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342 — Adult Learning Theory (and how to build a bridge)
The Mindtools L&D Podcast
The Differences Between Adult Learning Theory and Childhood Learning Theory
Adult learning theory seems less about how adults learn and more about is like an instructional strategy to account for the fact that adults, if they want to, can walk out of the room. Is that fair? Oh, I can appreciate your question, like your comment. There's a couple of things. And in some respects, I disagree. And then others, I'm right there with you. Please disagree. Okay. So, then, maybe by a bigger question, is adult learning theory actually different from childhood learning theory? The reason that I asked that is, children don't have the same problems as adults. They don’t have the same level of agency. It leads me to
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