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Eligibility Criteria

High School Diploma, GED Or Equiv. International Education

Credit Hours

36 Hours

Course Duration

6 Months (Self-Paced) Program

Courses Offered

6

Courses Offered In UNDERGRADUATE DIPLOMA

  • Courses Name

  • Courses Description

  • Credit Hours

  • Introduction to Adult Education

  • This course focuses on the Independent Adult Learning process. It discusses the Community Development Process and Community Action. It also emphasizes on Supporting Adult Learners in the Community.

  • 6 Credits

  • Information Technology for Adult Learning

  • This course explores how IT can make a real difference to the quality of learning. It's approach takes account of some of the cultural, sociological and psychological factors, which influence how IT is used.

  • 6 Credits

  • Methods of Teaching Adults

  • In this course, we draw our attention upon a range of recent work on adult lifelong learning to address what learning methods are available in adult education. We also look at what is distinctive about adult learning and teaching.

  • 6 Credits

  • Adult Identity Culture and Communication

  • This course focuses on the principles and contexts of communication in Adult Education. In this course, you will study Process of Human Communication, Person Perception, and the Verbal Message.

  • 6 Credits

  • Issues in Adult Literacy

  • In this course, the issues regarding the Adult Education Literacy are discussed. The focus of this course is on Literacy issues that come in the middle of Adult Education.

  • 6 Credits

  • Social Psychology of Adult Learning

  • This course examines the role of psychology in adult education. It acknowledges the psychological dimension of adult education and explores this dimension in the context of the concerns of adult learning.

  • 6 Credits
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Introduction to Adult Education

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    An overview of concepts and research
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Independent adult learning - a conceptual analysis
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    The adult learning iceberg
    Community adult education
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Adult learning groups, community development and community action
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Identifying and researching adult learners in the community
    Supporting adult learners in the community - the individual mode
    Supporting adult learners in the community - the group mode.

Information Technology for Adult Learning

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    One: introduction;
    Two: can quality in learning be enhanced through the use of it? niki davis, charles desforges, john jessel, bridget somekh, chris taylor and gay vaughan;
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Three: children writing words and building thoughts: does the word processor really help? john jessel;
    Four: number education for very young children: can it change the nature of early years mathematics education? gay vaughan;
    Nine: computers and the teacher's role. peter scrimshaw;
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Ten: classroom investigations: exploring and evaluating how it can support learning. bridget somekh;
    Eleven: using it in classrooms: experienced teachers and students as co-learners. colin biott malcolm bell;
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Twelve: getting teachers started with it and transferable skills. bridget somekh niki davis;
    Thirteen: partnership in initial teacher education. graham bryne hill;
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Fourteen: do electronic communications offer a new learning opportunity in classrooms? niki davis;
    Fifteen: it and the politics of institutional change. brudget somekh, geoff whitty rod coveney;

Methods of teaching adults

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    A contract to learn
    Definitions
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Adult students
    The nature of learning
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Learning and teaching
    Goals and objectives
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Adult learning groups
    Roles and the teacher
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Teaching
    Content and methods
    Blocks to learning
    Evaluation
    Participation
    Conclusion

Adult Identity Culture and Communication

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The process of human communication
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Person perception
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    The verbal message
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The nonverbal message
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Listening
    Conflict and negotiation

Issues in Adult literacy

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Accountability and program quality : the third wave by larry condelli
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Equipped for the future and standards-based educational improvement : achieving results that matter for adult learners by sondra g. stein
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Tales from the field : the struggles and challenges of conducting ethical and quality research in the field of adult literacy by daphne greenberg
    Professional development and evidence-based practice in adult education by mary beth bingman and cristine smith
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Quality instruction in adult literacy education by hal beder
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Learning to read as a cultural process by james paul gee
    The empower project : connecting curriculum development and research by mary jane schmitt and martha merson
    Giving literacy away, again : new concepart s of promising practice by stephen reder

Social psychology of adult learning

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Humanistic psychology and the self-directed learner
    The psychoanalytic approach
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    The development of identity during adulthood
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The development of intelligence and cognition
    Learning styles
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Behaviourism
    Group dynamics and the group facilitator
    Critical awareness