The working adults’ resistance to learning surfaces because of many reasons: time, health, work stress, finances, isolation, distractions, and/or the fear being judged. However, my experience is... nothing is as strong as the fear of being judged/protection of the ego fragile from past experiences or damaged esteem.
As Josh Kaufman describes in his 2013 TED Education talk, in order to protect the ego, and to avoid that uncomfortable feeling of not knowing or not being able to perform something, the fastest, most effective way to stop that negative feelings is to give it up. Therefore out of frustration, we unconsciously sabotage our efforts or fall into a self-fulfilling prophesy of failure/"I can't do this".
If we’re not conscious of this phenomenon occurring, then resistance to learning can become habitual or ingrained around certain specific content or worse, in general. However, with some reflection and insight, some external prompt motivates us to move forward. (Brookfield, 2015).
Brookfield, S. (2015). The Skillful Teacher: On Technique,Trust, and Responsiveness in the Classroom (3rd ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers
Kaufman, J. (2013) The First 20 hours, how to learn anything. Retrieved fromTED Education Talks November 29, 2015 2
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