013332 Understanding Adult Education and Training

The subject aims to assist adult educators to think more clearly about their work and to act on it more effectively. The subject begins with an exploration of students' practical theories and conceptual frameworks. Students are then introduced to a variety of theories relating to the core activities of teaching, group work, learning facilitation, program design and evaluation, policy formation and implementation. The subject also examines debates related to such significant contemporary issues as the relationship of adult education and workplace change, and the mass media as a force for propaganda or education. The subject enables students to make the transition to postgraduate study by providing them with opportunities to write in both experiential and scholarly ways.