A set of posters designed to support adult learning online or in tertiary classrooms, focusing on integrating elements of local culture and effective teaching principles.
Resource download:
Teaching Adults Posters | Full set (PDF, 1.8Mb)
The person who does the work does the learning (PDF, 300Kb)
When students cannot learn the way we teach we have to teach the way they learn (PDF, 300Kb)
The facilitator doesn’t need to steer the ship, just to be the lighthouse (PDF, 300Kb)
Theory without practice is empty; practice without theory is blind (PDF, 300Kb)
Adult learners need to know why they’re learning, what they’re learning and where it leads (PDF, 300Kb)
Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I’ll understand (PDF, 300Kb)
Learning is like opening a door, not filling a container (PDF, 300Kb)
Learning is a journey not a destination (PDF, 300Kb)
The most important single factor influencing learning is what the learner already knows (PDF, 300Kb)
Reflection … is a transformational process (PDF, 300Kb)
The bird that consumes the miro berry, owns the forest. However, the bird that consumes learning, owns the world (PDF, 300Kb)
Background:
A project, completed in 2010, to produce a set of posters and electronic aids for teachers of adult educators in Aotearoa New Zealand, along with supporting information to explain their design and content.
A collaborative project undertaken by Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology and members of the Southern Educational Developers (SED) in South Island Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs).
Co-funded by the Ako Aotearoa Regional Hub Project Fund (RHPF)