Adult learning best practices

Resources to support adults in making change.

On Adult Learning

Discover new approaches for collaboration and team impact geared toward adult learners.

Up With Community

The Power of Habit

This thorough summary of Charles Duhigg’s book, The Power of Habit, explains why habits exist and how they can be changed.

Kim Hartman

Cognitive Dissonance: A Critical Tool in Social Justice Teaching

Better understand the importance of provoking and addressing cognitive dissonance in learning. For a quick overview of cognitive dissonance, follow this hyperlink to Pathway 1.

Paul Gorski

Ladder of Inference

This exercise will help you understand how our beliefs can cause us to interpret information and jump to conclusions without fully processing the facts.

Team Building Activity

SWITCH PATHWAYS

Pathway 1 | Preparing for Change

Pathway 2 | Awareness: Aligning Intention and Action

Pathway 3 | Analysis: Power

Pathway 4 | Action: Working on Structures

Pathway 5 | Action: Improving Team Health

Pathway 6 | Accountability: Testing Ideas

Pathway 7 | UWC Resources

GROW COMMUNITY

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