1. Lifelong Learning
Team B
Marisha Gonzales
Kimberly Haynes
Renee Fisher
Sherron Lee
Ame Anargyron
Paul Faletto
AET/500
Foundation of Adult Learning Theory
September 14, 2015
Elizabeth Pace
2. Lifelong Learning: (The pursuit of continuous learning
throughout the adult life and beyond traditional schooling.)
The four pillars of education for the future are:
1. Learning to know - mastering tools as opposed to structured
knowledge
2. Learning to do - equipping through innovation and adaptation for
future work environments
3. Learning to live together and work with others - resolving conflict,
discovering cultures, fostering community, social inclusion, economic
resilience, individuality competence
4. Learning to be - person's holistic development
3. Graphic Organizers
"Graphic organizers are visual thinking tools that make pictures of your
thoughts" (Learning Disabilities Association of America, 2015). These
organizers can also serve as brainstorming tools, summarizers, note
taking options. There are many reasons and many sorts of graphic
organizers. Many graphic organizers help visual learners especially
learners with disabilities.
4. Social Justice Learning
Strategies - (know your issues/topics of coverage, how many
participants, and objectives)
1. Build lesson plans around cultural topics/concepts for learners
2. Diversify activities/exercises based on adult learning styles and comfort levels
(groups, being paired, role play, simulations, dialogues, or story telling)
3. Set aside time for deep dialogue and processing and not relying only on
activities
4. Avoid oppressed groups the opportunity to teach privileged groups about their
oppression (People of Color teach White People about racism, women teach men
about sexism, etc.)
5. Use short films or YouTube for illustrations of concept that will lead to fruitful
dialogue (anything lengthy may lose learners)
6. Be creative by designing thoughtful activities
7. Be active and participate as an instructor in sharing life's experiences (sets the
tone for others to share)
5. Kinesthetics in Learning
The body and mind work in harmony. When the mind is stimulated the
body follows and more often, vice versa. The mind directs the body via
hormones. These hormones are made up of lipids, amino acids, and
peptides which send chemical messages to the body. When sufficiently
stimulated one successfully follows the other. Educators could instill
the following methods to their lesson plans.
•Present materials in an interesting way.
•Provide an opportunity to learn by doing.
•Kinesthetic and auto instructional learning style should be used.
•Incorporate games & sports, dance & music for learning tasks.
6. Instructional Strategies
• Using research-based instructional strategies maximizes teachers' ability to enhance student achievement. Clear descriptions and concrete examples
of how strategies look and sound in the classroom help teachers choose and implement strategies wisely.[Marzano]
• The following nine strategies have been identified as best practices.
1.1. Identifying Similarities and Differences - use Venn Diagrams, charts, make comparisons, group, classify, and categorize information.
2.2. Summarizing and Note Taking- include summary of learning - use bullets to take notes on important facts and general information
3.3. Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition -Share success, keep a log or journal of accomplishments, analyze data, and give awards and praise.
4.4. Homework and Practice - assignments used to reinforce learning
5.5. Nonlinguistic Representations - using visual aids to support learning, images, charts, graphs, and models.
6.6. Cooperative Learning - using collaborations and grouping
7.7. Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback - set personal long and short term goals. Teacher provides immediate positive feedback; in a timely
and specific manner, using a corrective method stating what things the learner could do to improve work.
8.8. Generating and Testing Hypotheses -research, predict, and develop a hypotheses
9.9. Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers - Prior knowledge enhances learning
7. Teaching Strategy: Group Work Activities
• Working in a group setting has shown learners to develop a more social
life. Learners are able to voice their opinions and share ideas among
others to enhance the thinking skills. Group activities will allow learners to
develop an understanding of the objection by looking at views from other
learners. Social skills will increase after repeatedly working with others in a
group setting and will make it easier for different strategies to lay out in the
group.
• Lifelong learning outcomes for group work activities are:
• 1. Become open to discussion
• 2. Develop effective communication
• 3. Know how to work together as a team
8. Audience Response Systems
• Audience Response Systems are one of many tools available to
educators. Often referred to as “Clickers”, these hand held devices
allow students to participate anonymously within the normal
classroom test and quizzes.
• Teachers gain instant feedback and grading on student performance
while maintaining the privacy of student scores. The teacher can
monitor trends or specific issues with the students, class, and
material by tracking the number of specific questions missed
instantly.
9. References:
Adams, H., & Howard, L. (2009, October). Clever clickers: Using audience response
systems in the classroom. Library Media Connection, 28(2), 54
Gorski. Paul. C. (2015). Awareness Activities. Critical Multicultural Pavilion.
Retrieved from http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/activities/choosing.html
Learning Disabilities Association of America. (2015). Graphic organizers. Retrieved
from http://ldaamerica.org/graphic-organizers/
Lifelong Learning Council Queensland Inc. (2015). Supporting and promoting Adult
Life and Community Learning. Retrieved from
http://www.llcq.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=12
Marzano. Retreived from http://www.marzano.research.com/instructional-
strategies?
