4 courses with the subject EDUC, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
EDUC 7601Introduction to Adult Education4
This course familiarizes teachers with the field of adult education and its major components. This course explores the theoretical underpinnings of adult learning and how these take shape In today’s adult education classrooms. The course includes an emphasis on the skills needed for adults to transition to deeper engagement within their communities, high school completion, and increasing achievement in careers and post-secondary settings. Sections of the course concentrate on many of the essential components of adult basic learning, including effective communication, numeracy, and literacy.
EDUC 7636Course Design for Adult Education Classes2
Adult learners come to educational programs for a variety of reasons: some need basic skills or English for the workplace; some are seeking a GED/high school equivalency; others plan to study at a community college or university. In this course, participants explore the principles of needs assessment and course design and learn tools to develop courses tailored to students’ language and learning needs. They create curricula and materials for use in their own programs that prepare adults for the demands of the 21st century.
This course addresses the entrance and exit criteria for adult education and ESL programs and provides guidance on how to evaluate student progress. The politics of testing and assessment are explored as well. Participants learn how to conduct valid and reliable formal and informal assessments of adult learners, and they develop authentic assessment tools for academic and workplace settings.
Students meet individually with their faculty advisor to review portfolio requirements (as detailed in the syllabus) and provide documentation of hours in adult classrooms.
