Adult Education Journals

There are a wide variety of educational journals out there and many that focus on adult education. I will continue to look for additional journals to add to my journal listing in the sidebar of my blog. Several of the ones that I have listed were used for my Reading Journal readings.

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Searching for “Adult Education”

Sometimes you don’t get what you expect when you are typing “Adult Education” into a Google search box.

For all of us old-timers out there (or should that be experienced adult learners?):

I couldn’t resist adding something that wasn’t educational. Enjoy!

(P.S. Please don’t try watching this on a dial-up connection!)

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Learning Activity 6 – Analysis and Site Study of the Cumberland Regional Adult Education Program

For this learning activity, I visited the Cumberland Regional Adult Education Program (CRAEP). The Luther P. Jackson Adult Education Center, built with tobacco settlement monies, is attached to the career and technical center at Cumberland High School. It features a contemporary architectural style and includes two computer labs (currently used by high school students during the day), a large classroom that can be subdivided into two smaller separate rooms with technological capabilities in each, the program manager’s office and a reception area with restrooms and storage. The center was built and the adult program designed with a positive learning environment in mind and satisfies all of the criteria on Supplement S of the learning activity.

 

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Learning Activity 4 – Zinn Philosophy Inventory

Zinn Adult Education Philosophy Inventory for Lisa

Upon completing the Zinn Philosophy of Adult Education Inventory, I found how to interpret the results online. According to the website,

Your highest score reflects the philosophy which is closest to your own beliefs, your lowest score reflects a philosophy that is least like yours. There is no “wrong” or “right” philosophy. . . . Note that a score of 95-105 indicates a strong agreement with a given philosophy. . . (Hiemstra, n.d., p. 38)

I found that my two high scores of 97 indicate that my philosophy is dualistic between Behaviorist and Progressive theories of adult education. Even the idea of sharing two philosophies is not unusual. Again, the website says:

Most educators have a clear primary philosophical orientation, or share two that are stronger than others . . . (Hiemstra, n.d., p. 38).

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