scholarly journals The Significance of Adult Educators’ Mentoring in the Application of Experiential and Participatory Teaching Techniques

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Marios Koutsoukos ◽  
Konstantina Kiriatzakou ◽  
Iosif Fragoulis ◽  
Efthymios Valkanos
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Adult Educators ◽  
Teaching Techniques ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Research Mentoring ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Effective Use

The main objective of this research is to investigate the significance of adult educators’ mentoring in the application of experiential and participatory teaching techniques. Bearing in mind that teaching techniques play a major role in adult education, emphasis is given on examining whether adult educators need mentoring for a more effective implementation of these techniques. More specifically, the study focuses on researching a sample of 337 educators’ opinions concerning the extent they need mentoring and in which particularly teaching techniques. According to participants in the research, mentoring process has a significant impact on the effective use of experiential and participatory teaching techniques. Thus, research findings indicate that mentoring can become a useful tool for enhancing their knowledge and skills helping them become “better educators”.

scholarly journals THE INTEGRATION OF EXPERIENTIAL TECHNIQUES IN ADULT EDUCATION AND THE FACTORS INFLUENCING THEIR ADOPTION

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 371-386
Author(s):  
Gogola Angeliki ◽  
Moustakas Loukas
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Vocational Training ◽  
National Level ◽  
Adult Educators ◽  
Work Characteristics ◽  
Teaching Techniques ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Experiential Teaching ◽  
Experiential Techniques ◽  
The Individual

The present research is a quantitative approach to the experiential learning provided in adult education. It focuses on the investigation of the experiential teaching techniques adopted and applied by adult educators at Vocational Training Institutes (VTI), based on their individual and work characteristics. The sample consisted of 317 instructors of public and private VTI, which was a product of inventory sampling, and was conducted at national level. A standard questionnaire, that was prepared for the needs of this research was used as a research tool. The results of the research are presented through descriptive, but also inductive statistical methods and confirm that adult educators use a variety of experiential teaching techniques in their work, with some of them being more preferred than others that seem to be less popular. In addition, the individual-work characteristics of educators affect, in some cases, the degree and intensity with which they utilize some experiential techniques, during the teaching process.

Digital Games for Online Adult Education

2010 ◽  
pp. 212-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammet Demirbilek
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Adult Learning ◽  
Digital Games ◽  
Adult Educators ◽  
Game Based Learning ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Electronic Games ◽  
And Training ◽  
Pedagogical Approaches

Digital games are a strong motivating and engaging factor in adult learning. When students are engaged in the learning process, they learn and retain more. Engagement can come though emotion, relaxation, and especially through fun. This chapter provides guidance to online adult educators searching for ways to use digital games more effectively in their practice and give an overview of pedagogical approaches to digital games in online training and learning. In addition, benefits and pitfalls associated with using digital games in online adult education and general attributes of digital games are provided. The purpose of this chapter is to highlight the potential of digital games in online Adult education. Therefore, it will be a useful reference for teachers with an interest in the use of digital game based learning for online Adult teaching and training. It is expected that this chapter helps educators make the most effective use of the electronic games available today, offering expert guidance on digital games to serve the needs of all Adult learners.

Why A Doc With a Dip Doc?

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-34
Author(s):  
Catherine Morley
Keyword(s):  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Visual Arts ◽  
Documentary Film ◽  
Eating Behaviour ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Time Out ◽  
Power Differentials ◽  
Research Findings

In 2007, when I began studies toward two diplomas, one in textile arts, and one in documentary film this seeming ‘change of focus’ prompted questions from dietetics and research colleagues: Was I changing careers? What did visual arts and film have to do with dietetics and research? In addition to personal reasons for these studies, I wanted ‘time out’ from consulting and research to develop my knowledge and skills in these artforms, and to explore them as means to broaden the reach of research findings. In this article, I discuss the potential for film and visual arts in dietetics practice and education. Arts-based inquiry and practice offer ways to disrupt power differentials, to question what counts as knowledge and whose/what voices ought to count, to invite reflections on and conversations about meanings imbedded in food and in eating behaviour, and to integrate this knowledge into collaborative, client-centred approaches to nutrition education.

