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Understanding motivation and how it impacts on adult learning styles is crucial to all educators in colleges, training institutions and universities in Papua New Guinea. The objective for this research is to encourage reflection, research and development of adult learning strategies to effectively facilitate teaching and learning for adult learners. The research looks at adult motivation and learning based on current literature and empirical data from the PNG context. It is revealed that adults are motivated to learn in different ways and for different reasons. For educators and teachers to obtain optimum results from their input, it is suggested that a systematic approach and thorough understanding should be developed and adopted.