Models of Adult Learning

Overview

This is your first course in the Doctor of Social Work (DSW) program. As adult learners, you will experience this course differently than courses you took before age 21. Your text helps you understand the differences among elementary, secondary, and adult education. Your text and additional readings help you understand the various theories and models of adult education. Additionally, Rainy and Kolb have their initial work to include applying Kolb’s theory to teaching and learning with diverse populations. This assignment will require you to be informed about four particular models of adult education:

Knowles’s theory of andragogy.

Mezirow’s transformative learning theory.

1. Rainey and Kolb’s experiential learning theory and learning styles in diversity education.
2. You will evaluate these models for alignment with your learning experiences. Finally, you will describe a combination model that would align with your teaching philosophy, a unique statement regarding your approach of sharing information with other adults from diverse populations.
3. Instructions

Create a PowerPoint presentation (minimum of 20 slides) that presents, in your own words, Knowles’s theory of andragogy, Mezirow’s transformative learning theory, and Rainey and Kolb’s experiential learning theory and learning styles in diversity education.

The initial part of your PowerPoint should demonstrate your understanding of these three theories of adult education. In the next slides, describe the alignment between your own learning approach and one or more of these theories. In the final slides, describe your teaching philosophy and how you intend to approach sharing your expertise and knowledge with other adults as a social work leader (professor and/or professional development specialist).

The eight main bullet points that follow correspond to the grading criteria for this assignment:

Explain Knowles’s theory of andragogy.

Explain Mezirow’s transformational learning theory.

Explain Rainey and Kolb’s experiential learning theory and learning styles in diversity education.

• Explain how your personal learning approach aligns with one or more adult learning theories.
• Describe your teaching philosophy and explain how it aligns with one or more adult learning theories.
• How will you approach sharing your expertise and knowledge with other adults from diverse populations?
• Explain how the NASW Code of Ethics and the NASW Standards for Technology guide your approach to teaching.
• Communicate effectively using PowerPoint.

PowerPoint slides are intended to be a visual accompaniment to a presentation. You won’t be making a presentation in this assignment, but each slide (with the exception of the title slide and the reference slide) should contain the detailed speaking notes that you would use if you were making a presentation.

• Keep the design of the slides clean, simple, and uncluttered. Empty space on the slides enhances readability, so limit the number of words on each screen, use key phrases, and include only essential information.
• Choose a maximum of three fonts to use throughout the presentation, using the same font for all headings and the same font for all body text.
• Use font sizes of at least 24 points for slide titles and at least 18 points for headings and body text.

Use contrasting colors for text and background (dark text on light background or light text on dark background).

• Ensure that all resources used to support your presentation are cited and referenced using current APA style.
• Provide in-text citations within the speaker’s notes, as you would in a paper, to provide proper attribution to the authors.
• Include a slide of your references (8–10 references), correctly formatted in current APA style.
• Submit your presentation to SafeAssign as a draft. Use your originality report to review your work and to ensure that all material that reflects the thoughts, ideas, and words of other authors is properly cited and referenced. Remember that when you submit your final assignment for your instructor to grade, it will automatically be submitted to SafeAssign one more time. Both you and your instructor will be able to see the final originality report.