SUMMARY ON ADULT LEARNING THEORIES The central question on how adults learn has caught the attention of scholars and practitioners since the 1920s. Eighty years later‚ there is no single answer‚ theory or model that explains what the scholar and practitioners know about adult learners‚ various contexts where learning takes place and the process of learning. Until the mid-twentieth‚ in order to have an understanding of adult learning‚ adult educators relied on research in psychology
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explain the role of supportive relationships in reducing the risk of abuse and neglect. Supportive relationships help reduce stress and improve an individual’s general health and well-being. The more people in an individual’s life it is more likely that they will have a supportive relationship with one of them. It is important to make time to develop and reinforce relationships by meeting up with them by going out and having fun with them. Developing an effective working relationship with individuals
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Juveniles Should Not Be Tried A Adults Should juvenile offenders be tried as adults? This question has become a hot topic recently in this country. Nearly everyone from lawyers and judges‚ to politicians has expressed their opinion on this subject‚ and while everyone seems to be talking about it no real conclusions have been reached. When talking about juveniles being tried as adults there are no easy answers‚ but when all the factors have been weighed‚ with the exception of murder‚ the negative
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Grasping Time: The Importance of Time Management for the Adult Student Richard Glazer COLL100 Foundations of Online Learning American Public University Daniel Green Grasping Time: The Importance of Time Management for the Adult Student Adults in ever increasing numbers have returned to school. Reasons for returning vary but regardless‚ adult students are an increasing presence in the classroom. While adults have the experience and wisdom over the younger students‚ adults are at a disadvantage
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John Likides ------------------------------------------------- There is no question about it‚ children and adults learn in different ways. The argument can be made about which one is better‚ and they are numerous schools of thought on the theories for each‚ but the bottom line is that there is a clear variation between how a child learns and how an adult learns. There is a vast importance for learning at both the childhood and adulthood levels. As a child‚ one must learn on more of a basic
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Teaching Children vs. Teaching Adults The assignment: To do an internet search to submit a set of strategies or tips in teaching adults and teaching children. There are many differences in teaching children and adults. Obviously‚ a teacher must adapt the material when teaching children and adults the same topic. But there are other differences too. Adults and children both learn at different speeds and come into a classroom with different life experiences. A teacher must adjust the material
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boxes by defining Elemental and Holistic Models of Development. Then you will describe 2 theories‚ including theorist (s) from each model of development. Finally you will list the important points derived from each model learning theory. Save this document and type directly onto the document and into the boxes. The boxes will expand to accommodate what you write. Submit as an attachment to the appropriate drop box. Model | Definition of each Model Learning Theory | Theory and Theorist 1
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a. Explain the importance of safeguarding children and young people It is important to safeguard children and young people as without this protection their future could be negatively affected. Their health and development could be impaired as its possible they could withdraw from family and peers which would affect them emotionally and also developmentally fall behind with educational milestones (if school is missed). Children and young people need to be protected from neglect and abuse and
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Running head: ADULT EDUCATION FOR WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA Empowering Women in South Africa to Serve as Catalysts Using Adult Education in Reducing Transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Patricia D. Bailey Capella University Abstract There is a high rate of illiteracy in South Africa with over 4.5 million adults that has never attended school and approximately 5 million who are functionally illiterate. (Aitchison‚ 2004). Studies
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1. Give a brief outline of Guthrie’s ideas. Which ideas make the most sense to you and why? Guthrie’s learning hypothesis was based upon the thought that a boost took after by a certain reaction would‚ when the jolt was rehashed‚ evoke the same reaction. This would occur paying little heed to remunerate or disciplines. This was a noteworthy takeoff from the molding speculations that had commanded cognitive brain research. Guthrie additionally accepted that once an association was made in the middle
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