Chapter 2. Adult Learning Theory

What’s Inside This Chapter

Here you will see how to:

  • Identify and utilize adult learning characteristics

  • Recognize a learner’s need to learn

  • Use various methods to determine if a learner has actually learned.

No book about training (even a basic one) can be considered complete without a discussion of adult learning theory. Although this discussion can get very complicated (it is possible, after all, to get a doctoral degree in the subject of learning theory), this book will provide you with just enough background to help you become an effective trainer and understand the basic concepts. Many of the concepts presented ...

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