Learn how to address the needs of the adult learner in this program featuring Dr. Raymond J. Wlodkowski, author of Enhancing Adult Motivation to Learn: A Comprehensive Guide for Teaching All Adults, and Dr. Leona English, author of An International Encyclopedia of Adult Education. These two pillars of adult education come together to share their research and experience, providing a well-organized framework and comprehensive list of strategies that can be employed to deepen intrinsic motivation in all learners.

Whether developing a course for the first time or seeking to enhance learning and meaning in a course taught for years, instructors can depend on these well-researched strategies and insightful recommendations to help them increase the repertoire of their instructional toolkit.  Theories, principles, & applications of adult learning will be covered.

·       Strategies that can be applied by instructors to enhance adult motivation to learn

·       The motivational framework for culturally responsive teaching

·       Five pillars of a motivational instructor

·       A way to teach that evokes intrinsic motivation among students

·       Critically reflective practice (CFP) and its worthwhile application in teaching

·       Cultivating CFP for lifelong learning

·       Effective means of instruction that sustains motivation

·       Identifying core values/practices in teaching of adults

·       Universal concerns of teachers of adults