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Students' Characteristics as Adult Learners


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About This Course

In this course the students’ characteristics as adult learners are examined. The main questions that we attempt to answer through this course are the following:

-How do student developmental characteristics relate to teaching and learning in higher education?
-How can the teacher in higher education make the most of the students’ learning features?

Therefore, the topics that the course covers include:

  • New generation features
  • Emerging adulthood
  • Lifelong learning and Structural-developmental approach
  • Critical reflection, holistic approach and student development
  • The role of the university teacher in student development
  • How do student developmental characteristics relate to teaching and learning in higher education?
  • How can the teacher in higher education make the most of the students’ learning features?
  • It is recommended to watch the video, read the reflections/keynotes and finally answer the quiz of the course.?

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    Course Staff

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    Natassa Raikou

    Natassa Raikou is Assistant Professor of Pedagogy at the University of Thessaly and Adjunct Professor of Adult Education at the Hellenic Open University. She has a long teaching experience in higher education and more than eighty scientific publications. She is member of various international and Greek scientific networks, reviewer in three journals and Review Editor in the journal ‘Adult Education Critical Issues’. Her research interests include university pedagogy, teacher education, transformative learning, art and critical reflection. She has been awarded a scholarship for her PhD thesis in higher education, while in 2016 she was awarded by the Hellenic Adult Education Association for her article in the Journal of Transformative Education

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