The Adult Learner

							                             The Adult Learner
                                 LHE 5630
                   Instructor: Barbara S. Bonham, Ph.D.

        LIST OF SUGGESTED TOPICS FOR FINAL PAPER

Brain-Based Learning and Implications for Adult Learners

Personality Style Assessment and Use With Adult Learners

4-MAT – Use in Designing Learning Environment for Adults

Emotional Intelligence and Adult Learners

Social Learning Theory and Implications for Working With Adults

Self-Directed Learning

Transformational Learning Theory

Learning from Experience and Experiential Learning Theory (Kolb)

Use of Learning Contracts With Adult Learners

Self-Directed Learning (SDLRS) and Adult Learners’ Success in Online Courses

Multiple Intelligence and Implications for Working With Adult Learners

Spiritual Dimensions of Adult Learning

Issues of Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and/or Sexual Orientation and Adult Learning

Perry’s Theory of Intellectual and Ethical Development

Sociocultural View of Adult Development

Learning Disabilities and the Adult Learner

Adult Learning in Correctional Institutions

Advising and the Adult Learner

Training Programs for Adults and Use of Instructional Design
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           LIST OF SUGGESTED TOPICS FOR FINAL PAPER (cont.)

Popular Education and Adult Learning

Feminist Pedagogy

Biological and Psychological Changes in Adulthood – Implications for Working With
Adult Learners

Motivation and the Adult Learner

Ethical Issues and the Adult Learner

Andragogy and Models for Teaching Adult Learners

Active Learning Strategies for the Adult Learner

Strategies for Use With Adult Learners With Special Needs

Non-Cognitive Factors Influencing Adult Learning

Classroom Assessment Techniques and Use With Adult Learners

Problem-Based Learning Approach With Adults

Use of Storytelling With Adult Learners

Cultural Factors and African American, Mexican American, Mungs, Hispanics, Chinese,
etc. Adult Learners (Select one).

Adult Illiteracy in America

The Use of Cooperative and/or Collaborative Learning Strategies With Adults

Distance Education and The Adult Learner

Constructivism and Adult Learning

Family Literacy: Even Start Programs

Evaluating Adult Learning In Distance Education Programs

E-Learning for Adults




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