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Working with Adult Learners

Principles of Adult Learning 1 and Principles of Adult Learning 2 discuss ways that adults differ from children and adolescents as learners, barriers to adults' motivation to learn, and teaching approaches that maximize adult student learning.

Individualizing Instruction: Making Learning Personal, Powerful, and Successful by Roger Hiemstra and Burt Cisco is a book adapted to the web that introduces, explains, and offers extensive resources for the process of individualizing instruction to address adult learning needs. Chapters include Learners in Adulthood: Why They're Not Just Big Kids, Six Steps to Individualizing Instruction, and Common Concerns About the Individualizing Process. This resource is a very clear articulation of reasons to address adult learners' needs and practical, implementable methods to do so.