ADL 106 - Adults as Learners

Course Description

Explore the teaching and learning transaction, from the learner's perspective, by researching and reflecting on both the current literature and your own experiential understanding of how adults learn. Come prepared to learn about yourself as a learner and to develop new sensitivities to the diversity in styles and needs through interaction with your classmates and the instructor.

Course Details

By completion of this course, successful students will be able to:

• Identify characteristics of and assumptions about adult learners
• Differentiate foundational theories of adult learning
• Discover the role of experience and culture in adult learning
• Identify styles of and approaches to adult learning
• Examine diverse contexts of adult learning
• Apply reflective thought to connect theory to practice

Topics of instruction:

• Theories and Styles of Adult Learning
• Self-Directed Learning
• Motivation in Adult Learning
• Transformative Learning
• Experiential Learning
• Holistic (Body and Spirit) Learning
• Cognitive Learning
• Culture and Contexts of Adult Learning
• Critical Perspectives of Adult Learning

Notes

Students should expect to spend five to seven hours on course work each week. 

Applies Towards the Following Program(s)

• Certificate in Adult Learning specializing in Adult and Community Education : Core Courses
• Certificate in Adult Learning specializing in Career and Academic Advising : Core Courses
• Certificate in Adult Learning specializing in e-Learning : Core Courses
• Certificate in Adult Learning specializing in Workplace Learning : Core Courses
• Certificate in Career Development and Academic Advising : Career Development and Academic Advising Specialization Courses