Lastly, instruction in adult classes needs to be readdressed. The learning experience
should be problem-centered, relevant to the learners personal goals, integrate information with
what is already known, and wherever possible account for learning style differences (Zemke &
Zemke, 1995). Adults learn best through methods and techniques that use experience. There
should be a move in adult education away from the transmittal techniques of lecture and assigned
reading toward the action-learning techniques of community projects, case method and critical
incident process, discussion, simulation exercises, and the like (Knowles, 1969).