Adult Learners and Learning

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Demonstrate the complex relationship between individuals and learning contexts.
• Synthesise some of the research on learning and its application in a broad array of learning contexts.
• Explain the barriers and enablers to adult learning.
• Demonstrate understanding of some of the factors that contribute to effective adult learning.

Typically, you will cover issues which may include the following:

Schools of Learning Theory; Social and Situated Learning; Learner Motivation; Learning Transfer; Adult Learning; Experiential Learning; The Learner, e-learning & future learning; Learning Organisations; Work-based Learning.

There will be one 2 hour session per week. The sessions are interactive and will not be traditional lectures, but instead will require active participation, discussion and group activities. Pre-session info will also be posted on Blackboard.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.