EDD 511 Adult Learning:
Theories, Principles, And Applications
| Reflections: The single most important concept I
learned in this class was at the Ocotillo retreat in Tucson, Arizona. In the
film, “The Grapes of Wrath” the new technology, the tractor changed the
physical landscape of Oklahoma. This new technology permitted farmers to
plow up vast sections of topsoil that wasn’t possible before the tractors
invention. This resulted in a large mass migration from poor “Okies” from
the mid-west to California. Technology destroyed the small family farm in
Oklahoma. This took with it a culture that is gone forever. This reminds us
all the fragility of our cultures, and that technology can erase a way of
life. Are we moving too rapidly forward without too little thought on the
furrows we are digging with technology today?
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Here is a course description provided by the University
of Phoenix |
Course Description
This course focuses on adult
development and learning theories. Students will identify the stages of adult
development and examine the concept of andragogy versus pedagogy. Major
theories of adult learning and how they relate to instructional practices will
be explored. Intelligence, learning styles, and motivation are discussed in
the context of teaching adult learners. Emphasis will be placed on teaching
and learning models and strategies and effective practices in distance
education.
Topics and Objectives
Adult Development
Theories
- Examine the various
adult development theories including biological, psychological,
sociocultural, cognitive, intelligence and aging.
Adult Learning
Theories
- Identify and analyze
classical and current theories of learning including humanistic,
developmental, behavioral, and andragogical.
- Analyze the
similarities and differences between andragogy and pedagogy.
The Learning Process
- Identify the
life-cycle phases and how each phase effects learning.
- Identify the
developmental challenges of adulthood including career, family, and aging
concerns.
- Identify the common
characteristics of adult learners.
- Analyze the learning
process as a function of aging.
- Examine the connection
between memory, cognition, the brain and the learning process.
Information Processing
- Examine the concept of
learning style and how it impacts adult learning.
- Identify and analyze
effective teaching strategies for facilitating adult learning.
- Examine the importance
of experience and relevancy to adult learners.
- Analyze the concept of
lifelong learning and adult education.
- Analyze theories of
motivation.
- Examine the impact of
motivation on adult learning.
- Analyze the nature and
form of self-directed learning.
Teaching in a Distance
Education Environment
- Identify the
demographic, social and technological changes that have impacted adult
learning and increased the need for distance education.
- Identify how distance
education environments can effectively meet the needs of adult learners.
