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The Learner
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- The learner is dependent upon the instructor for all learning.
- The teacher/instructor assumes full responsibility for what is taught and how it is learned.
- The teacher/instructor evaluates learning.
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- The learner is self-directed.
- The learner is responsible for own learning.
- Self-evaluation is characteristic of this approach.
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Role of the Learner’s Experience |
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- The learner comes to the activity with little experience that could be tapped as a resource for learning.
- The experience of the instructor is most influential
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- Learner brings a greater volume & quality of experience.
- Adults are the richest resources for one another.
- Different experiences assure diversity in groups of adults
- Experience becomes the source of self-identity.
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Readiness To Learn |
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- Students are told what they have to learn in order to advance to the next level of mastery.
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- Any change is likely to trigger a readiness to learn.
- The need to know in order to perform more effectively in some aspect of one’s life.
- Possesses the ability to asses gaps between where one is now and where one wants and needs to be.
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Orientation To Learning |
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- Learning is process of acquiring prescribed subject matter
- Content units are sequenced according to the logic of the subject matter.
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- Learners want to perform a task, solve a problem, live in a more satisfying way.
- Learning must have relevance to these tasks.
- Learning is organized around life/work situations rather that subject matter units.
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Motivation For
Learning |
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- Primarily motivated by external pressures, competition for grades, and the consequences of failure.
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- Internal motivations: self-esteem, recognition, better quality of life, self-confidence, self-actualization.
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