Re-Conceptualizing College and University Teaching through the Lens of Adult Education: Regarding Undergraduates as Adults

Autor/in	Halx, Mark D.
Titel	Re-Conceptualizing College and University Teaching through the Lens of Adult Education: Regarding Undergraduates as Adults
Quelle	In: Teaching in Higher Education, 15 (2010) 5, S.519-530 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1356-2517
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Undergraduate Study; Maturity (Individuals); Adult Education; Critical Thinking; Skill Development; Thinking Skills; Cognitive Ability; Teaching Methods; Higher Education; Adult Students; Academic Achievement; Colleges; Learning Theories; Transformative Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Grundstudium; Reifung; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Kritisches Denken; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Denkfähigkeit; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Schulleistung; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Learning theory; Lerntheorie; Pädagogische Transformation
Abstract	In this paper, I advocate for enhancing critical thinking skill development in undergraduate education by taking advantage of the increased experiential maturity of today's students. I argue that many undergraduates are in fact "adults", by virtue of their age or experiential maturity, and they should be educated as such. Undergraduates who have not yet transitioned into "adulthood" would also benefit greatly from exposure to the adult education teaching techniques that emphasize critical thinking development. The demographics of higher education today demand a reexamination of outdated pedagogical practices. Considering college and university students to be the adults that most of them are, or soon will be, would more effectively educate all of today's undergraduate students. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10