1. The Student-Learner who Faces an Unconscious Threat Andre’ Jacob
SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
The Student-Learner who Faces an Unconscious Threat
Andre’ Jacob

2. Me & My Wife

3. Me & Family

4. My Family

5. My Daughter & Grandson

6. Self-Assessment How do you view yourself? How do you learn?
Can you set goals?
Can you recognize when you’re off course?
Can you adjust/change course or re-write your goals?
Can you recognize and avoid distracters and/or interruptions?
Can you say “No”?

8. “The difficulty in life is the choice” George Moore
Recognize that adult learners are expected to take charge of his/her own choices.
“The difficulty in life is the choice” George Moore

9. Recognize that adult learners are expected to take charge of his/her own choices.

13. Recognize that adult learners are expected to take charge of his/her own choices.
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure”
Colin Powell

14. Recognize that adult learners are expected to take charge of his/her own choices.
“Some people dream of success…. while others wake up and work hard at it”
Author Unknown

15. Understand their definition of success and self-responsibility.
Are your definitions and views on success, responsibility and some character traits aligned with those of the adult learner?
Adult Learner Success vs Student Success
Life Skills
Academics (educational setting)
Combination – Lifelong (make connections to make it real or valuable)

16. Success is measured many different ways:
Money
Fame
Achievement
Love/Family and Friends

18. What is Success?
Success as describe by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary is a favorable or desired outcome.

19. Personal Responsibility
Accepting and seeing one’s self as the primary cause of their outcomes and experiences.

20. 3. Understand their definition of success and self-responsibility.
Self-discipline
Perseverance
Respect
Trustworthiness
Courage
Fairness
Caring
Citizenship

21. “First understand others, then attempt to be understood.”
Author Unknown

25. Recognize what may limit adult learner success.
Individual (one’s self)
Instructor
School
Home and Family
Work
Social Life

26. “It is the mind that makes the body.”
Individual
“It is the mind that makes the body.”
Sojourner Truth

27. Individual
It’s important to recognize that many, not all of the barriers adult learners face are self-inflicted.
Poor decision making extending from low self-esteem, habit, fear, laziness, unawareness, being enabled, being the victim, etc.; all of which, can exacerbate already difficult or even tragic life circumstances can ultimately affect success.

28. Individual
How an adult learner views themselves will play a major role in their success.
Victim / Survivor
Creator / Thriver
How an adult learner chooses to responds or reacts to life’s circumstances will determine how it will affect their success.
It changes ‘can’ to ‘will’ affect.

29. Consider and discuss techniques and strategies to assist the adult learner.
Expectation
Self-Assessment
Goal Planning
Wise Decisions vs. Reactions
Peer and Teacher Evaluation
Support and Relationship Building

30. Expectation
“Blessed is he who expect nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”
Attributed to both: Benjamin Franklin
Jonathan Swift

31. Self-Awareness
Consciously employing behaviors, beliefs, and attitudes that keep one on course.

32. Making Wise Choices Promote independent thinking Discovering Options
Is the choice I’m making going to help me achieve my goal?
Positive/Negative and Consequences
Risks

33. Self-Management
Consistently planning and taking purposeful actions in pursuit of one’s goals and dreams.

34. Self - Evaluation Do you try to please others? How do other view you?
How do you respond to constructive criticism?
Can you change or make adjustments when necessary?

35. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall”
Confucius

36. Self-Assessment How do you view yourself? How do you learn?
Can you set goals?
Can you recognize when you’re off course?
Can you adjust/change course or re-write your goals?
Can you recognize and avoid distracters and/or interruptions?
Can you say “No”?

37. The Student-Learner who Faces an Unconscious Threat Andre’ Jacob
SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
The Student-Learner who Faces an Unconscious Threat
Andre’ Jacob
9/13/2018