How well do you know about Adult Learning Theory?

Which one of the following is not a technique encouraged in andragogy?

• AV presentations

• Problem-solving cases

• Demonstrations

• Simulations

Which one of the following is not an assumption underlying andragogy?

• Adults become more self-directed in learning.

• Adults need to know why they need to learn something.

• Adults need to relate their past experience to new experience.

• Adults will seek learning opportunities due to some internal motivators, but the more potent motivators are external.

Which one of the following is not the phase of adults' self-diagnosis?

• Construct a model of competencies or characteristics required to achieve an ideal model of performance.

• Help learners to measure the gaps between present competencies and those required by the model.

• Provide diagnostic experiences.

• Adults' self-evaluation.

Which one of the following is not a principle of teaching in adults learning?

• Teacher seeks to build relationships of mutual trust and helpfulness among the learners.

• Teacher helps the learners clarify their own aspirations for improved behaviour.

• Teacher helps the learners organize a fairly standardized curriculum.

• Teacher helps the learners identify the life problems they experience.

Which one of the following is wrong about andragogy's orientation to learning?

• Adult learners tend to be performance-centered.

• Adult educators are concerned with development of subject matter.

• Adult learners see education as a process of developing increased competence.

• Learning experiences should be organized in competency-development categories.

Which one of the following is untrue about pedagogy regarding readiness to learn?

• People are ready to learn whatever society says they ought to learn.

• Most people of the same age are ready to learn the same things.

• Learning programs should be organized around life-application categories.

• Learning programs should be organized into a uniform step-by-step progression.

If adult learners do not perform as well in learning situations as they could, which one of the following causes is untrue?

• Less readily to external sanctions for learning than to internal motivation.

• Less dependent personality.

• Decline in visual acuity.

• Lack of confidence.