This document outlines strategies for effective adult learning. Preliminary strategies include setting learning outcomes, empowering learners, and fostering collaboration. Teaching strategies involve giving the big picture, relating material to experience, allowing debate and practice. General strategies throughout learning include learner decision making, dialogue, treating learners as adults and making learning fun. Effective adult teaching keeps lessons relevant, focuses on life experience, uses stories, breaks up information, provides feedback, and encourages questions.

1. ADULT LEARNING
STRATEGY

3.  Preliminary Strategies : Used to create an effective learning climate and begin the
learning process.
1. Tell the learners how the learning will benefit them
2. Clearly identified intended learning outcomes.
3. Inform learners of their responsibilities.
4. Empower the learners take responsibility for their learning.
5. Involve learners in planning the learning activities.
6. Provide an environment that is relaxed, safe, and free from intimidation
7. Foster a spirit of collaboration in the learning setting.

4.  Teaching Strategies: Used to present information and have learner apply
information.
1. Give the big picture first.
2. Use a variety of teaching strategies ( visual, auditory, kinesthetic)
3. Focus on the real world problems and issues
4. Create scenarios allowing learners to problem solve
5. Draw upon learners’ experience as a resource
6. Relate the material to the learners’ past experiences
7. Link new knowledge to previous knowledge

5. 8. Allow debate and challenge of ideas
9. Emphasize how learning can be applied
10. Allow the learners to apply information immediately
11. Allow learners to practice what they learn
12. Enable learners to assess their own learning
13. Provide feedback during the active learning
14. Allow learners to reflect on their learning
15. Summarize frequently to increase retention

6.  General Strategies: Used throughout the learning process.
1. Allow learners to make decisions to contribute to the learning process
2. Engage the learning in the learning process-make them active learners
3. Provide support for self-directed learning
4. Provide opportunities for dialogue among the group
5. Treat learners like adults
6. Make it fun and enjoyable
7. Listen to and respect the opinions of learners

7.  How to teach adults effectively
 Keep your lessons relevant
 Focus on your learners’ life experience
 Tell stories as you’re teaching
 Break up information to avoid cognitive overload
 Provide feedback in the moment of need
 Make your material visually stimulating
 Encourage questions and discussion
 Be flexible