Philosophy Statement
Adult Learning and Education
Concepts in
Adult Education
Adult
education is based on various principles of adult learning one of which is that
assessment should not be based more on grades but on coaching and guidance to
ensure success in the tasks involved (Merriam & Brockett, 2007).
This
elicits the need for evaluating concepts such as knowledge and value which for
pedagogical learning are assessed through evaluation of learning topics and
issues such as morality.
Children are perceived to be tabula rasa thus the
instructor imposes the knowledge and explains it to them. Unfortunately, this
is not applicable to adult learners since they are independent and have their
own set of opinions, beliefs and value systems (Merriam, Caffarella &
Baumgartner, 2007).
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