This was really a great class. I have been working with adults students for 10 years. This class is an excellent refresher on working with adults. Here are some of the ideas I have gleaned here: 1) Adults need to know why they are learning something: This means that they need to know the value of learning the idea or concept 2) Adults need to be self-directed. When it comes to education, they need to feel that they have control over their educational outcomes. Often they are making a choice to go back to school and therefore they want some control over what they learn and why. 3) Adults have their own experiences to bring to the classroom. These experiences need to be valued by the instructor. At times adults come in with formed expectations and perceptions. These need to be taken into account as the classroom dialogue ensues. 4) Adults need to be brought to a place where they feel their education is paying off now. This is achieved when the goals are more present-focused than future focused. It is important for instructors to connect a goal in the classroom with a skill that can be immediately translated into the real world. 5) Ultimately adults are motivated by their own internal drives. The way knowledge is presented to an adult needs to meet with their inner drive to succeed and feel that they are that they are growing as an autonomous, competed and relational human being.