Starburst Identity Chart

All these different aspects of an individual’s life experiences and culture interact to create an infinite number of self-perceived individual identities and complexities of brain function and development that will be present within any group of training participants.

This diversity of learners will need to be supported by incorporating a variety of approaches to learning that are informed by cognitive and adult learning theory into your training design and planning.  You will learn more about this in the next section, Optimal Conditions for Adult Learning.