2018
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5085-3.ch007
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The New Normal

Abstract: Adult learners are different from younger learners. Many have taken Knowles' ideas to work with adult learners as if they all are the same. Knowles described adult learners as more self-directed, willing to be responsible for what they do, unwilling to have teachers impose arbitrary information on them, ready to learn, task oriented, and experienced. Prather adds many adults have more immediate goals for their lives and careers. Kenner and Weinerman find adults want more collaborative relationships with profes… Show more

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“…According to Fitzgerald et al (2018), emotional engagement can be understood as the affective reactions that students experience with their learning, such as enjoyment, keen interest and a sense of belonging. Emotional occurrences can have a powerful impact on learning.…”
Section: Qualitative Analysismentioning
confidence: 99%
“…According to Fitzgerald et al (2018), emotional engagement can be understood as the affective reactions that students experience with their learning, such as enjoyment, keen interest and a sense of belonging. Emotional occurrences can have a powerful impact on learning.…”
Section: Qualitative Analysismentioning
confidence: 99%
“…And in previous studies, the conclusions were relatively similar (see Sheldon & Niemiec, 2006). Therefore it is important to keep in mind that students, as adults, come to courses from various backgrounds and circumstances, with different learning needs, desires and preferences (Laurian-Fitzgerald et al, 2018), and their well-being may be in an associated relationship with several categories of variables, which have not been taken into account in this study. For example, during the pandemic, teachers had to find online teaching methods and the effectiveness of online education could depend on the digital skills of teachers (Hatos et al, 2022) and students, formed rather by self-training.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 65%
“…Overall, our advice is to use the strong points of learning activities when working with students, such the following: openness, setting a suitable learning context beyond class hours, even in the online, and finding the most appropriate learning means or resources for students' interests. Also, it is important to start building from the strong points and positive aspects that have been identified in education than from the weak ones or difficulties (Laurian-Fitzgerald et al, 2018).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%