Category: Psychology and Education : Adult Learning

We learned this week about the ways that the brain functions in adulthood and how it affects learning. The idea of cognitive styles (or learning styles) is important, because it says that the adults can exhibit different ways of processing information for the purpose of learning. Global learners, for example, may process multiples streams of… Continue reading We learned this week about the ways that the brain functions in adulthood and ho

From a description of the brain as a kind of central processing unit, we discussed memory and how information is processed through sensory memory to short-term memory and finally on to long-term memory storage. Let’s focus on how aging affects memory. Do you feel that memory loss affects the everyday learning activities of adult learners?… Continue reading From a description of the brain as a kind of central processing unit, we discuss

This week, we looked at various theories of adult cognitive development. An important takeaway from our readings is the impact of both dialectical thinking (viewing issues from multiple perspectives) and contextual factors on learning. Which do you believe is more influential when developing appropriate learning activities: dialectical thinking or contextual perspective? Why? Refer to chapters… Continue reading This week, we looked at various theories of adult cognitive development. An impo

The reading this week concluded with a description of integrated perspectives on development with salient examples of theorists who have included the biological, psychological, and sociological perspectives in their models of adult development (for example, Baltes and Magnusson). To understand fully how adult development is linked to adult learning, the text suggested that educators of… Continue reading The reading this week concluded with a description of integrated perspectives on