Summary More and more adults are returning to school to either further their education or to start fresh in a new course of study. With the challenges of work‚ kids‚ home life‚ and school work; the adult learner has many challenges that they face almost every day. Just as extensive research goes into learning about how children learn‚ research has also been put in place as to how the adult learns. Both of the articles “Revisiting Adult Learning Theory through the Lens of an Adult Learner” by Londell
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something more sinister and full of adult themes. Cartoons contain adult themes‚ but how many? It’s believed that newer‚ or more modern cartoons will have more adult themes then ones aired at a later date‚ because of the more openness of today’s culture towards adulthood. By using content analysis‚ I watched two cartoons: two episodes of Adventure Time and one episode Pokemon in order to watch the same amount of TV. I watched the episodes and wrote a list of predefined adult themes: Violence‚ which is the
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Motivating the Adult Learner Another aspect of adult learning is motivation. At least six factors serve as sources of motivation for adult learning: Social relationships: to make new friends‚ to meet a need for associations and friendships. External expectations: to comply with instructions from someone else; to fulfill the expectations or recommendations of someone with formal authority. Social welfare: to improve ability to serve mankind‚ prepare for service to the community‚ and improve
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Adult Learner Assessment Theresa Ann Hayden‚ M.A.‚ Ed.S. Classroom Assessment in Education Dr. Kelli Ligeikis Capella University June 15‚ 2011 Adult Learner Assessment Classroom assessment is critical to the measurement of student achievement. As stated in Angelo and Cross‚ (1993): Classroom assessment helps individual college teachers obtain useful feedback on what‚ how much‚ and how well their students are learning… [the purpose] is to produce the highest possible quality of student
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Leonard Duncan 26 April 2011 How The Times Have Changed For Young Adults and Teens For young adults and teens in today’s society finding out who they are is now one of their biggest challenges. The information from these essays “The Thing About Thongs” by Claudia Wallis‚ “What’s Changed?” By Jane Hammerslough‚ “The Man behind Abercrombie & Fitch” By Benoit Denizet-Lewis‚ and “Urban Warfare” By Hillary Chura has given the back bone information. The way that younger generations are finding
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Older adults often work with their spouses who need to be cared for due to long term illnesses up until their death‚ as well as grandchildren and foster children. Many older people take care of their grandchildren because their own children have to go to work or because they have been granted custody due to abuse or incarceration of their children. Many older people who have been given the responsibility of raising another child so late in their life are faced with additional health issues‚ psychological
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ASSIGNMENT COVER PAGE 1. TESOL English for Adults 2. Dung Nguyen 3. Mailing address: 140/11B Binh Quoi Street - Ward 27th - Binh Thanh District - Ho Chi Minh City - Vietnam. Contact number: 00-84-8-355-624-41 or 00-84-8-903-974-993 Email address: nancynguyen_4293@yahoo.com 4. I have completed my “TESOL Traing Coure”. Date: 25th January‚ 2013 City: Ho Chi Minh City‚ Vietnam 5. I am taking this specialization course as part of CERT IV. 6. I have completed one more specializations
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our life. Or we could enlarge our view of the world as we travel mountains‚ rivers‚ and all of places which have reputation for tourist spot‚ and they will be irreplaceable experiences in our life. In conclusion‚ Games are not important for adults and rather it’s harmful for
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Adults Assumptions On Tennagers Everyone knows that throughout life‚ assumptions and stereotypes are made. Whether they concern age‚ gender‚ race‚ class and so on‚ it does not matter. Stereotypes are always made in some form or another‚ some can be referring to positive aspects‚ while others can be bad. Whether good or bad‚ stereotypes should not be made‚ if a person has not met someone‚ they shouldn’t presume to know them or their type’. No two people are identical and so they should
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To apply three theories of adult development to my own life‚ it’s imperative that I provide the obligatory information about myself‚ in order for it to even make sense. The information given is certainly personal‚ but as no point am I unwilling to provide it. The key to understanding one’s self is understanding one’s life‚ and all the good and bad parts of it. By ignoring‚ for example‚ certain events that you would rather forget‚ you are denying an in-depth and detailed look at yourself. I am
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