Teaching and Training Adults (TATA)
Issued on: 16.12.2019
Earner: Kristen Borland
This program is for anyone interested in teaching and training in industry and/or an academic environment. It is designed to develop the skills and knowledge of novices and refine the skills of current practitioners. Each course emphasizes principles involved in the adult learning process. Group process, active participation, and learning by doing are stressed. The skills, ideas, expertise, and knowledge of the participants are utilized as key resources in learning about instructing adults.
In order to achieve this badge, the learner must complete the 6 mandatory and 2 elective courses. In addition, they are required to submit a final summary reflection within three weeks of program completion.
The purpose of this submission is to summarize the reflections on what they have learned in each of the completed modules. Badge earners are encouraged to reflect on how they can develop and increase their effectiveness as an instructor, rather than simply list the content of the modules.
Criteria
In order to achieve this badge, the learner must complete the 6 mandatory and 2 elective courses. In addition, they are required to submit a final summary reflection within three weeks of program completion.
The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:
- apply adult learning principles to the development and delivery of a lesson plan;
- engage learners to improve motivation, performance and goal achievement;
- select and implement a variety of teaching methods to facilitate adult learning;
- construct formative and summative methods to assess learning outcomes;
- develop and demonstrate an educational philosophy for continuous teaching and learning.