Adult education: How to be an active learner 21 Articles

by Patricia Gilliam

After spending a lot of time, effort, and money to get into college, one of the strangest things I've seen people do is treat it like a chore instead of something valuable. The closest thing I can compare it to is buying ...read more

by Ann Palmieri

Being an active learner versus a passive learner is one way to succeed in your educational training. Here are some tips that will tell you how to be an active learner during your stay in adult education classes. Active lea...read more

by Colette Georgii

The Active Learner Active learning has to do with student-centered learned rather than teacher-centered learning. Students become actively involved in their learning. They take responsibility for their learning. So...read more

by E.M.Robinson

Be an active learner. As an adult, you have a better grasp of your interests, skills, and abilities so that being an active learner keeps you charged-up about living and gives you a brighter outlook on your stage of life. ...read more

by Lois Lawrence

I'm not from Missouri, the show-me state, but I am a visual person by nature, so, when I want to learn how to do just about anything, I prefer to be shown. Fortunately, with very little time spent searching, it is possi...read more

by Violet Fortune

Adult education: How to be an active learner All learning is active, otherwise it is indoctrination or passive learning which is not really learning at all. Being a parrot to someone else's point of view is being ind...read more

by Lady Moore-Sabb

In order to be an active learner, you must allow yourself to experience growing pains. By growing pains I mean the uncomfortable but rewarding act of opening your mind to new emotions, new people, new experiences, new view...read more

by Phillip Bernard

In the last 10 years or so, the cost of a college education has skyrocketed. Most parents and students of late aren't able to handle these high cost, so taking out student loans and personal loan have these parents and stu...read more

by Laura Price

An adult learner, having made the decision to return to school, may hear in study skills classes that successful students are "active" learners. What does it mean to be an active learner? It requires attention, organiza...read more

by Glenda K. Fralin

"I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma." ~Eartha Kitt Become a Devoted Seeker: Questions open avenues for targeted resources. Searching out information is a part of active learning. ...read more

by Ian Loft

We begin the process of learning from birth and continue for our entire lives. It is fallacy to suggest some limit prevents learning once a certain age is reached and for some reason this idea becomes a barrier for many a...read more

by TBAcademics

Waking up would be a starting point. Don't you just hate it when the stereotypical Adult Education or Freshman Orientation courses (or one of your well-meaning friends, co-workers or family members) hits you with that trad...read more

by Tyra LaRocca

Remember the concept of learning by osmosis? You know, when you go to sleep with a book you want to glean knowledge from under your pillow and presto, as you sleep the wisdom available from this text will magically bind wi...read more

by Todd Pheifer

Active learning is a crucial part of a successful education experience, regardless of the person, the level or education, or the situation. It is the active learner who will make the most of educational experiences by par...read more

by Chris Kirk

Being an active learner means that you need to do more than just showing up to get your credit by attending the class. Some might compare being an active learner to the old saying "you get out of a class what you put into ...read more

by Lisa Lemke

OK, you've signed yourself up for a particular program or course. How can you make the most of it? Interest is the number one motivator that makes learning exciting and fun. Let me share a recent experience with a goo...read more

by Arabella Kelly

For the adult student, being an active learner is necessary to be engaged in the process of education and get the most out of the learning situation. Generally, adults returning to school or entering college for the first ...read more

by Austen Hindman

For children nowadays, 'Active Learning' must seem like a funny expression. 'What other way is there to learn? What did you all used to do, sit back and just listen?' Well...yes, that was what education was like for a ...read more

by Amelia Tibbett

What makes an active learner? Who is to say that you or I or the next guy isn't an active learner? An active learner is one who takes an active role in the learning process. Adults by nature, by the very fact that they are...read more

by Dodger Riley

Of all the emotions that flow through your head when you go back to college, shyness seems to be one of the biggest emotions present. Shyness and fear can stop you from becoming the active learner that you desire to be. Yo...read more