Managing behaviours in the learning environment. We need to also take in to account the different environmental effects on adult learners as opposed to younger learners.
Adrian Hart Clarida
Unit 9 CTTLS
Level 4
Managing behaviours in the learning environment.
It is often assumed that teachers are only challenged by younger students aged 14 – 19, but as Wallace (2002) points out, over one third of teachers who responded to a question on ‘challenging behaviour’ felt they had either experienced or observed difficult or negative behaviour from adult learners. Younger students will have been used to an educational culture where their behaviour is challenged or rules would be issued and therefore would be more ready to accept this within a college environment. As Wallace (2002) quite clearly states, we as a teacher may be less comfortable to admonish or correct an older students as also an adult learner may find this far more difficult to accept.