The article‚ Adult Learning Theory: Applications to Non-Traditional College Students‚ focused on identifying the present day non-traditional college student is and the strategies that educators need to apply when teaching these students. The authors provide a broad overview of the present day non-traditional college student. Those students are identified as financially independent‚ between the ages of 25 and 50 with minimal previous college credits. Many of these students have been recently unemployed
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term paper. A “non traditional student” can be defined as students who may have non traditional characteristics‚ such as being financially independent‚ delayed enrolment or returning after stepping out of school‚ married‚ widowed‚ divorced‚ military. This describes a majority of my classmates and an increasing percentage of the student body at more and more institates of higher learning. For most people the next step after graduating high school is to enroll directly to college. For some it’s get
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article published in the Journal of College Reading and Learning gives insight into the characteristics‚ positive and negative‚ of the non-traditional student. The article relays that many non-traditional students are adults who have been in the workplace for an extended period. As stated‚ there is much adult learning theory that comes from the "organizational development field (OD) field . . ." and the article gives four principles that characterize adult learners (Knowles‚ 1974). These principles
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Summary Adult Learning Theories are organized on the comprehension of adults. Certain obstacles grown-ups may endure could hinder their learning process. Preceptors use adult learning theories to format the learning process of their students. Every student has different circumstances and life experiences that can affect their ability to learn. Adult learning theories are intended to give scholars a perception on how adults learn. The article “Adult Learning Theory: Applications to Non-Traditional
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the learning theories provided you with new information? How would you apply this in your practice? Learning and teaching go hand in hand. As nurses in health care‚ while taking care of adults‚ there is lot of education and teaching that happens in the hospital and teaching is performed among patients‚ among fellow nurses and other health care workers and introduction of new equipment or procedure. This was a good exercise as there was opportunity to learn more about learning theories and to
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Adult Learning Theory: Sociocultural Learning Theory Thomas Condon American Military University Charlestown‚ WV Alvina Alexander 9/27/2009 Introduction Since teachers and researchers first stumbled upon the benefits of utilizing sociocultural connections to enhance the learning of adults‚ many papers have been published on the subject. Early theories viewed learning as a solely cognitive process‚ taking place in the mind of the learner. These theories made the assumption that
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Differences between Traditional and Non-traditional Students in a Statistics Based Classroom Abstract This report examines the differences between traditional and non-traditional students in terms of three aspects; anxiety towards statistics‚ attitude towards statistics and computer self-efficacy. A review of literature was conducted and hypotheses were formed about the three aspects. The three hypotheses tested were and what was expected to be found was; traditional students will score lower on
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Summary More and more adults are returning to school to either further their education or to start fresh in a new course of study. With the challenges of work‚ kids‚ home life‚ and school work; the adult learner has many challenges that they face almost every day. Just as extensive research goes into learning about how children learn‚ research has also been put in place as to how the adult learns. Both of the articles “Revisiting Adult Learning Theory through the Lens of an Adult Learner” by Londell
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Life as a Non-Traditional Student: Mastering Self-Regulated Learning Self-regulated learning can be defined as “The process in which [a] student is cognitively‚ motivationally‚ and behaviorally active in his or her learning.” (Zimmerman and Martinez-Pons). While this concept is relatively new‚ many students have embraced it over the last few decades resulting in their success. I am one of those many students that embrace this concept; some aspects stronger than the others. Planning and organizing
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responsible‚ as well as guiding the students towards accomplishing their goals. As such‚ Merriam mentions that teachers also have this responsibility when it comes to the adult learning process. Nonetheless‚ Merriam (2008) says that adults‚ unlike younger students‚ have particular requirements when it comes to the process of learning. Thusly‚ this paper will provide a discussion of my personal learning experiences‚ which relate to the exemplar learning theories‚ such
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