Migrants and the Labor Market: The Role and Tasks of Adult Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-39
Author(s):  
Tetyana Kloubert ◽  
Chad Hoggan
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Adult Education ◽  
Adult Educators ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Integration Process ◽  
Multiple Forms ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Successful Integration

The process of migration to a new country brings with it a host of challenges, and therefore also learning needs. Some countries have systems in place to facilitate the transition of migrants into society, often including adult education programs. Those programs, however, cannot be effective if blithely designed in ignorance of the interrelationship between established systems for facilitating integration and the experiences of migrants during the integration process. Focusing on the transition into the labor market and drawing on the expertise of adult educators who work in these systems in Germany, this article explores several stumbling blocks that make a successful integration for migrants more difficult and describes three strategies to address them: challenging the logic of the labor market, dealing with failure, and acknowledging multiple forms of discrimination. The analysis of Germany can provide insights that are useful in other national contexts.

The Intersection of Confucianism and Western Teaching in Taiwanese Adult Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 47-61
Author(s):  
Viktor Wang ◽  
Geraldine Torrisi-Steele ◽  
Shuyan Li ◽  
Pi-Chi Han
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Adult Education ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Significant Feature ◽  
Adult Educators ◽  
Teaching Approaches ◽  
Subsequent Evolution ◽  
National Economic ◽  
National Economic Development

Adult education is a significant feature of the Taiwanese education landscape and is recognized as significantly contributing to national economic development. Given the importance of adult education in Taiwan, an investigation of teaching approaches and an understanding of interplay of teaching approaches with Taiwanese culture is worthwhile because such investigations provide a platform for reflection and subsequent evolution of teaching approaches. In the present article, the authors delve into the heritage of Taiwan to explore teaching practices from the standpoint of the teachings of Confucius and Western teaching approaches. Data were collected via survey of 39 randomly selected adult educators from premium universities in Tapai along with interviews. The results point to the persistent dominance of Confucian instructional methods despite some use of Western teaching approaches.

FEATURES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL QUALITIES OF UNIVERSITY TEACHERS

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-93
Author(s):  
G.T. Dakina ◽  
◽  
G.A. Zhumakulova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
School Teacher ◽  
Teacher Educator ◽  
Professional Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Pedagogical Skills ◽  
Personal Qualities ◽  
Comprehensive Indicator

A modern university teacher is not only a teacher, educator, organizer of students ' activities, researcher of the pedagogical process, consultant, educator, who constantly improves the level of his professionalism and pedagogical skills, leads a creative search for new things. A comprehensive indicator that characterizes the quality of the performance of its functions is professionalism. The professionalism of the higher school teacher consists in the effective implementation of the system of professional knowledge and skills. The article discusses the features of the development of professional and personal qualities of University teachers.

scholarly journals THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PEER FEEDBACK TECHNIQUE TO TEACH WRITING VIEWED FROM STUDENTS’ CREATIVITY

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andianto -
Keyword(s):  
Random Sampling ◽  
Peer Feedback ◽  
Teacher Feedback ◽  
Teaching Techniques ◽  
Writing Ability ◽  
Teaching Technique ◽  
Tenth Grade ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Multifactor Analysis ◽  
Cluster Random Sampling

The objectives of the research are to examine whether: (1) Peer Feedback Technique is more effective than Teacher Feedback Technique to teach writing for the tenth grade students of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Metro; (2) the students having high creativity have better writing ability than those having low creativity for the tenth grade students of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Metro; and (3) there is an interaction between teaching techniques and students’ creativity to teach writing for the tenth grade students of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Metro. The method applied in this research was an experimental study. It was conducted at the tenth grade students of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Metro. It consists of six classes. The Samples were two classes of six classes chosen by using cluster random sampling. Each class was divided into two groups (the students having high and low students’ creativity). The data were analyzed by using Multifactor Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) test of 2 x 2 and Tuckey test. Based on the data analysis, there are some research findings that can be drawn. They are (1) Peer Feedback Technique is more effective than Teacher Feedback Technique to teach writing for the tenth grade students of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Metro; (2) the students having high creativity have better writing ability than those having low creativity; (3) there is an interaction between teaching techniques and students’ creativity to teach writing in which Peer Feedback Technique is more appropriate to teach writing for students having high creativity and Teacher Feedback Technique is more appropriate to teach writing for students having low creativity. In short, the effect of teaching technique depends on students’ creativity.

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