Comments on: How Do Adults Learn? http://lessonslearned.edublogs.org/2008/03/17/how-do-adults-learn/ Teaching History in Morocco Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:12:56 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: lessonslearned http://lessonslearned.edublogs.org/2008/03/17/how-do-adults-learn/comment-page-1/#comment-27 lessonslearned Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:31:53 +0000 http://lessonslearned.edublogs.org/2008/03/17/how-do-adults-learn/#comment-27 Hi Natalie, Thanks for your comment. What would happen if our PD leaders asked their teachers how they would like to learn? I think we would have a very different approach to professional learning. Hi Natalie,

Thanks for your comment. What would happen if our PD leaders asked their teachers how they would like to learn? I think we would have a very different approach to professional learning.

]]> By: natalievv http://lessonslearned.edublogs.org/2008/03/17/how-do-adults-learn/comment-page-1/#comment-26 natalievv Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:20:22 +0000 http://lessonslearned.edublogs.org/2008/03/17/how-do-adults-learn/#comment-26 I am a high school science teacher from Minnesota. I just wanted to say that I loved your analogy of an adult listening to a speaker for hours. I see it very often--adults must sit and listen to what the person has to say, no matter how dry or uninteresting it may be. Students are the same--they do not want to listen to us talk for an hour on a topic that they care nothing about. I am a high school science teacher from Minnesota. I just wanted to say that I loved your analogy of an adult listening to a speaker for hours. I see it very often–adults must sit and listen to what the person has to say, no matter how dry or uninteresting it may be. Students are the same–they do not want to listen to us talk for an hour on a topic that they care nothing about.

]]> By: Shifting Our Schools episode 7: How do Adults Learn? at On Deck http://lessonslearned.edublogs.org/2008/03/17/how-do-adults-learn/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Shifting Our Schools episode 7: How do Adults Learn? at On Deck Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:50:27 +0000 http://lessonslearned.edublogs.org/2008/03/17/how-do-adults-learn/#comment-22 [...] See his blog post on which lists several factors we need to keep in mind when working with adult learners. And as [...] [...] See his blog post on which lists several factors we need to keep in mind when working with adult learners. And as [...]

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