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The Final Not-So-Final Portfolio. Virginia Albing Portfolio Presentation Master of Arts in Adult Education East Carolina University November, 2009. Summary. Personal Philosophy Learning Profile Teaching Profile Samples of Scholarly Writing Selection of Applied Projects
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The Final Not-So-Final Portfolio Virginia Albing Portfolio Presentation Master of Arts in Adult Education East Carolina University November, 2009
Summary • Personal Philosophy • Learning Profile • Teaching Profile • Samples of Scholarly Writing • Selection of Applied Projects • Cultural Competence and Diversity • Example of Technological Proficiency • Plan for Continuing Professional Development • Final Reflection
Personal Philosophy • Predominately progressive • Somewhat humanistic • Adults are problem-centered • Adults want results that can be applied • Adults are self-directed • Adults have interests and goals • Adults use their experiences • Adults are motivated
Summary Quote • Education’s function • Integration of the student into status quo • Practice of freedom • Means by which adults deal critically with their reality • Participation in the transformation of the world • Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paolo Freire
Learning Profile - Childhood • I participated quietly • I was free to explore • I followed the motto, “Live and learn” • I was independent
Learning Profile - Adulthood • Tony Grashaw • “Learning With Style” • Independent learner and participant • Felder and Solomon • “Learning Styles and Strategies” • Visual and global learner
Teaching Profile • Idealist • Facilitator • Teaching involves empathy • Teaching involves creativity
Samples of Scholarly Writing • Bloom’s Taxonomy • Valuable for educators • Levels of learning • Teaching the Disadvantaged and Underrepresented • Valuable for understanding issues
Selection of Applied Projects • Effective teaching experience • Exploratory case study • Both projects: • Opportunity to practice before doing real thing • Opportunity to apply theory
Cultural Competence and Cultural Diversity • Nature of AE is diverse • Nick Zepke: AE incorporates diversity • Different points of view • Different ways of making meaning • Differences of socializing men and women • Differences class, age, developed ability • Differences in race, cultural and religious heritages CulturalNorm
My Technological Proficiency • Blog – short for “Web log” • Personal web site used as journal, diary, or for professional purposes • Internet publishing as alternative • Implications for practice • professional purposes • collaboration with other educators • as instructional technology
Plan for Continuing Professional Development • Advocacy for adult literacy issues • Learning disabilities in adulthood • Credentialing process • Relevant journal articles • Best practices • Activities for sheer joy of learning
Final Reflection Not So • Reinforced ideas I already had • Challenged ideas I already had • Reflected on new ideas • Practiced • What I now know is…