成人教育课程概述
Are you an education professional or practitioner looking to impact the lives of adult learners? 亚什兰的米.Ed. 成人教育 will help you advance the practice of learning and teaching to increase adult achievement.
While there are 50 million youth enrolled in the U.S. K-12教育体系, there are over 250 million adults who are increasingly seeking formal, 终身学习:
- 健康和福利.
- 经济和劳动力问题.
- Encore职业发展.
- 文化和第二语言语境.
You will learn how to design and implement a range of curricula and programs for adult learners and to provide solutions for adult learners facing challenges in educational growth and professional development. You’ll be able to help them redefine the boundaries of their potential and find their life's calling.
课程
M.Ed. 成人教育 is a 30-credit-hour program. The 15-hour graduate core meets the national standards for 研究生 Programs 成人教育.
查看 学术目录 或者是 M.Ed. 在成人教育计划检查表 完整的学位要求.
样本课程:
- 成人教育教学方法
- The History and Philosophy of Adult Education
- Adult Training and Development in the Workplace
- Program Planning and Management 成人教育
- 成人发展，连续性和变化
- Capstone Inquiry Seminar or Thesis Capstone
用同源词定制你的学位
除核心18学分外, students are required to complete a cognate area of specialization.
The 12-hour cognate of your choice allows you to personalize your degree. You can also design your own career-focused cognate with faculty advising.
职业前景
The Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that employment opportunities in adult education will increase by more than 21% through 2025 and beyond. This is linked, in part, to emerging trends in the U.S. 这包括:
- The need for adults to develop skills for encore careers due to technological and economic changes in society.
- The increasing migration of second language residents to the U.S.，以及美国.S. adult populations migrating globally due to workforce issues.
- The emergence of health and wellness concerns related to the U.S. adult population that implicate rising healthcare costs.
Each of these trends is associated with the need for formal adult education and training programs and a necessary rise in the number of trained educators and education leaders in adult education work settings.