As adult learners, you will experience this course differently than courses you took before age 21. Your text helps you understand the differences among elementary, secondary, and adult education. Your text and additional readings help you understand the various theories and models of adult education. Additionally, Rainy and Kolb have their initial work to include applying Kolb’s theory to teaching and learning with diverse populations. This assignment will require you to be informed about four particular models of adult education:
Knowles’s theory of andragogy.
Mezirow’s transformative learning theory.
Rainey and Kolb’s experiential learning theory and learning styles in diversity education.
You will evaluate these models for alignment with your learning experiences. Finally, you will describe a combination model that would align with your teaching philosophy, a unique statement regarding your approach of sharing information with other adults from diverse populations.
Instructions
Create a PowerPoint presentation (minimum of 20 slides) that presents, in your own words, Knowles’s theory of andragogy, Mezirow’s transformative learning theory, and Rainey and Kolb’s experiential learning theory and learning styles in diversity education.
The initial part of your PowerPoint should demonstrate your understanding of these three theories of adult education. In the next slides, describe the alignment between your own learning approach and one or more of these theories. In the final slides, describe your teaching philosophy and how you intend to approach sharing your expertise and knowledge with other adults as a social work leader (professor and/or professional development specialist).
The eight main bullet points that follow correspond to the grading criteria for this assignment:
Explain Knowles’s theory of andragogy.
Explain Mezirow’s transformational learning theory.
Explain Rainey and Kolb’s experiential learning theory and learning styles in diversity education.
Explain how your personal learning approach aligns with one or more adult learning theories.
Describe your teaching philosophy and explain how it aligns with one or more adult learning theories.
How will you approach sharing your expertise and knowledge with other adults from diverse populations?
Explain how the NASW Code of Ethics and the NASW Standards for Technology guide your approach to teaching.