Critical Reflection in Adult Education & Learning: issues of meaning-making and transformation of human experience
| Title | Ο ΡΟΛΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΚΡΙΤΙΚΟΥ ΣΤΟΧΑΣΜΟΥ ΣΤΗ ΜΑΘΗΣΗ ΚΑΙ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΗ ΕΝΗΛΙΚΩΝ / Critical Reflection in Adult Education & Learning: issues of meaning-making and transformation of human experience |
| Code | Π1811 |
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| School | Philosophy and Education |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate, 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Coordinator | Georgios Zarifis |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 280009247 |
Programme of Study: UPS School of Philosophy and Education (2011-today)
Registered students: 50
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core | Compulsory courses beloging to the selected specialisation | Winter/Spring | - | 6 |
| Pedagogic | Compulsory courses beloging to the selected specialisation | Winter/Spring | - | 6 |
| Academic Year | 2021 – 2022 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600189553
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Course Type 2021
Specialization / Direction
Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
- Skills Development
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600189553
- OpenCourses (eClass): http://eclass.auth.gr/courses/OCRS122/
- Other: http://www.gkzarifis.com/WEBPROTECT-ugcoursep1811.htm
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
- English (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
Required Courses
- ΕΙΣΠ100 Introduction to Pedagogy
- Π1807 Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning: theory & practice
- ΣΧΠΙ400 Education and Schooling
- ΣΧΠΙΙ400 School Education II (curriculum and other pedagogical texts, resources and practices)
General Prerequisites
The course is offered only to students of the Department of Education and incoming Erasmus students from Universitites and/or Faculties/Departments with pedagogical/educational orientation. A written assignment (up to 3000 words) is a requirement to pass the course.
Learning Outcomes
The students who will successfully complete this course, are expected that they will be able to:
•Familiarize with the basic concepts of reference (critical reflection, transformation, empowerment).
•Understand the difference between these concepts.
•Deconstruct the concept of "critical thinking" in adult education.
•Identifiy the factors that affect the valuation and sense of the human experience.
•Evaluate critical ways for classifying different theoretical approaches relating to critical reflection, transformation and empowerment.
•Leverage the terminology and literature for writing small study for the course.
•Develop a positive attitude towards aid processes of critical reflection in educational environments.
•Develop personal exemplary reports in relation to the way of meaning of experience.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Generate new research ideas
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course explores the role of critical reflection on adult learning and education, as well as the conditions under which it is formulated and its relation to the transformation of the perspective (perspective transformation), empowerment and change. In the course, the concept of critical thinking is aproachd as an ex post facto treaty formulating a theory of learning and adult education, based on different theoretical approaches such as: Dewey, Freire, Kolb & Fry, Mezirow, Brookfield, Boyd, Dirkx, Merriam & Heuer, Cranton and many others, is analysed and discussed. Then critical thinking is connected to the concept of ‘meaning making’, as a process leading to a new revised interpretation of experience and aims to explore personalized system of meanings (expert systems) and thus adult’s growth. Also the correlation between the concept of critical reflection and the concepts of 'critical consciousness' (conscientização) and 'transformative learning', as processes which foreshadow the empowerment of the individual through a review of his experience and aimed at empowering, is discussed in the course. In addition to the theoretical approach to the concept of critical reflection taken, the module focuses on the enhancement of critical thinking in practical terms. It is designed to create a framework for action (empowerment) for adult education, which aims at change and critical consciousness.
Keywords
Adult education and learning, critical thinking, critical reflection, emancipation, transformation, meaning-making
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Multimedia
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Description
Use of the tutor's own platform available at http://www.gkzarifis.com/WEBPROTECT-ugcoursep1811.htm
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seminars | 50 | 2 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Fieldwork | 10 | 0.4 | ✓ | ||
| Reading Assigment | 10 | 0.4 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tutorial | 10 | 0.4 | ✓ | ||
| Project | 30 | 1.2 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Written assigments | 30 | 1.2 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Exams | 10 | 0.4 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Total | 150 | 6 |
Student Assessment
Description
Written assignment of 3000 words for incoming Erasmus students.
