Adult Learning Principle 1- Needs Assessment

A principle is the beginning of an action leading to its desired outcomes. In the context of Adult Learning, all the twelve principles are found to be intrinsically related one to the other. Dia means “between,” logos means “word.” Thus, dia + logue = “the word between us.”

Adults have substantial experience to be in dialogue with any teacher or trainer and will learn new knowledge, attitudes, or skills best in relation to that life experience (Knowles, 1970). In this article series, we will discover that as we work with the twelve principles of adult learning, we cannot exclude any of them at any given stage.