{"id":5981,"date":"2015-12-11T08:00:26","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T13:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trainbibleteachers.com\/blog\/?p=5981"},"modified":"2026-07-02T09:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T13:37:08","slug":"motivating-senior-adults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trainbibleteachers.com\/blog\/motivating-senior-adults.htm","title":{"rendered":"Motivating Senior Adults to Learn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you want your senior adults class to do more than go through the motions, to maintain a real interest in learning and growing<\/a>? Then you need to help them see the merit in continuing on, that they still have more to accomplish.<\/p>\n

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\nWhen elderly adults believe they have no more to accomplish in life, they don’t need to keep learning. But, when they are made to feel that their contribution matters, that they are still valued and needed in the Body, they have reasons to keep pressing on.<\/p>\n
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This article is included as a handout in the Reaching All Age Levels Resource<\/a> with some brief suggestions on how to motivate senior adults based on this need. The resource also includes similar articles for the other age groups. It provides you with a teacher training group session in which you gather teachers of all age groups for a PowerPoint presentation followed by breakout sessions to personalize it according to age levels.<\/p>\n

More About This Age Group:\u00a0 Age Level Characteristics: Adults Module Download<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do you want your senior adults class to do more than go through the motions, to maintain a real interest in learning and growing? Then you need to help them see . . . Continue reading Motivating Senior Adults to Learn<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adults"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t