Ross Reynolds – September Summary
Commented on: Carrie Clyner's summary and Group 3 summary
Project
At the beginning September when participates were able to
start forming groups for to complete this semester’s group project Joe Morris
and his The Highlander Effect really
grabbed my attention. I knew this
would be a great group for me, because the information that I had read about
the Highlander School really interested me. We instantly tried to start communicating with one another
thru emails, and on Tuesday September 30th, we were finally able to
have our first meeting thru teleconference. Our goal for future papers is to have videoconferences
instead of teleconferences. So far
our roles have been:
Adult
1: Joe researched Cora Wilson Stewart of The Moonlight Schools.
Adult
2: Janice researched Myles Horton of the Highlander Schools.
Summary:
Frances will write the group summary.
And
finally Ross is in charge of putting all the pieces together
These roles can vary with the future portions of our overall
project.
Class work
In the past month, this class has been very eye opening in
many different ways. I am new to
learning about Adult Education, so just realizing how broad the field of Adult
Education really is something that took me by surprise. And each week thru discussion board
question and selected reading I have dug deeper into different aspects of Adult
Education. The different
philosophical perspectives, history of adult education, understanding how adult
education in contemporary society and providers and forms of adult education
have shaped the way that I think about education as a whole. Some highlights to me are:
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Many factors affect Adult Education (Politics,
Economy, Technology, etc.)
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There are many forms to Adult Education
(Universities, Community Colleges, Vocational Training, Etc.)
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I tend to believe the theories of Malcolm
Knowles as an educator
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Every decade in America’s pastime has presented
new challenges and opportunities for Adult Education to grow.
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And finally, education does not just have to
occur in a formal setting, education can happen non-formally and informally.
Future
My goals for the upcoming month are that I am able to
balance my workload for this class with my work for teaching. I feel like although have balanced my
time well enough, I feel like I can be more efficient with time in the evenings
and especially on the weekends.
For my group, I would like to do a better job communicating on how we
are doing on a particular task. I need to take more initiative in communicating
with others. Also, spend more time researching, because with being so close to
Ball State University I think I don’t use the library enough on research
projects. I hope to use what I
learn in the future months in order to help motivate my middle school students
as they are beginning to find out what it’s going to take in order to achieve
their own personal goals.
Ross,
ReplyDeleteI have also learned a great deal about adult education in the first seven weeks of this course. I like your goal of trying to be more efficient with your time in the evenings and weekends. I think I could improve in that area, too. I think it’s neat that you plan to use what you’ve learned to motivate your middle school students.
Thanks,
Jen Warrner
In the past month, this class has been very eye opening in many different ways. I am new to learning about Adult Education, so just realizing how broad the field of Adult Education really is something that took me by surprise. And each week thru discussion board question and selected reading I have dug deeper into different aspects of Adult Education. The different philosophical perspectives, history of adult education, understanding how adult education in contemporary society and providers and forms of adult education have shaped the way that I think about education as a whole. Some highlights to me are:
ReplyDelete- Many factors affect Adult Education (Politics, Economy, Technology, etc.)
- There are many forms to Adult Education (Universities, Community Colleges, Vocational Training, Etc.)
- Every decade in America’s pastime has presented new challenges and opportunities for Adult Education to grow.
- And finally, education does not just have to occur in a formal setting, education can happen non-formally and informally.
---- Excellent summary! Put these in your final survival memo. This will give future students some general ideas about this course.
Bo
For my group, I would like to do a better job communicating on how we are doing on a particular task. I need to take more initiative in communicating with others. Also, spend more time researching, because with being so close to Ball State University I think I don’t use the library enough on research projects.
ReplyDelete---- Great! You can use Ball State online database. If you do not know how to use it, ask the librarians to help you. Always research about your topic before you start to work on a topic. Even if you work on a practical case, research will give you some in-depth ideas of how to work on your practice.
Bo