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Adult Education
Some of the seats in these courses are reserved for students in the Adult Education program. If there is space, other students are welcome to register providing they receive permission from the Adult Education department. The department offers at least one course per semester via online media.

ADED 2003 credits
Portfolio Development for Prior Learning Assessment
Prerequisite(s): None
An introduction to the concept of prior learning assessment and recognition (PLAR) and its relationship to lifelong learning. Major emphasis will be placed on one of the methods used to assess prior learning -- the portfolio method. In the context of your educational goals, you will prepare a comprehensive written portfolio which identifies and documents your prior learning. The finished portfolio subsequently may be used to request PLA credit toward a post-secondary program. Because assessing institutions require portfolios to be well-written and well-organized, you should have strong writing and organization skills. We recommend Adult Education program students enrol in this course only after completing at least six Adult Education credits.

ADED 2103 credits
Foundations of Adult Education
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in an Adult Education program; students in other degree or diploma programs can contact the department for permission to enter.
This course provides an introduction to the principles and practices of the field of adult education. It gives a common foundation of knowledge about adult education to all students in the ADED program, as well as providing an introduction to adult education to students in other UFV programs.

ADED 3053 credits
Portfolio Development
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in an Adult Education program.
A professional portfolio is a structured narrative with the purpose of reflecting critically on individual conceptions of teaching and learning with respect to future educational and career development. In this course, students will be introduced to the process of portfolio development and will create their own portfolios. This course is required for students applying for Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) credit in the BA Adult Education program.
Note: Students with credit for ADED 330O cannot take this course for further credit.

ADED 3103 credits
Introduction to Adult Education
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in an Adult Education program; 30 credits including ADED 210; one of ENGL 105, CMNS 125, or CMNS 155; and one of CMNS 251, ENGL 120, ENGL 150, or ENGL 170.
This course surveys the philosophical and historical foundation of adult education, its methods and approaches, its organizations, and issues confronting contemporary adult education practice.

ADED 3203 credits
Adult Learning
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in an Adult Education program.
This course will orient students to adult learning, develop understanding of some theoretical perspectives, and provide an opportunity for consideration of implications for practice. Topics include selected theories and concepts of adult development, selected theories regarding circumstances and processes of adult learning, and characteristics of adults as learners.

ADED 3303 credits
Special Topics in Adult Education
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the BA Adult Education program, or instructor's permission
Course offerings under this heading will supplement regular program offerings by examining selected and emergent topics in adult education. Intermittent offerings will be determined by availability of faculty, resources, and learner interest. Contact program or refer to published timetables for current offerings.

ADED 3403 credits
Program Planning and Evaluation
Prerequisite(s): None. ADED 320 is strongly recommended.
Corequisite(s): None
Pre- or corequisite(s): None
This course will provide a basis for responsible, reflective program planning practice by introducing participants to key concepts, principles, and issues in program planning processes, and to the diverse settings in which those processes are carried out. The course will emphasize the development of a critical perspective. Through study of recent theory and actual cases, participants will assess the extent to which educational program planning is an important site in the struggle over the definition, sources, and purposes of legitimate knowledge.

ADED 3454 credits
Instructional Skills for the Workplace
Prerequisite(s): 30 credits of university-level courses, including 3 credits of CMNS or ENGL. The
Communications department strongly recommends taking, CMNS 251 or CMNS 235.

This course provides an opportunity to design and teach lessons to diverse audiences in three domains (psychomotor, affective, cognitive) using a variety of media and strategies. Students prepare, deliver, and debrief three short mini-lessons using a variety of instructional practices, technologies, and evaluation techniques for conducting workplace training.

Note: Some public speaking skills are assumed in this course.

This course is offered as CMNS 345 and ADED 345. Students may take only one of these for credit.

ADED 3503 credits
Storytelling and the Reflective Practitioner
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in an Adult Education program; 30 credits including ADED 210, one of (ENGL 105, CMNS 125, or CMNS 155), and one of (CMNS 251, ENGL 120, ENGL 150, or ENGL 170); and one of ADED 310, ADED 320, or ADED 360.
This course will introduce learners to the theories and practices of using stories as a method for reflecting on adult education practice, although story-telling is used for any reflection-oriented attempt to make meaning. The course content will explore common theories of teaching, learning, and story-telling, and participants will have opportunities to reflect on their experiences through stories.

ADED 3603 credits
Adult Education in the Canadian Context: History and Trends
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in an Adult Education program; 30 credits including ADED 210, one of (ENGL 105, CMNS 125, or CMNS 155), and one of (CMNS 251, ENGL 120, ENGL 150, or ENGL 170).
Adult education in Canada operates within a diverse field of educational perspectives and within a complex public policy realm, shared between federal and provincial or territorial governments. This course examines the practices, vocation, and trends of the field within the context of historical, social, political, and economic influences. We examine ways in which formal, non-formal, and informal adult education practices shape and are shaped by this milieu.

