Chapters of Andragogy and Androdidactics - OINP1P125A

• Title: Chapters of Andragogy and Androdidactics
• Guaranteed by: Katedra pedagogiky (41-KPG)
• Faculty: Faculty of Education
• Actual: from 2018
• Semester: summer
• E-Credits: 4
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:1/2, MC [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (20)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: Ing. Karolina Duschinská, Ph.D.

Annotation

Last update: Ing. Karolina Duschinská, Ph.D. (20.06.2020)

The course provides an orientation in the content and theoretical definition of adult education, provides the basis for understanding lecturers and participants in education, deals with the analysis of practical experience with various forms of teaching and methods in adult education.

Aim of the course

Last update: Ing. Karolina Duschinská, Ph.D. (20.06.2020)

Learning outcomes

Students will:

• demonstrate knowledge of the theoretical background and context of adult education;
• explain the didactic principles of adult education;
• demonstrate the skills to implement selected teaching methods and professionally justify them.

Literature

Last update: Ing. Karolina Duschinská, Ph.D. (20.06.2020)

Eurydice (2017), Adult Education and Training in Europe: Widening Access to Learning Opportunities.Encyclopedia Britannica: Adult Education https://www.britannica.com/topic/adult-education
European Association for the Education of Adults https://eaea.org/why-adult-education-2/life-skills-for-individuals/ 
Schmidt-Hertha, B., Jelenc Krašovec S. & Formosa, M. (Eds). (2014) Learning Across Generations in Europe: Contemporary Issues in Older Adult Education. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.

Syllabus

Last update: Ing. Karolina Duschinská, Ph.D. (20.06.2020)

1. Adult education, basic terms and definitions, andragogy, androdidactics, lifelong learning. Formal, non-formal and informal learning. Professional base and andragogical research.
2. Participant in adult education, his educational needs and motivation, diagnostics of learning approaches. Typology of problem participants and communication with them.
3. Lecturer of further education, personal prerequisites, competencies, qualification standard.
4. Types and areas of further education (civic, hobby, vocational). Adult education institutions eg private organizations, businesses, schools, NGOs.
5. Structure and design of adult education lessons.
6. Pedagogical-psychological background and specifics of adult education.
7. Specific methods of adult education, didactic principles. Games for adults.
8. Internet resources in adult education, MOOC, online courses, analysis of benefits and limits.
9. Model situations in adult education, their reflection and analysis.