Engaging Adults for Learning Course | SkillsFuture CET Course

Singapore University of Social Sciences

Engaging Adults for Learning (ADL511)

Applications Open: 01 October 2021

Applications Close: 30 November 2021

Next Available Intake: January 2022

Course Types: Certificate Course, Modular Graduate Course

Language: English

Duration: 6 months

Fees: $2200 View More Details on Fees

Area of Interest: Adult Learning

Schemes: To be confirmed

Funding: SkillsFuture

School/Department: S R Nathan School of Human Development

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Synopsis

ADL511 Engaging Adults for Learning provides students with an overview of the field of adult learning starting from its early beginnings to its current evolutionary stage. The course explores the core principles of adult learning and focuses on the challenges and motivating factors in adult learning, where teaching and learning approaches need to embrace diversity and actively nurture curiosity and innovation

Level: 5
Credit Units: 5
Presentation Pattern: Every January

Topics

Evolution and new challenges facing adult learning
A concise history of adult education
Key characteristics of adult learning
Framing of adult education
Purposes of adult education
Key breakthroughs in the field of adult learning today
Paradigm shifts in adult education since the 1990s
Self-directed learning and adult education
Responsibility and accountability in adult education
Collaborative learning in adult education
Explicit and implicit collaborative efforts
Types of collaborative learning networks

Learning Outcome

Discuss the characteristics of the adult learner
Critique success factors and limitations in adult learning
Compare the related disciplines, namely, distance education and continuing education, to adult education
Appraise the appropriateness of a teaching approach for its intended audience
Evaluate the success of an adult education course
Design an effective and appropriate course with a suitable teaching approach