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Select three (3) questions to answer.

1.    Discuss how both disciplines of adult education and human resource development connect to adult learning.

2.    Discuss the relative ease and difficulty of adults controlling the various learning phases: a) need, b) create, c) implement, and d) evaluate.

3.    Report on an personal experience confirming two (2) of the following principles: a) Learners need to know, b) Self-directed learning, c) Prior experience of the learner, d) Readiness to learn, e) Orientation to learning problem solving, f) Motivation to learn.

4.    Discuss the relative significance of cognitive, personality, and prior knowledge differences for adult learning.

5.    What is the difference between learning and learning how to learn and learning?

6.    Why is the Whole-Part-Whole Learning Model particularly helpful in planning adult learning?

7.    Discuss why some educators end up almost totally fixated on the parts while others are fixated on the whole.

8.    What are the barriers to succeeding as a facilitator?

9.    Given there are times you need to be a teacher and other times a facilitator, what would you need to do to mentally prepare yourself for each role?

10.    Why is leadership important in releasing the energy of others?