You will of course add your own touches, taking into consideration your particular audience. By addressing the principles described below, you will have the tools you need to design an excellent workshop. Adulthood As individuals grow and mature, they go through changes that affect how they learn. As they move through childhood and gain experience, they become increasingly self-directed. They want to be more involved in choosing what they learn and when, as well as playing a part in how that learning is designed.
Children often accept what they are taught because their basis for questioning is limited.
Added experiences give adults the ability to evaluate and judge the validity and applicability of new information. They become more discriminating. As individuals mature, their readiness to learn is decreasingly the product of biological development and academic pressure and increasingly the product of the developmental tasks required for the performance of their evolving social roles. Working with Adults Any given group of adults gathered in a workshop or classroom situation will bring a variety of experiences and backgrounds to the training. Adults are in different points in their adult development.