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R. Koncevičienė
Šakiai, November 29, 2017
The term "adult"
• Life Cycle Stage
• Status, public recognition
• Social group
The term "adult" is not
synonymous with "mature".
a child
maturation
an adult
Adulthood Criteria:
• Physical maturity (usually in the age of 18 or
21)
• Legal age (marriage, elections 16-18 years
old)
• Social recognition (social status 25-35 years)
• Psychological (personality) maturity
Mature person:
• Can look at themselves from the outside
• Can understand and identify their behavior
• Has a certain level of knowledge and life
experience
• Acknowledges the changes
• Can change opinion and attitude
• Is not afraid to be wrong.
Maturity:
• A person is not afraid to change
• It is based on stability and recognition of
diversity
• There are no limits
Immaturity of a person
Unresolved
internal conflicts
Misconduct
Immature people are unsafe, so:
• they are defensive (attack or retreat)
• in a learning situation, they are withdrawn,
• they are passively involved in activities
• they do not trust others
• they tend to conflict
• It is difficult for them to accept new
information
• they are timid when they evaluate their
experience.
Personality Identification
AN IMMATURE A MATURE PERSON
PERSON
has some knowledge but does not Has some knowledge and knows
know how to use it, constantly how to use it, uses it
criticizes
a personal life is a priority, and A professional career is a
only then a professional ambitions priority
go
25 Years old
Change
savybių in mental
kaita
1990 characteristics
Kristalizuotas protas
Crystallized Mind - complex – properties
mental
kompleksinės protinės savybės
25 m.
25 Years old
Why is this happening? Hypothesis
• Genetically determined (expiration
date)
• General deceleration hypothesis
• Damaged ties
Attention is one of the most
important learning conditions
• How long can an adult keep
attention focused?
Information retrieval
A pit
Lecture
• "... we forgot what you said at the
beginning because it was a long
time ago, and we did not
understand the end of your
speech because we do not
remember the beginning"
Individual differences
In the same age group, how do
you think individual differences
over time will change?
• Will grow up
• Will decrease
• Will not change
Target groups
How can we describe our potential pupils?
• Having a formed identity,
• Originating from different social strata,
• Grown in different environments,
• Having experience of studying in different
schools,
• Having their own problems and specific
views and interests,
• With their own interests and abilities.
Experiential learning
• Reading
• Listening
• Seeing
• Seeing + Listening
• Discussions
• Training others
A model for experiential learning
Specific
experiences
Controlling of
concepts and
Reflective
conceptions
observation
in new
situations
Formulation of
summaries,
conceptions and (by D.Kolb)
concepts
Summary
• The relationship of an adult with learning is not
straightforward
• Adults cannot be taught, they can only learn
something themselves
• Commonly used terms:
TRAINING CONDITIONS
RECONSIDERATION OF EXPERIENCE,
REFLECTION
• Knowledge of the signs of maturity helps to
understand participants' behaviour
• Understanding of the changes of mental qualities
helps to choose the right strategies