Location

Community Services & Continuing Education - Alexandria

Objectives

• • Describe the philosophy and principles of adult education; • Evaluate and integrate key philosophies, theories and concepts in the development and facilitation of adult education; • Integrate adult learning theory, knowledge of learners’ cultures, and other theoretical frameworks to set a climate and create an environment conducive to learning; • Explore and identify ethical issues in adult education and in facilitating adult learning.

Outcomes

By the end of this course you should be able to: • Describe the philosophy and principles of adult education; • Evaluate and integrate key philosophies, theories and concepts in the development and facilitation of adult education; • Integrate adult learning theory, knowledge of learners’ cultures, and other theoretical frameworks to set a climate and create an environment conducive to learning; • Describe and evaluate an adult learning process from personal experiences; • Incorporate the potential learning from experience in facilitating adult education; • Reflect critically on your own practice and facilitate critical reflection in the facilitation of adult learning; • Make appropriate decisions regarding the facilitation of adult learning based on your knowledge of issues related to distributed learning ; • Identify factors that affect how adults learn and the environments that are conducive to adult learning; • Incorporate relevant, meaningful learning experiences in fac

Course Contents

1. Adult Learning Overview page • Getting Started Defining your audience, purpose, learning objectives, methods for delivery, and class size. • Developing Training Content Common questions and answers about materials, choosing instructional methods, and how to put it all together. • Delivering Your Training Background on using the Cone of Learning, tips on facilitating effectively, and 10 important lessons for presenters.2. Learning Objectives In-Depth• Before and After Learning ObjectivesExamples of well written and poorly written objectives• Writing Learning ObjectivesDetails on how to write objectives and avoid common mistakes3. Learning foundations• Gagne's 9 Events Of Instruction• Adult Learning Principals• VARK Learning Styles• Honey And Mumford Learning Styles• Kolb's Experiential Learning Cycle• The PAF Model For Learning Transfer• Bloom's Learning Taxonomy Cognitive Domain• Bloom's Learning Taxonomy Psychomotor Domain• Bloom's Learnin