CDL COURSE ENTRY FORM


Author: Laura Wait/SUNY
Last modified by: Stephanie Thomas/SUNY
Composed: 08/16/2005 04:09 PM
Curriculum Committee Approval Date:
Modified: 01/06/2016
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Course Number: (prefix) HDV (number) 283184 ESC 2.0 Course number: EDST-4005 EDST-4005Adults as Learners: Theories & Strategies

Name: Adults as Learners: Theories and Strategies
Datatel Title: (30char) Adults as Learners: Theories

Area Coordinator: Julie Shaw Department Code: 10HD Team: Social

Liberal Study? YES Level: UPPER Credits: 4 Prerequisite? YES
General Education Course? YES GenEd Approval Term/Year:

GenEd Area 1: 3. Social SciencesFully or Partially: f
GenEd Area 2: Fully or Partially:



Pre-registration Information?
Course will be offered (for online course descriptions, proposed offerings for by term views and web views)
Spring 1, Summer, Fall 1		Course will be offered (for final term listings, online registration, online bookordering, web views)
Spring 1, Summer, Fall 1
First Term Offered: 2006SP (Required Format: YearTerm - i.e., 2005SP)
Last Term Offered in Print Version:
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Description: This 4-credit advanced-level course provides a thorough treatment of adults as learners, making use of key learning theories, research on adult learning and relevant strategies for understanding adults as learners. This course is appropriate for students who approach Human Development from a learning perspective; who are (or will be) involved with adult learners in academia, communities, or business; and who, as adult learners, wish to reflect on their personal process. The focus of the course is on approaches to adult learning and associated learning strategies. The primary perspectives covered in the course are: Critical Pedagogy; Communities of Learning and Practice; Adult Development; and Systems of Learning. Major theorists from each perspective will be reviewed in some detail. Students will have the opportunity to relate a particular learning environment to one or more theory/perspective of personal interest to them.

Prerequisites: A foundational course in the social sciences and upper level critical thinking skills.

This course fully meets the General Education requirement in Social Sciences.

Note: this course is open to all students. Center for Distance Learning students taking this course for educational planning credit should obtain mentor/advisor permission. This course can be used towards CDL Educational Planning.

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Major Course Area
Educational Studies, Human Development		Minor Course Area
Aging and Gerontology, Critical Thinking, Educational Studies, Educational Planning, Human Development, Human Services, Sociology		SLN Disciplines
Education Theory and Practice
Additional Course Requirements
 Undergrad Certificate Association:


6


Meets General Education Requirement

Required Booknote:

Optional Booknote:


Archive Course:

genedcode for dpplanner: 3^f~8

genedfull area for dpplanner: Social Sciences