Courses

History, methods, agencies, program areas, and problems of adult education in the United States.

Examines issues of learning math as an adult and explores effective strategies for teaching math and numeracy to adults.

Reading literacy for adults, including college reading, Adult Basic Education (ABE), and General Educational Development (GED) programs.

An introduction to the history, philosophy, organizations, learning theories, and instructional procedures used in American and foreign distance education.

Examination of direct and indirect teaching; contracts, application of current technology, andragogy, motivation, evaluation; knowledge of research.

Intensive study of theoretical foundations, policies, evaluation models, methods, and materials in program planning in adult education.

Guided discussion and reading in selected research and evaluation methods and trends as applied in adult education settings.

In-depth study of the practices of designing courses taught by print, broadcast, and telecommunications media to adult distance learners.

Introduction to adult education learning theory, principles, and models of adult learning by adults alone, in groups, and in communities.

Organization of a program of adult education; legal status, finances, selection of teachers, learning personnel, housing; other administrative problems.

Preparation in the use of a nine-step model for systematically analyzing instructional problems and developing validated, practical solutions.