Changing Adult Learners From Passive To Active Learners

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Changing Adult LearnersFrom Passive To Active
Learners

• Cyndi Marland
• Dartmouth Community Television
• Dartmouth, MA
• 508-984-1359
• Email cyndimarland_at_msn.com

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• It has been too much the custom to think of
  education as an affair of youthit really should
  be the work of a whole life.
• Charles W. Eliot, President
• Harvard University
• 1869-1909

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Organizational Structure
Cable Television Revenue
Town Select Board
Dartmouth Community Television Governmental and
Educational Partnership Secures equipment and
pays staff
Dartmouth Council on Aging
Dartmouth Wanderers
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Dartmouth Wanderers Mission Statement
To focus on people, places and things in our
community of Dartmouth that can make the lives of
our citizens more productive and worth living.
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Production Topics Include

• History
• Oral histories
• Historical preservation
• Local history
• Governmental Affairs
• Town Meeting review with town officials
• Intergenerational discussions/debates on issues
  that effect seniors and their families
• Health Issues
• Partnership with local hospital
• Nutritionist featured on every magazine show
• Other programs and collaborations
• aquatics, cardiology, rehab, blood pressure and
  diabetes

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Life-Cycle Phases
K. Patricia Cross Increasing Participation and
Facilitating Learning
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Malcolm Knowles Andragogy Theory5 Basic
Assumptions of Adult Learning

• Adults are autonomous and self-directed.
• Adults have accumulated a wealth of life
  experiences and knowledge which may include work
  related activities, family responsibilities and
  previous education.
• Adults are goal-oriented.
• Adults are relevancy-oriented.
• Adults demand respect.

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Barriers To LearningAs Identified by The
Wanderers

• Transportation
• Occasionally seek assistance from COA
• Health
• Personal or spouse
• Extended Vacations
• Many go to Florida for 1- 4 months

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Reasons For Learning

• Knowledge Goals
• Become better informed
• Satisfy curiosity
• Community Goals
• Understand community problems
• Become better citizens
• Work for solution to problems
• Social Goals
• Meet new people
• Feel sense of belonging, self-worth