education video

As this video suggests teaching adults is very different from teaching children, Adults come with a vast amount of knowledge and experience that can be used within the teaching environment. Why not use joe blogs experience of a group of unruly family members on a family occasion and how he managed that to achieve his objective, and turn that into the workplace scenario of unruly workers. Or Doris's recent marriage breakdown, can we not use her coping techniques and feed that into managing work related stress? Then there is Maud's juggling techniques (which she does very well being a single working parent) this can be related to challenges that arise from having a busy job role. All adults have transferable skills that themselves dont always recognise, Being a teacher/tutor in the lifelong learning sector is not merely teaching it is more providing an opportunity to learn, by creating an inclusive learning environment in which the learners feels comfortable and empowered will help them spread their wings and soar into their educational journey, is it not our jobs to facilitate and encourage learning rather than force feed and and treat our learners like educational robots?