1. Facilitating Adult Learning Presenter : Donna Bryant

2. Today we will …… TODAY WE WILL ……. Discuss the difference between adult - centered learning and child - centered learning. Explore the Eight Learning Principles. Look at the impact of the Learning environment.

3. Think of the best Professional Learning experience you have had – why was it the best? Think of the worst Professional Learning experience you have had – why was it the worst?

4. Androgogy – an adult - centered, problem posing approach to learning ; Pedagogy – child - centered, teacher - directed education Malcolm Knowles (1990 ) Adults differ from children in their learning …

5. The Eight Learnin g Princip les Rural Health Education Foundation 2009

6. 1. Multi - sense learning IWB Videos Chalk’n’talk Discussion OHP Webinars Posters When two or more senses are used … Activities

7. 2. Active Learning Learning by doing …

8. 3. Primacy and Recency Tell them what you are going to tell them … Tell them … Tell them what you have told them …

9. 4.4. Feedback Feedback Feedback between learners and the trainer …

10. 5. Reward Experiencing success and rewards …

11. 6. Practice and Repetition Practice, reinforcement and revision …

12. 7. Meaningful material Material relates to previous knowledge …

13. 8. Holistic Learning The material needs to fit in to part of a whole …

14. The Learnin g Environ ment The Socia l Envir onmen t The Physic al Enviro nment The Emotion al Environ ment The Cognit ive Enviro nment The Holist ic Enviro nment

15. Questio ns