協助學習者發展高層思考能力，是新世紀的教育觀，也是成人教育教師在教學信念與教學技巧上須再發展的重要議題。教學要展現具體成效，往往與教師的專業素養及其對專業的認知有極大的關係。而且，成人教育教師在教學型態上的選擇具有積極主動的影響力。因此，為協助成人教育教師發展有效教學策略，本文從釐清成人教育學與一般教育學之差異帶入，再分析成人學習者實用取向學習動機的特質、其次再引導成人教育教師檢視自身教學行為、及協助成人教育教師建立合作教學模式；最後並對成人思考形態有利實施批判思考教學的理由，及朝向批判思考教學的數項教學策略等，提出有效教學策略的說明。本文期能提供成人教育教師自我省思與參考之用。

　　　　　To help learner to create higher and deeper thinking ability is a new educational perspective in the new century, and it is also an important issue for adult education teachers to build their belief and skills in their professional field. Studies show that there is high relation among instruction effectiveness and teacher's professional capacity and his cognition of being a teacher. In addition, adult education teachers have active influence in selecting instruction style. Therefore, in order to give adult education teachers in adult education some suggestions, this article explains how effective instruction strategies in adult education can be achieved by ways of describing: (1) the differences between Pedagogy and Andragogy, (2) the understanding of the learning motivation of adult learner for practical use, (3) the understanding of the teacher's own instruction behavior, (4) the importance of establishing Cooperative Learning model, and (5) the recommendation of critical thinking instruction by explaining reasons and offering instruction strategies. Hoping this article can give adult education teachers some self-reflection and reference as well.