This document outlines the roles and responsibilities of an adult teacher. It discusses that an adult teacher's main role is to assist and help learners change, not teach, by leading participants to suggestions and questions, providing encouragement and support, and summarizing. It also emphasizes helping learners participate in the learning process by motivating, activating, and finding each learner's ability to work while giving feedback. Finally, it stresses pursuing agreement and unity in the group by observing processes, encouraging positive dynamics and tolerance.

1. An adult teacher
portrait
By R. Koncevičienė
Šakiai, 29 November, 2017

2. Practical activity
1 step. Watching a film extract (15 min.)
2 step. Group analysis and evaluation of inappropriate
parts of the film (20 min.)

3. Net of Needs and Expectations
Qualification, needs,
aims,
expectations
Learner‘s needs,
attitude, experience
motivation
Learner‘s
requirements,
expectations,
benefit
Social culture,
ethic, values

4. Roles
• Teacher (expert in his subject,
knowledge)
• Trainer (skills)
• Facilitator (attitudes)
• Advisers (organizer)
• In addition:
– Problem solver
– Accelerator of processes
– Therapeutist

5. Task/1
• Not to teach, but assist and help to change
• Lead the participants to :
o suggestions,
o questions,
o encouragement,
o support,
o summarizing

6. Task/2
• Help learners to participate in learning process:
o motivate
o aktivate
o find out each learner’s ability to work
o give feedback
• To pursue agreement and unity of the group:
o observe the group process,
o encourage positive dynamics, tolerance and support
o create comfortable atmosphere,
o appreciate auditorium

7. Common competencies
Positive self-
evaluation
Tolerant
Responsible
Communicative
Emphatic
Flexible

8. Special competencies
Awareness of
learner‘s age and
characteristics
Ability to
motivate
Knowledge
Ability to plan
Ability to choose
methods
Ability to analyse

9. Personality traits of adult teacher
Attentive to details,
good listener
Ability to analyse and
integrate
Eager for learning
Mature personality
Dynamic and vital
Sense of humour

10. Teaching styles
Socio-emotional
Democratic-partnership
Neutrality Autocratic -authoritative
Attention to results

11. Summary
• The main rule -an adult teacher should be minded not to
teach but help an adult learner undergo a change.
• It is possible to do this:
by leading participants to the aims
by assissting each learner in participation
by creating comfortable and work-friendly
atmosphere
by pursuing groups agreement and solidarity.