| Nowadays, many adults are returning to college as | | | | they are asked to voice up their opinions. |
| non-traditional students either to finish a degree once | | | | The intensive usage of computer and internet are |
| started, but never completed, or to obtain an | | | | common among the traditional college students, but |
| advanced degree for better career future. There are | | | | those enhanced technology might be a new concept |
| some differences of these adult learners that make | | | | for adult learners, especially for those adult students |
| them unique from other traditional college students. In | | | | who have worked in a field that has less contact the |
| order to understand what it takes to be a successful | | | | use of computer or internet. It may take them a |
| adult student, one must understand what comprises | | | | longer time to learn the basic computer functions and |
| adult education and what makes the differences of | | | | the use of computer application such as the word |
| adult learners from the traditional college students. | | | | processing and internet browsing, which are common |
| The adult students normally have entered workplace | | | | for traditional college students as they have just |
| for years and their age is above the age of | | | | learned them in high schools. But, adult learners may |
| traditional college students that are at18 to 22 years | | | | be able to learn things that are related to life |
| old. They are re-entering college for various reasons. | | | | experience quicker than those young college |
| Since they have many years of working experience, | | | | students. |
| the adult students rely on the breadth and depth of | | | | Generally, adult learners have better time |
| life experiences when it comes to the group | | | | management skills as they need to allocate time for |
| discussion and project participation. In contrast, | | | | their job and study while carrying out their family |
| traditional college students are relying more on the | | | | obligations. Moreover, many of them are highly |
| textbook readings to provide examples and make | | | | self-motivated learners as they want to know how |
| points during the class discussion and project | | | | they have learned at the college can be applied in |
| presentation. | | | | practice in the real world. Since traditional college |
| Due to the average adult learners are older than the | | | | students are more focus in their study as many of |
| traditional college students and they have rich | | | | them are young and don't have family obligations and |
| life-experience, adult students tend to be selected as | | | | as many responsibilities as the adult learners do, they |
| the group leader when it comes to forming a group | | | | will have more time to be allocated to their study. |
| project. But, due to the older age and they have left | | | | Summary |
| the school for a long time, adult students may afraid | | | | Adult learners are unique from traditional college |
| to share their thoughts openly due to the fearful of | | | | students. If you are an adult learner who returning to |
| how they will be judged and they are afraid the | | | | college for pursuing a degree, you have to |
| answer they provide might be wrong. Therefore, | | | | understand what it takes to be a successfully adult |
| some of them tend to keep quite at the class until | | | | student. |