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Learning Support for Mature Students By Elizabeth Hoult

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Pages: 143
File size: 1.41 MB
Format: Digital PDF
Course: Education
Category: eBook[PDF]

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The Learning Support: A Guide for Mature Students by Elizabeth Hoult explores how adults learn and provides a practical framework across nine specific chapters to help mature learners leverage their unique life experiences for academic success. [1, 2]

The primary core topics and concepts covered in the book include:

Adult Learning Dynamics: Explores how adult cognitive functions differ from younger learners and how unique individual backgrounds, strengths, and weaknesses impact education. [1, 2]
Psychological and Educational Models: Introduces and adapts major theoretical concepts from the fields of psychology and education to demystify why certain learning strategies succeed or fail. [1, 2]
Personal Motivation and Persistence: Covers self-assessment methods aimed at mapping individual motivations for entering higher or further education, alongside practical tools to stay motivated throughout the course. [1, 2]
Leveraging Life Experience: Teaches how to repurpose existing professional, social, and personal skills into effective study methods. [1]
Practical Study Tools: Offers functional advice for navigating varying educational settings, ranging from local evening community classes to full-time university environments. [1]