Learning Theories and Characteristics of Adult learner Part 1 || TLP Unit 04 ||

Learning theory describes how students receive, process, and retain knowledge during learning. Cognitive, emotional, and environmental influences, as well as prior experience, all play a part in how understanding, or a world view, is acquired or changed and knowledge and skills retained. There are five primary educational learning theories: Behaviorism Cognitive Constructivism Humanism Connectivism. Additional learning theories include transformative, social, and experiential. Adults are characterized by maturity, self-confidence, autonomy, solid decision-making, and are generally more practical, multi-tasking, purposeful, self-directed, experienced, and less open-minded and receptive to change. All these traits affect their motivation, as well as their ability to learn.