In Five Adult Learning Principles That Increase Engagement (Forbes, 13 May 2021) Mark Sparwell writes that if you have you run a professional development course at your organization and found your audience to seem disengaged and disinterested, you likely fell victim to a common mistake many professionals make: forgetting that adults learn much differently than children. This article states that to successfully teach the adults in your organization, you should bake five  principles of adult learning into your program. Here is the first:

“1. Adults want to self-direct their learning. While young learners are still developing autonomy and rely on teachers to guide them, adults do their best learning when they make the choice to participate. Start your program by listing the direct benefits and uses of the information you’re going to teach, and allow people to choose whether or not to participate or make decisions about their pace, place, or mode of learning. This way, you provide a sense of ownership and control for adult learners. “

QUESTION:
How are you adopting these 5 principles of adult learning? How are you ensuring that you provide flexible training such that your people can self-directed their own learning?

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