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Effective Adult Learning - Northwest Center for Public Health Practice

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<strong>Effective</strong> <strong>Adult</strong> <strong>Learning</strong><br />

A Toolkit <strong>for</strong> Teaching <strong>Adult</strong>s<br />

The aim of this toolkit is to help you put together effective learning <strong>for</strong> adults. Intermediateor<br />

advanced-level users may choose to scan the sidebars as reminders to use when developing<br />

instruction, rather than reading the full text. This toolkit contains four sections:<br />

I. <strong>Adult</strong> <strong>Learning</strong> Overview<br />

Getting Started<br />

Defining your audience, purpose, learning objectives, methods <strong>for</strong> delivery, and class size.<br />

Developing Training Content<br />

Common questions and answers about materials, choosing instructional methods, and how to<br />

put it all together.<br />

Delivering Your Training<br />

Background on using the Cone of <strong>Learning</strong>, tips on facilitating effectively, and 10 important<br />

lessons <strong>for</strong> presenters.<br />

II. <strong>Learning</strong> Objectives In-Depth<br />

Be<strong>for</strong>e and After<br />

Examples of well written and poorly written learning objectives.<br />

Writing <strong>Learning</strong> Objectives<br />

More detail on how to write objectives and avoid common mistakes.<br />

III. Tools and Templates<br />

Tools and templates to help you create better trainings.<br />

IV. References<br />

A short matrix of practical and classic theory references, with annotation.

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