Tips for Training Adult Learners
Adult learners are sometimes hard to train because they demonstrate certain characteristics. Adults tend to decide for themselves what is important to be learned. They usually need to validate the information based on their own beliefs and personal experiences. Adult learners have much experience in which they can pull from which forces their fixed viewpoints. Adults have certain learning principles, some of them include: A plethora of challenges and ideas How to respect others’ opinions How to treat others and learn from their perspective opinions Tend to rule what they learn and determine how it is applied Everything must focus on real world problems and relate to the learning goals Remember these tips when training and/or coaching adult learners.