Malcolm Knowles

According to Malcolm Knowles there are tetrad distinct contexts that motivates adults who want to learn. The four contexts are Practical, Personal, Experiential and Idealistic. First well start with Practical. Practical motivation describes that the adult learner motivated their self by individualised gain. The learner wants to learn something refreshing but at the same time knowing it could be helpful now or later down the road. Personal context is when the learner has personal goals he/she wants to achieve.Experiential context motivation is the time when you want to learn from your past mistakes and use the acquaintance you gained for the future challenges the adult learner might encounter. The last conditioned motivation context is Idealistic. Idealistic motivation is when the learner wants to learn everything instead of one goal at a time. My choice of motivational context is existential because when I was younger I was troubled. I would run past from home, hit my mom, curse at her, and hang out with the wrong crowd. You pick up it and I did it.Eventually she send me back to live with my dad because she couldnt take it anymore. My dad disciplined me and taught me to respect my elders. Now that Im an adult, my mother has no respect for me because of what I had done to her in the past. We dont lambaste unless its at a family get together like Christmas or Thanksgiving. I remember when I was 15 years old, we lived in Washington State. I ran away for a month and was doing things I shouldnt have been doing. When I went back to my moms, she told me to pack my bags that I was going to live with my dad.On the way to the airport I called her every name in the book, punched her and jumped out of the car on the freeway. Unfortunately she still sent me on my way to live with my dad. My daughter is already following in my buttocks steps at the age of six and thats not something I want to happen to her. I can take what happened with my past experience and use wha t knowledge I gained from getting my Bachelors Degree in Applied Behavioral Science to help the youth with their problems.