This is your last week and by now you may have learned to expect that each week in this course has allowed you to make connection across the disciplines; connections that transcend time and cultures. You may have also noticed that all of the topics we explored impact your life in ways you may not have thought about until these past few weeks. In the first week when you were asked to read The Degree Qualifications Profile by the Lumina Foundation and College Learning for the New Global Century authored by the Association for American Colleges & Universities, we wanted to provide you with the intellectual underpinnings of this liberal arts course. This course was a guide through the many subjects and sources that comprise the liberal arts; sources where you will always be able to find ideas that provoke your creativity, spark your imagination, and lead to thoughtful deliberation, which in turn can lead to sound judgments about your world and its many complex problems.
We end this course with the topic of education in the age of the Internet. Technology changes the classroom and the way we learn. As you will see in this weeks readings, just as other professions and institutions are transformed by new media (i.e., journalism and the music industry), schools are adapting to all the new materials and forms of delivery that are democratizing learning like never before. Regardless of technology, the best educational systems bring students and educators together to explore the many interesting subjects and issues that challenge our world, and this exciting interaction, full of differing perspectives, is a valuable source of intellectual imagination and critical reflection.
This week, we will address the following topics:
Education in the 21st Century
Unlearning
Andragogy
Is an education worth the money?
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READINGS/PREPARATIONREADINGS/PREPARATION
During the week, please read at least three of the following selection in your Norton Reader:
Fredrick Douglass, Learning to Read
William Zinnser, College Pressures
Gerald Graff, Hidden Intellectualism
Mike Rose, Blue Collar Brilliance
Maya Angelou, Graduation
Also read:
NJIT, Andragogy & Pedagogy
https://web.njit.edu/~ronkowit/presentations/pages/andragogy.htm or click on Andragogy and Pedagogy.pdf Andragogy and Pedagogy.pdf – Alternative Formats
The NJIT link provides a brief description of what the terms andragogy and pedagogy mean.
Here is an additional reading that may be of interest:
Eudora Welty, Clamorous to Learn, Welty – Clamorous to Learn.pdf Welty – Clamorous to Learn.pdf – Alternative Formats
The reading selections for this week will help you complete both your writing assignment and Discussion Board assignments for this week, so be sure to plan your reading time accordingly.
Make sure to check your Brandman email or weekly course announcements for any changes made to the listed reading selection for this week.
Instructions:
Create your ideal educational experience using the readings and video clips for this week. Feel free to bring in any additional sources to create your ideal educational experience. The experience can be a school for pre-K, K-12, higher education, corporate training, and more. Consider online options, face-to-face options, homeschooling, new media technologies.
In a 750 word (minimum) essay, first, describe the audience/students you wish to serve. Then describe the experience. Also consider the cost. Is it public or private? Should it be open online and, therefore, free? Demonstrate a connection to your readings and any outside sources you select. In demonstrating the connections, you may agree with the readings, or they may serve as a platform for your own ideas, which may argue against the resources.
APA formatting is required (see template in Course Information). In addition, see the rubric in Course Information for scoring. Save your paper as a doc with your name and the assignment name in the file, using Last Name_Assignment. So, if your name were Alicia Jackson, and this is your Ideal Educational Experience, you would title it Jackson_Ideal Education. Upload your paper by clicking the “WEEK 8 ASSIGNMENT – IDEAL EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE” link above.
NOTE: It is recommended to run your paper through Correct English for immediate writing feedback on mechanics, grammar, and usage errors.
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