Process Experts
The work of Malcolm Knowles discusses which type of tutor is better suited to address the needs of adult learners. Knowles work assumes basic concepts about adult learners:
- Adult learners are independent and self-directing
- They have accumulated experience which is a resource for learning
- They value learning that integrates with the demands of their daily life
- They are more interested in problem centered approaches than subject centered ones
- They are more often internally motivated rather than externally motivated.
Gerald Grow developed the Staged Self Directed Learning Model (SSDLM) as a tool to assist teachers to help learners work toward more self directed learning. Phillip Candy also studied ways to assist learners to be self-directed. Process experts would be guided by these educational theorists.
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