Can you teach an old dog?

1. Learning as an adult
Can it be done?
By Shannon Hurley

2. Why an “Adult Learner”
• Improve quality of life
• Increase earning potential
• Keep your mind sharp

3. 1. Teach and old dog new trick
2. Children learn quickly
3. Necessity for adults to keep up with knowledge and
technology
4. Learn the way that Adults best learn
5. Though more difficult as an adult, we can continue to learn
throughout life

4. Educational Neuroscience
Child’s Learning
ability
Adolescent's
learning ability
Young adult’s
learning ability
Older adult’s
learning ability

5. The key is this;
The old dog must want
to learn the new trick.

6. References
Knowland & Thomas (2014) Educating the adult brain:
How the neuroscience of learning can inform
educational policy, Springer Science+Business Media
Dordrecht and UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning
2014