Training Guide - The Renal Network

Section 4: Training TipsAdult Learner PrinciplesThis section gives a brief review of how adults learn and discusses how to deal withlearners’ personality types. Using these principles will increase the amount ofinformation learned and retained.How Adults Learn• Adults learn more when they are actively involved in the training process. Providemany opportunities for questions and examples.• Adults learn better when they can relate the topics to their duties and to theirpersonal experiences. Use examples whenever possible.• Adults have a tendency not to ask questions. Do not assume the topic isunderstood because there are no questions; ask questions of the participantswhen they do not offer their own.• Adults will learn better if the learning process has both an affective (emotional) aswell as cognitive (thinking) component.• Adults will learn better in an informal environment.12