Catholic Distance Learning Network - Module 2: Transactive vs. Transmissive Pedagogies

Module 3 Overview - Andragogy, an Adult Learning Theory (Click here to download the Module 3 PDF with the supplementary materials)

Aim:

To explore the characteristics of an adult learner, among which is that they prefer “just in time” learning to “just in case” learning.

Resources and assignments in the Required category:

Essential Elements - pp. 30-42
Module 3 Podcast (11:24)* by Mr. David Harrison, CDLN course designer (text version)
Conner, M. L. "Andragogy and Pedagogy." Ageless Learner, 1997-2004.
http://agelesslearner.com/intros/andragogy.html
Shulman's Table of Learning ("Possibly more useful to seminary faculty and administrators" than is Bloom's Taxonomy according to ATS Guidelines for Evaluating Theological Learning (p. 14))

Engagement and Motivation
Knowledge and Understanding
Performance and Action
Reflection and Critique
Judgment and Design
Commitment and Identity

"Serpents and Doves" - Rev. Lawrence C. Brennan -http://www.kenrickparish.com/catholicdistance/modules/module3/Serpents_and_Doves.pdf

Resources and assignments in the Recommended category:

"The Catholic Internet: Seminary Technologies Impacting the Teaching and Learning Environment of the Church" by Reverend Daniel E. Harris, CM; Victor J. Klimoski; Beverly Lane; Sebastian Mahfood
http://kenrickparish.com/seminary_journal/13 SJV9N3Win03 - harris klimoski lane mahfood.pdf
"Beyond Entertainment: A Rationale for the Pedagogy of Technology in the Classroom" by Kenneth Snyder

Resources and assignments in the Optional category:

Knowles, Malcolm. The Adult Learner. 6th Edition. New York: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997.
ATS Standards for Distance Learning, Sections 3 and 10.
http://www.ats.edu/Accrediting/Documents/08GeneralStandards.pdf

Shulman Model

Elements of Andragogy (more in the supplemental materials)

The learner's need to know -- the learner has a practical necessity
The learner's self-concept -- the learner has a sense of his or her own presence in the world and is very self-aware
The learner's prior experiences -- the learner brings to the learning environment a wealth of life experiences that may facilitate his or her learning
The learner's readiness to learn -- the learner that approaches a subject on his or her own has a certain readiness to learn
The learner's orientation to learning -- the learner has developed a particular proclivity towards learning
The learner's motivation -- the learner has an intrinsic motivation

Module Checklist (You'll know you're done with this module when you've completed the following items below.)

Use the Shulman Model to examine one or more of your own courses. See what your current courses have and what elements you could add that would more fully answer the various elements in this taxonomy. Post your work in the Module 3 Discussion Forum.
Listen to David Harrison's Module 3 podcast and post a 100- to 200-word reflection concerning it for posting in the Module 3 discussion forum.
Create a 2- to 3-slide show on anything in PowerPoint and post it in the Module 3 discussion forum.
Participate in a chat session.
Participate in a blog session http://ponotoc2.tripod.com/testjournalism/
Explore Skype, how might you use it in the teaching/learning environment.

If you have not received an email asking for a re-submit of any of the above criteria, please proceed to the next module.

*Module Podcasts for CDLN Certification Course by David J. Harrison are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at www.catholicdistance.org.

Last Updated October 19, 2010. © Catholic Distance Learning Network.