Section 1: Adult Learners, Learning Styles
and Cultural Awareness
1. INDEPENDENT WORK– Complete before Session 1.
Assignment #1: Read Section 1 in the Tutor Training Portfolio and watch the videos below.
CAUTION: All of the content talked about in the videos are in your Tutor Training Portfolio in Section 1. ALERT: some of the page numbers in the videos may not match up.
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TED Talk Video: How Language shapes the Way We Think by Lera Borodisky (14 minutes)
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TT Video 1.2: Adult Learners- Characteristics & Learning Environment (21 minutes)
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TT Video 1.3: Adult Learners- Application & Who Are Our Learners? (14 minutes)
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TT Video 1.4: Adult Learners-Make Instruction Memorable (5 minutes)
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TT Video 1. 5: Learning Styles & VARK Assessment (9 minutes)
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TED Talk Video: “The Danger of a Single Story” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (14 minutes)
Assignment #2: : The Knowledge Questions below will help you apply what you have learned. Please be prepared to share your responses to these questions in Session 1. (You do not need to write out the answers or submit them.)
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Section 1: Knowledge Questions
Assignment #3: Complete the VARK assessment in the Tutor Training Portfolio.
2. ATTEND VIRTUAL SESSION #1
In this session, we will review the topics covered in the independent work, discuss Cultural Awareness, and your VARK assessment results. Please write down any questions you have