Adult Learners & the Learning Environment
Published on Jan 18, 2016
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Learning Environments
- Formal Institutional Settings
- Non-formal Settings
- Informal Context
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Formal Education:
Highly institutionalized, bureaucratic, curriculum driven, and formally recognized with grades, diplomas, or certificates
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Non-formal Education:
Organized learning opportunities outside the formal education system (community/indigenous)
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Informal Learning:
Spontaneous, unstructured learning that goes on daily in the home and neighborhood
(self-directed, incidental, socialization)
Organizations learn only through individuals who learn
Senge
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Healthy Learning Organizations
- Openness across boundaries
- Resilience to change
- Knowledge/expertise sharing
- A culture of learning & innovation
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Motives for Learning
- Voluntary participation
- Mutual respect
- Collaborative spirit
- Action and reflection
- Critical reflection
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How Adults Learn
- Gibb 1960
- Miller 1964
- Kidd 1973
- Knox 1977
- Brundage & Mackeracher 1980
- Smith 1982
- Darkenwald & Merriam 1982
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Dominant Debate of Participation
- Participation is a good thing
- Participation equals formal learning
- Learners are abstract, not socialized, individuals
- Barriers to participation, not resistance
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Questions/Comments
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