ADL 110 - Diversity in Adult Learning
Course Description
What are diversity issues in today's world? How do they impact our perspectives, our communication, our relationships, our value systems, our ethical practice, our classrooms and workplaces? How do we find the balance in supporting the richness of diversity and maintaining our own sense of self? Join us to explore the interlocking issues of diversity as they shape educational and management practices in the workplace and community.
Course Details
By completion of this course, successful students will be able to:
- Demonstrate a personal and professional awareness (personal assumptions and biases) of diversity and culture in adult learning;
- Explain and support the relationships between culture and motivation to learn;
- Describe the importance of culturally responsive facilitation in formal and workplace settings;
- View the practice of facilitation through a multicultural lens
- Explore and implement facilitation strategies to establish inclusion in adult learning environments.
Notes
Students should expect to spend 5-7 hours on course work each week.Applies Towards the Following Program(s)
- Adult and Community Education Certificate : Core Courses
- Certificate in Adult Learning specializing in Adult and Community Education : Adult and Community Education Specialization Courses
- Certificate in Adult Learning specializing in Career and Academic Advising : Career and Academic Advising Specialization Courses
- Certificate in Adult Learning specializing in e-Learning : Optional Courses
- Certificate in Adult Learning specializing in Workplace Learning : Optional Courses
- Certificate in Career Development and Academic Advising : Core Courses