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The Challenge of Helping Adults Learn:
Improving the Teaching of Technical Information
Workshop Handouts

S. Joseph Levine, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan USA
(levine@msu.edu)

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Handout #1 - Characteristics of Adult Learners & Implications for Teaching Technical Information
A two page handout that presents six characteristics drawn from the concept of "andragogy." Provides practical implications for teaching drawn from each characteristic.

Handout #2 - Principles for Teaching Technical Information to Adults
An eight page handout that presents six basic principles that guide the teacher in organizing technical presentations for adult learners. Emphasizes the idea that the task of teaching adults can be made very effective if clearly conceived and presented.

Handout #3 - Teaching Strategies to Help Adults Learn Technical Information
A four page handout that identifies and describes a variety of different teaching strategies that can be particularly helpful when teaching technical information to adult learners. Reminds the teacher of alternative teaching strategies that are available for use.

Handout #4 - A Handful of Ideas for Improving Your Technical Teaching
A single page handout that encourages the teacher to view teaching in a larger framework. Identifies some of the tasks that should be acomplished before the class begins, during the class, at the end of the class, and a week or two after the class is finished.