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Making Learning Environment a Key to Success
What Is Learning Climate?
Learning climate is the psychological “feel” about learning in the organization. A fundamental principle of adult learning is that adults must feel psychologically safe to learn. Learning can be risky, since mistakes can be made during the learning process. Older adults are less willing to lose face than younger workers. They are thus generally more emotionally invested in how they perform in learning situations and in how others perceive them when they make mistakes. For this reason, learning climate is critical to the success of adult learning in workplace settings (Van Horn, Krepcio, and Heidkamp 2015).
Learning climate has to do with answers to questions such as whether ...
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