What Motivates Adults to Learn?
If you have ever had the opportunity to teach anything to adults, you can understand that it can at times be a challenge. Wouldn’t it be nice to break the… Read more »
Category: Instruction/Learning Strategies
Flip Your Class
I just finished reading an inspiring idea for teaching, reverse the process of a traditional class. In the article, The Backward Class, a teacher has reversed the sessions for lecture… Read more »
Education Is Life!
Education is life! Education is not just a preparation for life, but it is life. That is what Eduard Lindeman wrote in his book The Meaning of Adult Education* in… Read more »
Who Has Shaped Your Beliefs About Teaching and Learning?
In my current class, we were asked to prepare a reflection paper on our beliefs about learning, about the educative process, and about teaching adults. This gave me great pause… Read more »
Principles of Coaching and Instructing Closely Related
Yesterday, I had the fortunate opportunity to attend the ASTD-NRC presentation by Carl Dierschow, a business coach with Small Fish. I was pleased to discover the close relationship of his… Read more »
What Makes a Motivating Instructor?
The more I get into Enhancing Adult Motivation to Learn: A Comprehensive Guide for Teaching All Adults* by Raymond Wlodkowski, the more I am enjoying it. If you are an adult… Read more »