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Summative)
- Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Formative)
- Written Assignment (Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative)
- Written Exam with Problem Solving (Formative)
- Report (Formative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Στο συγκεκριμένο μάθημα διανέμεται σχετικό σύγγραμμα με τίτλο "Ο Κριτικός Στοχασμός στη Μάθηση και Εκπαίδευση Ενηλίκων: Θεωρητικές Προσεγγίσεις και Πρακτικές Προεκτάσεις" (Αθήνα, Εκδόσεις Παπαζήση. ISBN: 978-960-02-2349-1). Ο στόχος του συγκεκριμένου βιβλίου –το οποίο αποτελεί μια συλλογική προσπάθεια, και είναι το προϊόν ενός ετήσιου σχεδίου ομαδικής εργασίας (project) με μεταπτυχιακούς φοιτητές και μεταπτυχιακές φοιτήτριες από το Α.Π.Θ και το Πανεπιστήμιο Μακεδονίας– είναι η οριοθέτηση της συζήτησης σχετικά με το ρόλο του κριτικού στοχασμού στη μάθηση και την εκπαίδευση των ενηλίκων, καθώς και του πλαισίου μέσα στο οποίο οργανώνεται η σχετική θεωρία που αφορά κυρίως στον τρόπο με τον οποίο ο κριτικός στοχασμός συνδέεται με την απόδοση νοήματος στην ανθρώπινη εμπειρία (νοηματοδότηση) και τη δημιουργία νέας γνώσης (μετασχηματισμός της εμπειρίας), με στόχο την ενδυνάμωση για την ανάληψη δράσης (αρχικά επικοινωνιακής αλλά στη συνέχεια και χειραφετητικής) που θα επιφέρει την ανάπτυξη και την αλλαγή τόσο σε ατομικό όσο και σε κοινωνικό επίπεδο. Το βιβλίο αποτελείται από δύο μέρη. Το πρώτο μέρος επικεντρώνεται στην παρουσίαση και ανάλυση των σημαντικότερων θεωρητικών προσεγγίσεων στην ερμηνεία του κριτικού στοχασμού, ως ex-post facto (δια)νοητική διαδικασία, δίνοντας ιδιαίτερη έμφαση στη έννοια της νοηματοδότησης (αποκωδικοποίησης κατά τον Freire), ως έννοια «κλειδί» για την οριοθέτηση αυτής της διαδικασίας. Το δεύτερο μέρος επικεντρώνεται στις πρακτικές προεκτάσεις αυτής της (δια)νοητικής διαδικασίας, δίνοντας έμφαση στη άλλη έννοια «κλειδί», αυτή της ενδυνάμωσης, και στη σημασία ανάπτυξης μίας εκπαίδευσης ενηλίκων η οποία θα στοχεύει στη χειραφέτηση.
Ηλεκτρονικές σημειώσεις οι οποίες μπορούν να μεταφορτωθούν από τον ιστοχώρο http://www.gkzarifis.com/WEBPROTECT-ugcoursep1811.htm (πρόσβαση ύστερα από εγγραφή στον ιστοχώρο και μόνο με κωδικό).
Additional bibliography for study
1.Brookfield, S. (1987) Developing critical thinkers: challenging adult to explore alternate ways of thinking and acting, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
2.Brookfield, S. (1993) «Breaking the code : Engaging practitioners in critical analysis of adult education literature» Studies in the Education of Adults, V25, n1, : 64-91.
3.Brookfield, S. (1995). Becoming a critically reflective teacher. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
4.Brookfield, S. (2001) «Repositioning ideology critique in a critical theory of adult learning», Adult Education Quarterly, V52, n1: 7-22.
5.Brookfield, S. (2002α) Overcoming alienation as the practice of adult education: The contribution of Erich Fromm to a critical theory of adult learning and education, Adult Education Quarterly, V52, n2, 96-111.
6.Brookfield, S. (2002 β) Reassessing subjectivity, criticality and inclusivity: Marcuse’s challenge to adult education, Adult Education Quarterly, V52, n4,: 265-180.
7.Brooks, A. K. (1999) Critical reflection as a response to organizational disruption, Advances in Developing Human Resources, n3, :67-97.
8.Carr, W. Kemmis, S. (1986) Becoming critical: Education, knowledge and action research, London: Falmer Press.
9.Courtenay B. C., Merriam S. B. and Reeves P. M. (1996) The centrality of meaning-making in transformational learning: How HIV-positive adults make sense of their lives, Adult education quarterly, 48(2), 65-84.
10.Cranton, P. (1994) Understanding and promoting transformative learning: A guide for educators of adults, San Francisco: Jossey Bass.
11.Dewey, J. (1933) How we think: A restatement of the relation of reflective thinking to the educative process. Boston: Heath & Co.
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