Course Description
Past or current work experiences in adult education used as a basis for systematic reflection on practice.
Athena Title
Reflective Practice Seminar
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in LLOD 8750E
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A/S (A-F or S/U)
Course Objectives
The course will enable students to: 1) identify questions that allow adult educators to reframe their major assumptions about adult education, learning, and teaching; 2) explore the process of becoming a critical reflective adult; 3) reflect, deliberate, and dialogue with peers about learning styles, learning strategies, thinking strategies, and teaching styles.
Topical Outline
- Overview of reflective practice and the meaning of being a critically reflective practitioner - Theoretical perspectives on ways that adult educators reflect on their practice - Reflective practitioners of adult education - Informal and nonformal methods of reflective practice - Conditions where adult educators reflect on their practice - Learning Styles Inventories - Where adult educators reflect on their practice - Challenges and barriers to reflective practice - Reflection on instructional methods - Teaching styles inventories - Cultural meanings and implications of reflective practice - Techniques for engaging in reflective practice
Syllabus
Public CV