In a non-degree, adult continuing education program like
ours the students decide what they want to learn, how they want to
learn it, and when their own learning goals have been achieved.
(Student-centered approach.)
All students learn best by actively working with the new
information. Each student will have personal preferences for learning
via visual, verbal and/or hands-on activities. Classes are designed to
support all of these learning modalities. (Active learning strategy.)
Learning should always be fun !!
Classes are designed to accomodate a wide range of
students, each beginning at a different level of knowledge and skill,
each working in his/her own way and at his/her own pace.
The teacher's role in the adult education classroom is to
introduce topics of interest and to guide the students in learning as
much as they want to know about the topics that interest them.
Modern principles of andragogy and current research on
learning guide my efforts to provide the best possible learning
environment for adult education.
Internet resources are used to enhance all of the classes.
These provide learning resources 24/7 in between classroom sessions and
long after the class has been completed.
