This hasn't been an easy week and the semester hasn't even started :-(
After much deliberation - I thought I was ready with my book choice (drum roll please): The Tao of Teaching by Greta Nagel. I seem to be on a zen - ageless wisdom track. I seem to have gotten better at figuring out metaphors or have I just stopped overanalyzing and followed my gut reaction?
Fortunately as an AET student entering my third semester, I really do know that Leann is reasonable. When she states in the course syllabus, "Select a book from the list below, or if you have a recommendation based on your area of interest you can submit the title and a brief abstract to the instructor for approval." she really means it :-).
My prior coursework to date has highlighted the importance of dialogue in the exchange between teacher and learner. I've skirted around the idea; but have not delved deeply into the realm of dialogue and its implications on learning. I'd begun a book by Jane Vella that was on a reading list from last semester. As with similar earlier blog posts - it was added to my 'will read later' list. Later is now - and with Leann's permission I will be using Learning to Listen Learning to Teach as my book selection.
As the syllabus states, "Your written analysis of the book should discuss the relationship between the book content and adult education. The requirements for the analysis are purposely open-ended in order to allow you to think and write about an area that is the most useful for your own situation." My own situation to further my understanding and application is delving deeper into 'the power of dialogue in educating adults'.
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I know that this semester is going to be challenging for all of us.
ReplyDeleteThere is a sense of dialogue - of meaning-making that becomes extremely important when teaching the adult population. They need to make some sort of sense with what we are providing them.