Facilitating responsibility for learning in adult community college students

Community colleges enroll over 2.5 million adult students, defined as those age 25 and older. Adult students attending community colleges for the first time are sometimes inadequately prepared, both academically and psychologically, for what will be expected for college-level learning. Effective app...

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Published inThe Catalyst Vol. 32; no. 1; p. 18
Main Author Cynthia Lake Howell
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Carlsbad National Council for Continuing Education & Training 01.01.2003
Subjects
Adult Basic Education
Adult education
Adult Learning
Adult Students
College Faculty
College students
Community colleges
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Educational Objectives
Learning
Learning Processes
Teaching Methods
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Summary:Community colleges enroll over 2.5 million adult students, defined as those age 25 and older. Adult students attending community colleges for the first time are sometimes inadequately prepared, both academically and psychologically, for what will be expected for college-level learning. Effective approaches to helping adults learn include contributions from the students and their involvement in what is being taught and how it is being taught. In keeping with the mission of community colleges to encourage life-long learning, one goal of the faculty should be to lead students to becoming self-directed learners, and to do so means encouraging and supporting adult students' involvement in their own learning.
ISSN:2151-9390