{"id":31537,"date":"2021-07-15T16:45:17","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T14:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teachonmars.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/concevoir-des-formations-pour-adultes-mode-demploi\/"},"modified":"2022-01-11T11:04:18","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T10:04:18","slug":"what-keep-in-mind-when-working-with-adult-learners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teachonmars.com\/en\/blog\/2021\/07\/what-keep-in-mind-when-working-with-adult-learners\/","title":{"rendered":"What you should keep in mind when working with Adult learners"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What exactly are adult learners? Our learning experience experts made some research on this topic to help you out in engaging the audience. In this blog article, we summarize the findings and define Adult learners needs that will help you for your future engagement with the audience. By the end of this article, we will also share Teach on Mars activities with you that will facilitate the preparation of your training formats.<\/p>\n

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The adult learner<\/h2>\n

If we try to answer the question of what an adult learner is, we cannot avoid the definition of Malcom Knowles, who published a characterization of adult learners in the 1980s.
Back then, he distinguished the characteristics of adult learners from those of other learners groups. He even supported renaming the field of Adult Education into Andragogy<\/strong>*, in order to maintain a good distinction from Pedagogy.<\/p>\n

But Knowles saw the differences between adult and other learners as not just in the different names Pedagogy and Andragogy. He defined a total of five attributes that distinguish adult learners from other learners.<\/p>\n

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  1. Self-concept<\/li>\n
  2. Learning experience<\/li>\n
  3. Readiness to Learn<\/li>\n
  4. Orientation to Learning<\/li>\n
  5. Motivation to Learn<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Check out the visualization in order to take a more precise look at Knowles’ five assumptions!<\/p>\n

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    In other words, we can define the Adult learner as follows:<\/p>\n

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    But why is it even useful to define attributes of Adult learners in this context?<\/h2>\n

    It’s simple: if we know which internal and external factors influence adult learners during their learning process, it is possible to better respond to the needs derived from these factors.<\/p>\n

    Based on the literature research and the assumptions of Malcom Knowles, we have derived<\/strong> the following aspects, which will support you in the preparation of your training formats.<\/p>\n