Course code

KAN6026.HR

old course code

KAN6026

Course title in Estonian

Õppimine täiskasvanueas

Course title in English

Learning in Adulthood

ECTS credits

5.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

Core subject, its objective is to discuss special features and varieties of learning processes in adulthood to show the importance of oneself and cooperation in the context of success, to focus on resources in adult learning.

Brief description of the course

Essence of learning in adulthood, application of different learning theories in adulthood. Modern definitions of adult learning processes. Different learners and the effectiveness of different learning styles. Functional communication in a learning process. Skill to use learners inner potential: adaptation, specification of interests, feedback. Relating the study process to previous experience. An adult learner as a manager of his/her own study process. Teachers-adult educators role in leading and supporting adult education. Opportunities to make learning more efficient. Evaluation, reflection in the study process. Development of an adult learner into a subject of self-development.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- is able to differentiate between different contexts and situations of adult learning;
- understands the specific features and possibilities of adult learning in different contexts and situations;
- is able to plan, conduct and evaluate a phenomenological research about the experience of adult learning.

Teacher

Katrin Karu, PhD

The course is a prerequisite

Study programmes containing that course

Adult Education (KAANB/15.HR)
Vocational Pedagogy (KAKPB/15.HR)
Adult Education (KAANB/14.HR)
Liberal Arts in Social Sciences (KKLSB/13.YK)
Adult Education (KAANB/13.HR)
Adult Education (KAANB/12.HR)
Liberal Arts in Social Sciences (KKLSB/12.YK)
Liberal Arts in Social Sciences (KKLSB/11_1.YK)
Adult Education (KAANB/11.HR)
Liberal Arts in Social Sciences (KKLSB/11.YK)
Adult Education (KAANB/10.HR)
Adult Education (KAANB/09.HR)