EDAE 520 - Adult Education

Philosophical foundations, a description of program service areas, adult participation trends, and current issues.

This course can be applied towards:

• Adult Education and Training (AET) (M.Ed.)
• Agricultural Extension Education (M.Agr.)
• Literacy Instruction Authorization Training

Textbooks and Materials

Textbooks and materials can be purchased at the CSU Bookstore unless otherwise indicated.

Required

• American Psychological Association, 6th Ed. (2009)
  ISBN: 978-1433805615
  Not available at the CSU Bookstore
• Experience & Education (1938)
  J. Dewey
  ISBN: 0-684-83828-1
• Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education (2010)
  Carol E. Kasworm, Amy D. Rose & Jovita M. Ross-Gordon
  ISBN: 9781412960502

Instructors

Don Quick
(970) 491-4683
donq@lamar.colostate.edu

Graduate Faculty in the School of Education. Ph.D. in Education and Human Resource Studies Specialization: Interdisciplinary Studies, Adult Learning in Higher Education.

Learn more at: http://soe.cahs.colostate.edu/FacultyStaff/DonQuick/

Leann Kaiser
leann.kaiser@colostate.edu

Dr. Leann M.R. Kaiser is an Assistant Professor in the School of Education, Adult Education and Training Program, at Colorado State University. She graduated from the University of Wyoming with her Ph.D. in Adult and Post Secondary Education. She also holds a B.S. from the University of Wyoming and an M.S. from Arizona State University, both in outdoor education/recreation.

Leann’s research interests encompass adult teaching and learning theory, transformational learning, minimum impact education programming, and distance student educational experiences.

Leann has taught at the post secondary level since 2001 in the fields of adult education and outdoor education. With CSU she has focused most of her teaching in the online M.Ed. program. Additional professional experiences include work in natural resource education programming and public land management.

Tobin Lopes
tobin.lopes@gmail.com

Tobin has more than 14 years of experience in workforce education and development. Most recently he developed the curriculum and academics for an executive level hybrid graduate program along with being a workforce policy analyst for the City and County of Denver. His passions are his wife, Brenda, and his children, Ezri and Zachary. He holds a PhD in Workforce Education and Development with a minor in Applied Statistics from The Pennsylvania State University, an M.Ed. in Adult Education and Training from Colorado State University, and a B.A. in Mathematics from Claremont McKenna College. Tobin's research interests include evaluation and assessment, hybrid learning and teaching methods for adults, career development, and quantitative research methods.