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Adult Education Overview Topic: Resources Related to Learning Differences and Disabilities 5/21/13

Adult Education Overview Topic: Resources Related to Learning Differences and Disabilities 5/21/13. The vast majority of students who enroll in adult education classes will benefit from adapted instruction. Students in Adult education.

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Adult Education Overview Topic: Resources Related to Learning Differences and Disabilities 5/21/13

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  1. Adult Education Overview Topic: Resources Related to Learning Differences and Disabilities 5/21/13

  2. The vast majority of students who enroll in adult education classes will benefit from adapted instruction. Students in Adult education Without specialized instruction or assistance, a high percentage of students will not learn and will drop out. (Again) Many of those students will require sustained differentiated instruction

  3. Regardless of the label assigned to the student, structured and adapted instruction is the initial intervention of choice. • Specific Learning Disabilities (assumed to be a neurological problem) • Learning Difficulties (Problems of sufficient severity to interfere with learning) • Learning Differences (preferences for certain types of instruction or content) • Learners in ABLE Classes (many of whom have a history of inefficient learning) In most cases, the AE instructor is “the only game in town.”

  4. “Good teaching” is all about manipulating variables that you control Speed of your presentation Your use of multi-media Methods of expressing knowledge that you accepted Amount of practice you provide The content your covered Methods your use The complexity of language and vocabulary used Rapport Relevance to student’s needs Class organization Quality of your explanations Amount of repetition you present Complexity or depth of knowledge required Type of assessment you use The student’s knowledge of expectations The speed of presentation Your expectations for the students Your student management skills The number of input channels used Responsibility for learning perceived by the students

  5. The Instructor/Tutor needs to provide: The Student needs to: Content that is appropriate Materials that are relevant Techniques that are effective Everything tailored to the student’s learning needs Motivation to learn Support to keep trying when things get difficult Want to Learn Try to Learn Work together with the teacher Expend effort and keep trying when things get difficult There are two parties to the learning contract

  6. As an adult education instructor you will need to: • Know the content that you teach • Know what you want students to learn (learning objectives) • Know how to organize and run a classroom • Be a good diagnostic observer • Know how to modify your instruction so that you can teach the same content many ways and at many levels • Actually modify your instruction so that you can teach the same content many ways and at many levels • Check on what you did, record what was achieved and modify again if necessary

  7. Your Post-Webinar Assignment Write a paper explaining the use of the terms "learning difference" and "learning disability" and comment on: 1) the implications that the terminology has on acquiring GED accommodations, and 2) the implications that the difference in terminology has for the typical adult education classroom teacher. Integrate into your answer concepts taken from the following three slides Send your responses to Dr. Rich Gacka, ldconsultants@mac.com

  8. As the instructor, you are in a position to manipulate a wide range of instructional variables based upon what you observe in the students learning.

  9. Write a paper explaining the use of the terms "learning difference" and "learning disability" and comment on: 1) the implications that the terminology has on acquiring GED accommodations, and 2) the implications that the difference in terminology has for the typical adult education classroom teacher.

  10. A link to these slides can be on the download page of the LD website www.drgacka.com Now, let’s visit the Adults with Learning Differences wiggio site and the L.D. website and see what resources are available

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