Characteristics of Adult Learners

This article agrees with everything we've been discussing in our Pinnacle Year 2.  We know that adults do not learn like students and that they are problem based learners.  We've talked many times about informing adults of the end outcome before we even start our staff development and this article speaks to the same thing.  The article says that adults seek education that applies directly to their needs as does the other article that we read.  If adults don't think that the material you're presenting is relevant to their needs, they will not benefit from the staff development.  From this article, we as Pinnacle leaders make sure that our staff development works to meet the needs of all our learners no matter what their ability.