Section 1: Adult Learners, Learning Styles
and Cultural Awareness
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.
Video 1.1: TED Talk Video: How Language shapes the Way We Think by Lera Borodisky (14 minutes)
Video 1.2: Adult Learners - Characteristics & Learning Environment (21 minutes)
Video 1.3: Adult Learners- Application & Who Are Our Learners? (14 minutes)
Video 1.4: Adult Learners-Make Instruction Memorable (5 minutes)
Video 1.5: Learning Styles & VARK Assessment (9 minutes)
Video 1.6: Cultural Awareness (12 minutes)
Video 1.7: TED Talk Video: “The Danger of a Single Story” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (14 minutes)
Assignment #2: Find the Knowledge Questions that are located at the end of Section 1 in your Tutor Training Portfolio.
Review the questions and be prepared to share your answers in Session 1. (You do not need to write out the answers or submit them.)
Assignment #3: Complete the VARK assessment in the Tutor Training Portfolio.
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 bring any questions you have.