Interesting conversation...

I had the most interesting discussion with one of my mentors today. She is one of our campus deans and she teaches a class for associate (adjunct) faculty. The past few years, she has asked me to be a part of the class and teach a section on the use of technology in the classroom. I was telling her about my academic progress and mentioned that I have to do a blog for each of my classes this term. We got on the discussion of "motivating adult learners" and she said "I don't think you can motivate adult learners. Motivation is intrinsic, so they come to us already motivated. Our job is to keep them encourage them and guide them along the academic path." I've been mulling over this comment all day, and she's got a point. I never really thought of it that way.. so now with this new perspective combined with my last two blogs, I'm really starting to think about the importance of teaching teachers to help adult learners succeed.... thoughts?