Adult Learning In Under: Video Analysis

People learn in various ways and at different rates, some learn much from reading and could be considered a visual learner whilst others find it difficult to get anything from reading and prefer to listen, possibly to others explaining, an auditory learner or perhaps they learn from doing practically and could be regarded as kinetic learners, but whichever way we prefer to learn to be effective the learning cycle must be fully completed. We go through an experience, think about what happened, reach some conclusions and put them into practice.

In an effort to determine how adults learn, experts examine and evaluate studies that have been done that involve the adult learner. The more that experts understand how the learner processes information, the better the understanding will be on how to structure their learning environment. Research is continually changing in this area, and educators know there are differences in how each adult learner attains information. In the two articles, “Adult Learning Theory for the Twenty-First Century” by Sharan B. Merriam, and “Adult Learning Theory: Applications to Non-Traditional College Students” by Kenner and Weinerman, different theories are discussed.

Everyone has their own preferred way of learning new things. Knowing how you learn can

notes, they will either write it in a different color or they will take detailed notes and go back and highlight the important factors. To help a visual learner organize information they sometimes use a Mind Map. A mind map guide is centered on the topic and includes branches for each related idea. Visual learners learn by seeing. When writing and drawing what they are visualizing, this helps them retain and better process the information being taught. An auditory learner is when a person learns by speaking and hearing. An auditory learner learns best through lectures. Unlike

Hi everyone! My name is Briana and I am an all around learner. I am mostly a Kinesthetic Learner, but also I can learn visually. I am also an auditory learner as long as what I am hearing interests me. Since I was younger, when I had to sit in class against my own will, I always learned better one on one or by doing things myself. If you show me once and let me do it my myself the next time I usually can get it down very quickly. I’ve never been good with lectures, the information hitting my face like water from a water hose is overwhelming and I usually never remember any of it. This always made me angry because that meant I always had to rewrite everything multiple times until it was tattooed in my brain.

Several problems highlighted in the video were just as relevant today as they were almost 10 years ago. For example, undergraduate classes are often vast and impersonal. Within the graduate setting, classes are smaller and more personal, as individuals have refined their focus. Yes, college is expensive. Yes, textbooks are expensive. Most instructors are limited to the resources required by departments or availability of materials.

The competencies that I will focus on throughout this paper are developmentally appropriate practice, special needs strategies, and modeling fairness and respect. Several of the examples that I observed fell under the same practice. The content of the video presented a classroom teacher who actively participated with his classroom of students. I am beyond amazed at how interactive the teacher remained throughout the entire video. While watching the video, I learned there several aspects of learning that can be built into one center.

Adults and children learn differently. The terms to describe the ways in which each learn are pedagogy and andragogy. In pedagogy, the way children learn, the teacher dictates what the student will learn. In andragogy, the way adults learn, the adult that is learning dictates when and what will be retained. Both are ways to educate and learn. We first learn through pedagogy in school and as adults, we have to make the active choose continue the pursuit of knowledge. We can do that with online education and self-direction instead of sitting in a classroom and being instructed by a teacher. In this age of technology and information, we must move into a learner-based society and move away from relying on teachers to be our main source of education (Bethel University, 2013). In my current job, most of the training is done virtually now or with modules. You have a point of contact to ask questions but there is little to no time spent in a classroom anymore. In the workforce, this is a necessary step for most companies now.

In the primary video, to be responsive to family concerns and their priorities (Dunst, 2002), Sonia introduces a 3-2-1 sheet, asking the parents to tell her three things she should know about their child, two things their child is interested in, their one wish for their child. This activity encourages the parents to communicate with her about their child. I am especially drawn to this simple, yet useful activity, as it opens up opportunities to engage with the parents, and learn what matters to them and their child. Again, such activity is based on relationship and trust, because parents are communicating private information about their children. This is also a good example of family-professional collaboration to achieve

I am the type of person who needs to see a demonstration of the lesson before I’ll try to achieve it. I can, even learn something if I help someone. Helping someone else add some new things in their head also gets some old things back in mine. As a learner, love to learn new things everyday and I do learn many of things every day. I can just watch a two minute video and learn at least ten new things. Usually if I’m ever distracted in class or tend to lose focus of the lesson, it’s mainly because I have either learned that a year before, so I feel like I don’t need to learn it all over again. But throughout 6th grade I always told myself to pay attention to the lesson.

Learning changes as we mature. Professor Lobdell explains how to understand where you are within your learning journey to get the most out of your efforts. Facts or rote memorization vs Conceptual conditioning or understanding the details of a

Now that I know I am a visual learner, I can be a better student. I can do better in school, because I know how I should do things. To start, I need to utilize flashcards, which I already do. Using flashcards helps me visualize what I need to know and helps me understand it. Additionally, advice from the learning styles assessment would be to write down ideas, key words, and directions so I can see it visually. Visually seeing these will help me understand it. Furthermore, I can study in quiet places so I don't get distracted because I need to stay focused. Staying focused helps me have higher quality work. Since I am a visual learner, I can do things that help me. All in all, with all of these things, I can become a better learner.

This video segment occurs in a self-contained special education classroom with two children Alec a 9-year-old boy with autism and Tami who will be assisting the teacher. Alec has difficulty with displaying appropriate behavior with his peers. He previously greeted a student by kissing them and he greeted another child by saying, “You are a little boy” which hurt the other child’s feelings. The teacher’s goal for Alex is to teach him socially appropriate ways to communicate with other students and also how to respect their boundaries and personal space.

My expectations are to observe an adult learning situation here at Felician University. Having the opportunity to attend a lecture, not being the instructor or the student will be a positive learning experience. However, I will be gaining the information that is being given about the course, nursing research. I hope to visualize the response of both instructor and student and use it in my future lessons. I will attend the class with an open mind hoping, to absorb any portions of the nursing research lecture information to my scholar advantage. I also anticipated observing Dr. Correia practice different methods of teaching nursing research. To decipher what style of teaching this professor will incorporate in the lesson plan. This is a difficult

When it comes to understanding, different people have particular ways of thinking and different ways of learning. In order to gain knowledge, people either prefer learning through reading about the topic or by learning through actually experiencing and interacting with what is being taught. Some people can just say that something is so easy to do, but in reality, they don't actually know that something is particularly easy until actually performing the task. In life there are so many topics that can only truly be understood by using the method of interaction. By learning with interaction and experience, it is the most important and most useful way of learning something to really understand it. Some of the many topics that require interactive learning to understand the full extent of the topic are learning about traditions, someone else's life situation, developing opinions, working, teaching, cooking, raising a family and driving.