Though the adult learners may have established negative opinions about what is being taught, they are to:

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Engaging adult learners through active involvement is essential because adults bring rich experience and a need to see relevance in what they’re learning. When learners participate—discussing, solving real-world problems, and collaborating—they connect new ideas to their own lives, feel ownership over the process, and stay motivated. This active participation also helps them integrate and retain information more effectively, making learning more practical and transferrable to real situations. Even if they start with negative opinions, involvement demonstrates relevance and can shift attitudes as they experience how the material applies to their goals. Simply doing nothing, asking for different topics, or resisting engagement doesn’t build the skills or understanding being taught and tends to reinforce resistance rather than reduce it.