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Tips from TSE: Motivate students using adult-learning theories

Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, July 17, 2008

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Motivating staff members to learn new information is challenging, and many theorists have used various adult learning principles to educate and motivate. As an educator, it is important to possess current knowledge about these theories and about how to put them into practice.

One method is called the change theory, which has three parts: endings, the neutral zone, and beginnings.

  • Part one, endings, tells us it's time to let go of the old way of doing something. This is a crucial step when assisting adult learners in making a transition to a new behavior.
  • Part two, the neutral zone, is the interval between the old material and the new. It is during this stage that conflict and feelings of powerlessness and overload can occur.
  • Part three, beginnings, launches a feeling of purpose as the new way is adopted and used.

Editor's note: This excerpt was taken from the July issue of The Staff Educator. Discover all the benefits of subscribing to The Staff Educator!



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