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A 6 page discussion of several of the factors which must considered when designing adult education programs. The author of this paper defines "adult" and delineates the importance of maturity in learning. An emphasis is placed on the importance of small group instruction. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Adult education entails a number of considerations that arent always necessary in the mainstream educational environment. Adult learners often approach learning much differently
than do younger learners. Their approach, however, is most often specific to the individual and to the reason that they are in the adult education environment.
The factors that interact to shape an individual into an adult include both biological and environmental determinants. While an individual has a number
of biological constraints in regard to their development, they also have a number of societal constraints. Websters dictionary describes an adult as "one who has attained maturity or legal
age", "a fully grown, mature organism" or "fully developed and mature". The key word running through all three definitions is mature.
Maturity is one of the most important factors determining how a student learns. Maturity, however, is determined both by physiological factors and by cultural factors. Both genetics
and environment therefore can have tremendous impacts on adult development. One is no more important than the other. In fact, it is the interrelationship between the two which
determines our path from infant to adult not just in the more obvious aspects of our lives but also in the less obvious aspects.
Sociologists consider an adult as a person who has established a personal identity during adolescence and has become aware of the roles required of emerging adulthood (Shepard, 1984).
An individual becomes an adult after assuming an identity and developing the ability to care for other people and establishing relationships with them (Coon, 1994). From an educational perspective
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