ADED 3653 credits
History of Aboriginal Adult Education in Canada
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in an Adult Education program; 30 credits including ADED 210, one of (ENGL 105, CMNS 125, or CMNS 155), and one of (CMNS 251, ENGL 120, ENGL 150, or ENGL 170); and one of ADED 310, ADED 320, or ADED 360.
Aboriginal, indigenous, status, non-status, and Metis adult learners often challenge the principles and practices of mainstream adult education in Canada. This course focuses on the history of aboriginal adult education in Canada. Beginning with an understanding of the holistic approaches to education practised by North American tribal peoples prior to 1400 ce, the course content includes educational policies and practices since the 1830s in Canada specifically, with relevant references to adult education practices in Australia, New Zealand, South America, and Finland; the development of the residential school systems in Canada; the government education policies of the mid and late 1900s; Indian Control of Indian Education as a social movement; the development of Indian Friendship Centres; the issues of 'Aboriginal learning styles'; and the emergence of indigenous adult and higher education institutions.

ADED 3703 credits
Guided Independent Study
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in an Adult Education program; 30 credits including ADED 210, one of (ENGL 105, CMNS 125, or CMNS 155), and one of (CMNS 251, ENGL 120, ENGL 150, or ENGL 170); permission of the course coordinator.
The course consists of a supervised, research and/or field-based activity through which students will either diversify their experience base or refine and deepen their understanding of selected areas in adult education. The course offers an opportunity to integrate, and apply theories and practices. Students must complete a learning contract with the course coordinator prior to registration.

ADED 3803 credits
Educational Technologies
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in an Adult Education program; 30 credits including ADED 210, one of (ENGL 105, CMNS 125, or CMNS 155), and one of (CMNS 251, ENGL 120, ENGL 150, or ENGL 170); and one of ADED 310, ADED 320, or ADED 360.
This course prepares students to select, implement, and evaluate appropriate technologies for the education of adult learners. Emphasis is placed on the application of adult learning theories and principles to educational technologies in global contexts. Technologies to be discussed include presentation software; interactive television/video; audio- and video-conferencing; distributed learning strategies; computer-mediated communication; and internet-based learning environments, such as weblogs, podcasts, interactive websites, and electronic discussion groups.

ADED 3903 credits
Selecting, Evaluating, and Using Adult Education Research
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in an Adult Education program; 30 credits including ADED 210, one of (ENGL 105, CMNS 125, or CMNS 155), and one of (CMNS 251, ENGL 120, ENGL 150, or ENGL 170).
This course will involve a survey and examination of past and current research in the disciplines related to education in general, and adult education in particular. It will include an examination of research perspectives, methods of inquiry, research trends, and interests served. Students will be encouraged to build skills in summarizing and critiquing research reports by identifying a researchable issue and conducting a related literature review.

ADED 4053 credits
Diversity in Adult Education Contexts
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in an Adult Education program; 30 credits including ADED 210, one of (ENGL 105, CMNS 125, or CMNS 155), and one of (CMNS 251, ENGL 120, ENGL 150, or ENGL 170).
This course provides participants with the opportunity to explore various dimensions of diversity — age, race, class, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, ability, and gender — and the effects of these on learning: to critically examine dominant attitudes toward diversity in the Canadian context; to reflect on their own beliefs; to examine the implications of exclusion and inclusion in adult education practice; and to create inclusive learning environments.

ADED 4073 credits
Organizational and Workplace Learning: Reflections of Practice
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in an Adult Education program.
This course examines the concepts of workplace learning and the learning organization, and reflects on their meaning and validity within the contexts of students’ professional and organizational lives. The course emphasizes the application of these concepts within real workplaces. The learning environment will be used as a place to collaboratively investigate learning, drawing upon course readings and each student’s experience in their own working life.

Note: Students with credit for ADED 330F cannot take this course for further credit.

ADED 4083 credits
Assessing Adult Learning
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in an Adult Education program.
This course is based on a holistic view of assessment as part of the teaching and learning process. Assessment issues will be presented from several perspectives, including assessment techniques to assess adults’ prior learning, assessment in specific program areas such as adult basic education and workplace learning, and self-reflection and self-assessment. Both formative and summative assessment will be considered. Students will be encouraged to design relevant and appropriate assessment for their own practices.

Note: Students with credit for ADED 330N cannot take this course for further credit.

ADED 4103 credits
Adult Education and Social Change
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in an Adult Education program; 30 credits including ADED 210, one of (ENGL 105, CMNS 125, or CMNS 155), and one of (CMNS 251, ENGL 120, ENGL 150, or ENGL 170).
Rapid economic and social change creates new areas of practice, and social policy creates new groups of learners. This course provides an understanding of social change, a critical examination of competing perspectives on the role of adult education in social change, and on the influence of these perspectives on practice. It also addresses the effects of social change on the field of adult education itself.

