Education,Education,Education

For this assignment, consider a learning program in which you currently teach or have taught. If you do not teach currently, consider a program you would like to develop or teach in the future. Then:
1.Write a description of the program.
2.Apply the principles of adult learning you have learned in the course to this program.
3.Consider the following: â—¦How would you change the program considering these principles?
â—¦What might you change about the learning environment?
â—¦How would you work with the learners in this program to reflect principles of adult learning?
â—¦How can you improve the current program considering both theories and principles that are best for adult learning?
â—¦Discuss the importance of respectful interactions among teachers and students.

4.Finally, apply your personal philosophy to this program. How would you ensure that the program reflects your personal learning philosophy?

Assignment Expectations

To complete this assignment successfully, you will be expected to:
•Apply the principles of adult learning covered in the course to a learning program.
•Demonstrate how to model principles of adult learning when interacting with learners.
•Discuss the importance of respectful interactions among teachers and students.
•Synthesize theory and personal philosophy to create a learning environment grounded in adult learning principles.
•Communicate knowledge in a manner that is concise, balanced, and logically organized; apply APA 6th edition style and formatting.

Integrating Learning Theories with Personal Philosophy

For this assignment, you will continue to evaluate adult learning theories. In the assignment Andragogy and the Principles of Adult Learning, you described the foundational theories in the field of adult education. For this paper, you will study the current research theories in the field of adult learning. Next, consider how these align with the personal philosophy you created in the assignment Learning Autobiography and Personal Philosophy.

For this assignment, write a paper evaluating how the adult brain learns. In addition, also evaluate the brain-based science behind theories surrounding multiple intelligences and learning styles, multicultural ways of knowing and learning, experiential learning, transformational learning and other theories surrounding adult learning.

Then, analyze how these theories fit with your own personal teaching philosophy. Consider the following:

• Which theories most align your personal philosophy?
• Which work well for learning in your field?
• Why does the theory work well? Provide examples from your life, work, and literature.

Assignment Expectations

To complete this assignment successfully, you will be expected to:

• Describe current research in adult learning theory.
• Compare and contrast individual adult learning theories.
• Analyze theories which most align with your personal teaching philosophy.
• Communicate knowledge in a manner that is concise, balanced, and logically organized; apply APA 6th edition style and formatting.

Andragogy and the Principles of Adult Learning

The purpose of this assignment is to evaluate the foundational adult education theories. In order to define the best practices that emerge from seminal theories, it is important to examine the history of our field and the thinking behind the creation of each theory. This also helps in fully understanding the principles of adult learning that emerged from the initial thinking and determine ways of incorporating the best of these ideas into educational practice.

For this assignment, write a paper describing the history of the adult education movement.

• Give a basic background of seminal theorists and their thinking.
• Describe the ideas behind the theory of andragogy that led to the acceptance of the principles of adult learning, which in turn became the foundation for our field.
• Show how the theories have grown and evolved over time.
• Share some of the subsequent theories and models that have become important to this discipline and have been covered so far. Include newer models of andragogy and the theories of self-directed learning and experiential learning.
• Provide examples from your own teaching and learning experiences that exemplify how these theories and principles work to enhance learning in your field, or in other areas of adult life.
• Be sure to properly cite in text and as reference sources from the literature, using current APA formatting guidelines.

When you are finished with your paper, submit it as a Microsoft Word attachment in the assignment area.

Assignment Expectations

To complete this assignment successfully, you will be expected to:

• Examine the history of adult education.
• Evaluate foundational theories and principles of adult learning, and methods for educating adults.
• Evaluate methods for educating adults considering examples from your own teaching and learning experiences.
• Define best practices that emerge from seminal theories, such as andragogy.
• Communicate knowledge in a manner that is concise, balanced, and logically organized; apply APA 6th edition style and formatting.