Adults and Professional Learning
Quick Info
- Currently offered by Alphacrucis: Yes
- Course code: EDU567
- Credit points: 10
- Subject coordinator: Mark Hutchinson
Prerequisites
The following courses are prerequisites:
- EDU400 Biblical Foundations of Education or 40 credit points
Awards offering Adults and Professional Learning
This unit is offered as a part of the following awards:
Unit Content
Outcomes
- Critically evaluate concepts framing adult learning in order to determine and appraise underlying worldview assumptions
- Explain in detail the biblical awareness of adult learning applicable to, and enriching of, the practices of educators
- Assess professional development for adult learners in relation to a biblical worldview, andragogical concepts, and claims relating to refined teaching
Subject Content
- A Theory of Adult Learning
- Andragogy in Practice (Part One)
- Andragogy in Practice (Part Two)
- Theories of Learning and Teaching (Part One)
- Theories of Learning and Teaching (Part Two)
- Adult Learning and the Idea of Control
- Adult Learning and Being Wise
This course may be offered in the following formats
- Face-to-Face
- Distance/ Global Online
- Intensive (5 days of classes/7 hours per day followed by 85 hours reading, writing and assignments)
- Extensive (5 days spread over the semester)
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Assessment Methods
- Essay (10%)
- Oral presentation (40%)
- Professional learning Investigation or Policy and plan (50%)
Prescribed Text
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