What do students need if they are to become effective life-long learners?
First-let’s look at the opportunities they may have for learning. What are the possible ways in which adults may learn? Then, let’s examine what they need in order to use these opportunities effectively. Finally, how can we help them if they are to become better learners? Those are the three topics I shall try to address in this talk. I. Possible ways of learning Even in this electronic age, reading remains as a major way of learning. We learn from books, newspapers, magazines, professional journals, instructional manuals. Even the World Wide Web requires reading. Just as important as reading is listening. While post-college learning will probably involve fewer formal lectures than characterizes most college learning, one still learns a great deal by listening to family members, friends, television and radio programs, supervisors, and fellow workers. A third method of learning is observing. We watch other people and learn from the ways they do things. We not only learn from observation
