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Accommodating the Needs of Adults in Teacher Education Nancy Hensel camp counselors, scout leaders, coaches. and n October 1986, after taking a close look at the faces in our Sunday school teachers, which led them toward teaching. Most seemed to feel a need to "make a education classes, we discovered that many were showing telltale difference:' Finally, most were fully committed to signs of aging. We also noticed some other a teaching career and looked forward to a long things-many of our older students were making one-they were not planning to drop out to have a career change (some were leaving highly paid children or to teach in case their other career positions), and nearly all were seeking more options didn't pan out. personal satisfaction from their work and better We realized that these students were greatly ways to combine their career and family interests. needed by our local schools. Almost 50 percent of And, significantly, although we, the instructors new teachers leave the field after only five years found the adult students delightful in many ways, of teaching and faculties are aging. As a result the their dominance in our teacher preparation pro profession needs people-especially those who
Adult Learning – SAGE
Published: Apr 1, 1991
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