Older adult learning styles
style preferences of older adults and the association of gender, age, and to identify the preferred learning styles of older adults from Northeast Georgia.
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As more older adults are participating in learning activities, educators of this group are beginning to seek ways to improve learning among.
Description:Presenting information in a variety of ways can keep participants engaged by appealing to the six preferred learning styles or perceptual modalities of adults. Tactile learners need to do something in order to learn it. With typical retirement at 65 years of age and life expectancy now 80 to 85 years of age, millions of retirees will have fifteen to twenty years of healthy retirement to fill. Instead of telling a new employee what to work on, for example, a co-worker or manager should ask the new employee to self-select a focus area. Universities, community colleges, technical, and trade schools, as well as civic organizations, government agencies, and non-profit organizations must be prepared to meet the learning needs of this new demographic of older adults who will be entering retirement and seeking educational opportunities that will allow them to fully participate in a healthy lifestyle, both mentally and physically. Two directional research hypotheses were tested.
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