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2010

Adult Education

Teacher Education and Professional Development

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Acting For Transformation: An Esl Teacher And Her Adult Immigrant Students Dramatize The Students’ Life Stories, Dana Horstein Jan 2010

Acting For Transformation: An Esl Teacher And Her Adult Immigrant Students Dramatize The Students’ Life Stories, Dana Horstein

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This paper documents the implementation of a year-long drama project that was conducted with adult immigrant English as a Second Language (ESL) students at Asian Human Services, a community-based organization in Chicago. Throughout the year, during the fall, winter, and spring terms, three classes of students dramatized their life stories. This paper provides background for the project by explaining the history and role of drama in language education. It also considers the teacher’s motivations for the project and its design; its ultimate challenges and successes; as well as the insights that it provides about what it means to be a …


Adult Educators As Hrd Trainer, Moderator And Coach. Experiences Of A Chair For Andragogy In Bamberg., Jost Reischmann Jan 2010

Adult Educators As Hrd Trainer, Moderator And Coach. Experiences Of A Chair For Andragogy In Bamberg., Jost Reischmann

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On occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Department for Andragogy at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade the lectures learned at the Chair of Andragogy at Bamberg University, Germany, throughout three decades of researching, teaching, and developing in the academic field of Andragogy are summarized.The focus is on the development of professional experts ("change agents"), the needed competencies, the curriculum, and the workplaces of the graduates. These experiences will be helpful for better planning of the future professional development of adult educators and to look forward to the strengths and challenges of the profession to be served in the …