HRD 480 - Learning in Adulthood :: April 16, 2007

 

Learning and the Mind

The bulk of today's class will be concerned with a discussion of M&C Chapter 9. In this chapter one theory of learning is presented and then contrasted with neurobiology. There are a number of concepts to get straight, and hopefully we will do just that today.

• Lecture notes

Assignment

• Read M&C Chapter 7
• A nice general discussion about brain and learning is at About.com
  • Your Learning and Your Brain
• Take one of these learning style tests
  • About Adult/Continuing Education

Putting it all together

We'll spend this week tieing together the concepts we've worked on this semester.

• Lecture Notes (.ppt)

Assignment

Reading

• Merriam and Caffarella Chapter 17

Work

• Complete final papers!
  • Assignment 4 rubric

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