This book allowed me to have my first 'Ah Ha!' moment as a Teacher. I am currently teaching advance ESL students and on many occasions the task of teaching seems difficult, much less to motivate my students to come to class. The book was very helpful when it came to simplifying the methodologies of adult learning. As a new teacher I am constantly reviewing different approaches for how to handle a classroom of different learners and how to effectively teach 'across the board', so that each student will gain something useful from the lesson. This book does a great job of teaching about different approaches. It begins with case studies that present several theories and models of adult learning. Then asks the reader a question to automatically bring them into the scenarios. I felt this was a very interesting way of laying out the book because it allows the reader to analyze the situation personally before being thought what is good or bad in the case study.
The book goes on to evaluate the way Adult Learners view education and why. The book states that "quiet often adult learners what to make a leap over formal knowledge and head straight to applicable knowledge" and this is why instructors need to engage learners in the decision about their own learning. Each idea of teaching methodology seems direct and i will be implementing them into my teaching styles for my adult learner students.
1. These theories seems more incline for teaching extroverted adult learners and not introverted learners. How can a teacher use the methodologies to teach both types of learners in one classroom?
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ReplyDeleteCharlin, I am glad you are acquiring knowledge you can use as a teacher. By starting with cases and asking students to speculate on those cases, the authors are using inductive reasoning. If they had started by explaining principles and then moved on to illustrate those principles with examples, they would be using deductive reasoning. Inductive reasoning can involve students more fully in a process of figuring out answers for themselves. That might be why you enjoyed reading the cases. You may have felt more involved.
ReplyDeleteAs for extroverts and introverts, why would any of these learning theories be more advantageous for extroverts? Can you explain your thinking here? The answer isn't obvious.