ADED 4203 credits
Adult Education in the Global Context
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in an Adult Education program; 30 credits including ADED 210, one of (ENGL 105, CMNS 125, or CMNS 155), and one of (CMNS 251, ENGL 120, ENGL 150, or ENGL 170); and one of ADED 310, ADED 360, ADED 410, SOC 101, SOC 250, ANTH 102, ANTH 220, POSC 110, or POSC 120
The delivery and the structure of adult education have evolved very differently from country to country, and are increasingly affected by international organizations and other interests. Using a variety of program and policy examples, this course provides comparative and international perspectives on the history and the philosophical, socio-economic, and political foundations of adult education.

ADED 4303 credits
Administration of Adult Education
Prerequisite(s): Nine UFV ADED credits
The administration of adult education in institutions, community agencies, and private consulting is a specialized and complex management function. In this course you will examine concepts such as organizational planning, coordination, marketing, financing, and staffing, and learn how these concepts are applied to the administration and management of adult education. Special emphasis will be given to the idea of leadership.

ADED 4413 credits
Postcolonial Literatures and Adult Education
Prerequisite(s): Nine upper-level ADED credits
This course engages the issues that arise when educators use literature outside the canon of English literature, especially what is referred to as diasporic or postcolonial literatures. Doing so without creating the spectre of the “Other” in Edward Said’s terms is difficult; defending the revisionist curriculum is also difficult. Participants will have the opportunity to read selected texts and determine how these texts might be used in an inter-cultural context, especially teaching English as an additional language, adult basic education, and lifelong learning.

ADED 4454 credits
Facilitating Skills for the Workplace
Prerequisite(s): CMNS 345, or 45 university-level credits including CMNS 235 or CMNS 280
Facilitation is a core competency for working in and effectively managing learners, teams, groups, and committees. The facilitator leads by providing skills, guiding discussions, and encouraging the group to reach their own conclusions. The facilitator works collaboratively with the group and empowers them to identify their own goals and plans. The student will develop and apply effective approaches when facilitating for a variety of diverse group situations and workplace learning communities.
Note: Some public speaking skills are assumed in this course.
This course is offered as CMNS 445 and ADED 445. Students may take only one of these for credit.

ADED 4463 credits
Popular Education
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in an Adult Education program; 30 credits including ADED 210, one of (ENGL 105, CMNS 125, or CMNS 155), and one of (CMNS 251, ENGL 120, ENGL 150, or ENGL 170); and ADED 410 and three other ADED credits.
This course will be of interest to students currently working or preparing to work for progressive social change in community settings around such concerns as poverty, health, labour, racism, peace, native self-government, environment, women's equality, community economic development, fair trade practices, food distribution, and media literacy. The course uses a collective adult learning approach as an alternative or adjunct to purely political action or to individual empowerment and healing models. Photo novels, radio, popular theatre, participatory research, and study circles are examples of alternative approaches that will be studied. This course emphasizes the essential philosophical foundation of these alternative methods. Students practice skills required for the practical application of these methods in international and local settings. The course explores the possibilities of adult education as a means of emancipation rather than domination.

ADED 4703 credits
Synthesis Project in Adult Education
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in an Adult Education program; 30 credits including ADED 210; one of ENGL 105, CMNS 125, or CMNS 155; and one of CMNS 251, ENGL 120, ENGL 150, or ENGL 170; permission of the course coordinator.
This course provides an opportunity for learners near the conclusion of their program of study to integrate concepts, philosophies, and knowledge of the field through preparation of a major paper or other approved project. Students’ work in ADED 470 is conducted within the context of an individual student learning contract. Students must arrange a contract with the course coordinator prior to registration.

ADED 4713 credits
Synthesis Project in Adult Education - Extension
Pre- or corequisite(s): ADED 470
This course represents a concurrent or consecutive expansion/enhancement of work undertaken in ADED 470. This course would be undertaken subject to faculty availability.

ADED 4723 credits
Professional Portfolio for the Reflective Practitioner
Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in an Adult Education program; 30 credits including ADED 210, one of (ENGL 105, CMNS 125, or CMNS 155), and one of (CMNS 251, ENGL 120, ENGL 150, or ENGL 170).
In this portfolio-based course, students will integrate skills, concepts, philosophies, and knowledge of the field into a congruent professional identity. A professional portfolio is a structured narrative with the purpose of reflecting critically on individual conceptions of teaching and learning with respect to future educational and career development. The reflective process of portfolio development will enable students to examine the principles and theories that guide their work and to understand reflection's key role in ethical and principled practice.

Note: Students with credit for ADED 330M cannot take this course for further credit.

ADED 4803 credits
Seminar in Adult Education Issues
Prerequisite(s): Nine upper-level ADED credits
This intermittent offering will provide opportunities to address, as they arise, particular emerging issues or areas of controversy in the field of adult education practice and/or study. Particular offerings will depend upon availability of faculty resources, trends in the field, and learner interest. Example of current offerings include Ethics in Adult Education, and Political & Social Dimensions of Workforce Training. Contact the department for current offerings.

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