AGEING AND MOTIVATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR ADULTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

Abstract

The paper is on “Ageing and Motivation: Implication for Adults’ Academic Achievement”. It generally
highlighted some ageing and motivation factors in relation to the academic achievement of adults, such as
decline in sensory and motor capacities; physical and psychological changes and other health challenges
which cause physical deterioration in the brain and in turn slow down the thinking process of the elderly
people, as well as the effect of ageing and motivation among others. Based on the issues and concerns raised
in the paper, it recommended that; there is the need for adult educators to make learning relatively easier for
the adult learner, bearing in mind that a lot of physiological and psychological changes have occurred in them
which have resulted in what might be recognized as a sort of slowing effect on learning, they should for
example, ensure that they sit older adult learners in the front of the class, and write boldly on the chalk/marker
board, since the eyes of most adult learners cannot accommodate very efficiently as they used to in their
younger day, educators should ensure that all adult learning programmes are not only relevant to their needs,
but also of interest to the adult learners in order to foster greater understanding in them, among others.