Adult Learning the point of no return?
I work as tech support for the Chemistry college of USC. And we have a couple of adult Faculty members that are pretty much oblivious to change. Anything from the icons on the desktop not in the right place to the way a programs opens up. They hate change even though it can improve function in their field and lifestyle. You will get an ear full if the computer doesn’t do exactly the way they want. Why is the older generation so uptight about change when the younger generation seeks change? For my part in the online teaching of Google I am going to teach the usage of Picasa by Google. The good thing about this situation is that these adults are looking for or finally accepting the need for change.
From past experience I have notice that older adults just want to do things the way they have be doing things for years. I guess the younger generation is just more use to multi-tasking and changes in technology that it seems natural for change. But I can’t really blame them because if I was 60 or above I would hate to learn new things that discard my previous knowledge. But right now my brain wants to know why things work so I can use them. The other generation could care less and just use bits and pieces of the technology capability to just get by. Ignorance leads to identify theft and security issues. Most of them could care less about security they think they are immune for some reason. People take advantage of those types of people.
My question to this whole post is why older people hate change? I respect those that try and make effort to accept change. It’s not that I disrespect them it’s more of feeling sorry for the way they don’t care to try and it could hurt them in the end.
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