1 Adults as Learners CG7303

2 Aims: To consider motivation in adult learners To introduce domains of learning Learning Outcomes – learners will Set their own Ground Rules for the course Consider what constitutes as positive and negative learning experiences for adults Be introduced to Learning Styles Understand domains of learning (MUD-CAP) Theorist introduced today: Benjamin Bloom (1913) – Taxonomy of learning Domains – Published (1956) Carol Dweck (1946) – Theory of Motivation - Self-Theories: Their Role in Motivation, Personality, and Development (1999) Geoff Petty ( – Teaching today (2011)

3 Ground Rules for a Positive Learning Experience What do you expect from: The tutor? Yourself? Your fellow students?

4 What is learning? Knowledge gained by study, instruction or scholarship The act of gaining knowledge Collins Dictionary Knowledge got by study OED – Oxford English Dictionary A relatively permanent change in behaviour as a result of experience, training or practice Reece and Walker

5 Learning Experiences Positive Can you recall a positive learning experience? What was it? Why was it good? Negative Can you think of a negative learning experience? Describe it. In what ways was it different from the positive experience?

6 Learner Expectations Learners in FE college expect to: Be taught Improve their job prospects Feel they are doing something worthwhile Put right what went wrong at school Improve knowledge Mix and make friends Have a degree of discipline Have a professional attitude from the tutor

7 Learner Expectations Learners in Adult Education expect to: Be taught as equals Be valued as people Mix with like-minded people Use the time constructively Become more proficient Develop as people Have a second chance at education Gain a qualification to improve their self- image or career prospects

8 Types of Learning M emorising U nderstanding D oing C ognitive A ffective P sychomotor Blooms Taxonomy Model

9 Domains of Learning Blooms Taxonomy C ognitive A ffective P sychomotor Involves gaining new knowledge and understanding Involves the demonstration of feelings, emotions or attitudes to people, ideas or things. (Making things real for people, for example relating to your own experiences) Relating to manual skills & involving manipulation of objects, tools, supplies or equipment