A nursing faculty member is teaching a class of second-degree students who have an average age of 32. What is important to remember when teaching adult learners?
A) A focus on the immediate application of new material
B) A need for support to reduce anxiety about new learning
C) Older students may feel inferior in terms of new learning
D) All students, regardless of age, learn the same
Ans: A
Adults need to be taught differently. Andragogy, the study of teaching adults, is based on several principles. One of those is that most adults' orientation to learning is that new material should be immediately applicable.
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