are adult learners and what do we mean by adult education?; What is education and where does it take place?; What is training?; What is learning?; Working with adult learners; Who are we?; Jackie Scruton; Belinda Ferguson; How to use this book; And finally ... ; Taking it further; References; 1 The context of adult learning; Introduction: the background to adult education; Further Education; Changing policies; Success for All.
- Foster's review of Further Education collegesEducation and Skills Act 2008; The Wolf Report; Higher Education; The diversity of education provision in the Further Education sector; Types of learners and learning ; School leavers; Adult learners; Offender learning ; Work-based learning; Range of courses; The role of the tutor; Teacher; Assessor; Counsellor; Mentor; Taking it further; References; 2 Learner and tutor stories; Learner stories; Tutor stories; 3 Motivation; What is motivation?; Self-efficacy theory; Attribution theory; Self-worth theory; Achievement goal theory; Self-determination.
- Intrinsic (internal) motivationExtrinsic (external) motivation; Barriers to motivation; Disappointment; Lack of knowledge; Fear; Additional needs; Stress; Institutional or structural barriers; Overcoming barriers: the tutor's role and strategies; Taking it further; References; 4 The practicalities of teaching adult learners; Preparing for learning; How adults learn; Aligning the learning; Learning activities; Preparing a lesson plan; What if it all goes wrong?; Creating a positive learning environment; Assessing learning and giving feedback; Types of assessment; Initial assessment.
- Formative assessmentSummative assessment; Feedback for learning; Forms of feedback; Feedback on low-quality work; Encouraging learners to use their feedback; Building confidence and achievement; Taking it further; References; 5 Using technology with adult learners; Why use technology?; Definitions; E-learning; Using technology; What support will you need?; Student expectations; Strategies and tips: keeping it simple; Taking it further; References; 6 Building relationships; Why build relationships with learners?; How to build relationships with learners; Responding to your learners.
- Are your learners behaving like adults or children?Why should learners develop relationships with peers?; Communities of practice; Building communities of practice; Sustaining a community of practice; Relationships with the educational organisation; Using the wider organisation to support your learners; Using mentors to support learners ; Taking it further; References; 7 Pulling it all together; Lizzie; Commentary and suggested answers; Darren; Commentary and suggested answers; Comoly; Commentary and suggested answers; Index.