ADULT LEARNING

Faculty of Medicine
University of Sriwijaya
(FAMOUS)
 Objectives
 Backgrounds for adult learning
 Characteristic of adult learner
 Motivate the adult learner
 The ways of being adult learner
 Key Questions
 Why should I be as adult learner ?
 What is adult learner
 What is adult learner look like ?
 How to be an adult learner
 What should I do as adult learner ?
 A story
A Medicine man with MD
John Capsul,MD; is a clever doctor, his “IPK” is
more than 2,5 when graduated from “FAMOUS” in 7
years.
Now, he work in a very isolated island that can be
reach after 2 days journey from a very isolated town.
All people come to him for care cause there is no
alternative, so that he got a lot of patient.
After 10 years, he already rich, but know he also be a
medicine man with MD. Why ???
What ever the disease, what ever the symptom the
medicine only : AB & PCT
 Your story
Buying a new Branded-Handphone
What do you do first ?
………
………
 Why should I be as adult learner?
 In medical profession, there are specialist even
sub-specialist !!  Why ?
 Medical science is a huge, deep, and very
complicated science
 Medical science always developed and
dynamically changed in every day
 Medical science is combination of art and science
that a lot of variation in every parts
 Why should I be as adult learner?
 Is it possible to be learnt completely in
only 6-7 years ?
 Is there any guarantee that what I already
learnt will not be change in the following
time ?
 What is adult learning
An adult learn some thing !
An adult learn :
- Because he must learn for his own goal !
- Base on experience !
- Best by doing
Example:
An adult learning how to take “rambutan” and “durian” :
- Goal : selling the fruits for money
- Experience : Durian tree is taller than rambutan tree
- Doing : He trying for the best way

Result :
He know that taking durian using long stick and taking
rambutan using stairs
 What is adult learners look-like
Characteristics of adult learners:
1. Autonomous and self-directed
2. Accumulated a foundation of life experience
and knowledge
3. Goal-oriented
4. Relevancy-oriented
5. Practical
6. Looking for respect
Characteristics of Adult Learner

AUTONOMOUS & SELF-DIRECTED

 Free to direct your self
 Actively involve in the learning process
 Have a perspective about topics
 Work on projects base on your interests
 Teachers only as facilitators guiding your own
knowledge rather than supplying the facts
Characteristics of Adult Learner

Foundation of life experiences & knowledge

 Work related activity
 Relies on prior knowledge & experience
 Draw out your experience & knowledge which is
relevant to the topics
 Relate theories & concepts to the learning
Characteristics of Adult Learner

Goal-oriented
 Must know what the goal to attain
 Appreciate the programs
 Goals & objectives must be known early
 Pursues accuracy rather than speed
Characteristics of Adult Learner

Relevancy-oriented
 Must see a reason for learning something
 Choose the applicable to your work/

responsibilities
Example:
Choose the projects that reflect your own interests
Characteristics of Adult Learner

Practical
 Focus on a lesson most useful to your goal
 Makes immediate application of learning
 Ask the teachers to explain explicitly how the
lesson will be useful
Characteristics of Adult Learner

Looking for respect

 Should be treated as equals in experience and
knowledge
 Voice your opinions freely in class
 How to be an adult learner
MOTIVATION
 Escape/stimulation
 Break in the routine life
 Social relationships
 New friends, need for associations
 External expectations
 Fulfill the expectation/recommendations
 Social welfare
 Improve ability to serve mankind/community, participate in
community work
 Personal advancement
 Higher status/job, professional advancement, rich
 Cognitive interest
 Sake of learning, seek knowledge, satisfy an inquiring mind
 Barrier or Stimulant
 Time/scheduling
 Money
 Confidence
 Interest
 Information
 Expected
 Promotion, job
enrichment, job changes

Enrolling your motivations

Decrease the barriers !!!
What should I do as adult learner ?
 1. Taking responsibilities
Don’t say !! : “OK, teach me”
Begin with perceptive questions :
- What are the goals of this lesson ?
- How do these goals relate to my own goal ?
- How can we adapt my practice on these course
relevant to my goals ?
- How can we use the resources available ? (Library,
internet, etc)
Answer by your self !!
 2. Making connections
- Seek & make connections between :
- Previous experience/knowledge to a new one
- Theory-theory
- Theory-practice
- Theory-practice-opinion-value

- Identify my own learning need

- Know what already know
- Know what we still have to learn
 3. Planning

 Identify what is impeding & take step to

overcome the obstacle
 How best to use the time
 How best to apply our effort
 Interested in deadline
 Be a good manager for our own step
 3. Planning
Tips : 6 Ps of preparation :
1. Preparation time
2. Prepare the enviroment
3. Program flexibility
4. Proactive readiness
5. Platform skills
6. Practice,practice,practice
 4. Strategic Learning
 Know how we learn best & seek out these
ways of learning
 Take a deep approach to learning
 Make our own sense of what we are learning
 We know what we have to do
 Even be a surface learner if necessary
 Practice make perfect
 An adult learn best by doing
 4. Strategic learning
People remember …
 10% of what they READ

 20% of what they HEAR

 30% of what they SEE

 50% of what they SEE & HEAR

 70% of what they SAY

 90% of what they DO

 5. Monitoring progress
 Interested in receiving feed back from
tutor/teacher
 Interested in talking to other students about
your work
 Self evaluate on your own work
 Always questioning
 Where are we know ?
 Where do we begin ?
 What should we do ?
Thank You