TLÜ ÕIS

Learning in Youth and Adulthood

Course code

KAN6085.HR

old course code

Course title in Estonian

Õppimine nooruki- ja täiskasvanueas

Course title in English

Learning in Youth and Adulthood

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Kaire Povilaitis (language of instruction:Estonian)

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

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

Course aims

The student has a knowledge-based readiness to support adolescent and adult learning.

Brief description of the course

Life story, life transitions and development of youth and adults. Lifelong learning, life-encompassing and deep life learning. Theories of learning of youth and during adulthood. Researching the learning of youth and adults. Youth and adults as students (including diversity - special needs, multiculturalism) and learning as an adult. Learning contexts (including work) of youth and adults. Learning in formal, informal, non-formal situations (historical, socio-cultural and psychosocial and the individual's perspectiv).
The emphasis on learning content may vary by 20% for listed topics and activities according to the learning needs of a particular group.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- distinguishes between different life periods and transitions, learning contexts and situations of youth and adults;
- systematically explains the main theoretical approaches to the learning of youth and adults;
- analyses youth and adults as students (including students with special needs) and their specific learning characteristics and opportunities in different contexts and situations;
- analyses the relationship between youth and adult learning and sociocultural and psychological phenomena (culture, environment, race, class, gender, disability, etc.).

Teacher

Kaire Povilaitis, MA

The course is a prerequisite

Practice I (KAN6102.HR)
Social and Group Learning (KAN6110.HR)

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