Masters in Adult Education

Advanced Certificate in Training of Trainers

Vol. 2, No. 1, October, 1998                       A Bi-Monthly Newsletter                           Roger Hiemstra, Editor

SPRING TRAINING OF TRAINER'S CONFERENCE

We are very excited to announce the "first" annual Spring Workshop for professional trainers and educators of adults, "New Developments in Training," Saturday, April 17, 1999. Spend a day in Elmira and receive the latest information, knowledge, and techniques on training and educating adults. We are searching out a renowned speaker who will serve as keynoter. Several concurrent sessions will highlight the activities and students are invited to submit proposals to lead a session. This proposal and review process will enable us to provide the best possible training opportunities to participants. Students in the 1998-99 Graduate Certificate program in Elmira and Liverpool will help coordinate the function. A luncheon and closing reception are included during which those eligible receive their graduate certificates. So mark your calendars for this excellent training opportunity and tell your work colleagues, too. More information will follow in subsequent newsletters and mailings.

WINTER TERM COURSES (All classes meet January 11-April 17, 1999, unless otherwise stated.)

Liverpool-OCM BOCES

AED 5005-59 Admin. in Adult Educ. Organizations, 3 cr., John Burns, Fridays 5-10 pm and Saturdays 8 am-5pm

February 26-27, March 12-13, & March 26-27

AED 5074-59 Training/Trainers: Characteristics of Adult Learners, 1 cr., Jane Hugo, Saturdays 9 am-4:30 pm

January 16 and January 30

AED 5075-59 Training of Trainers: Learning Environ. & Social Dynamics, Paul Blair, Saturdays 9 am-4:30 pm

February 13 and March 6

AED 5076-59 Training of Trainers: Techniques for Teaching Adults, Paul Blair, Saturdays 9 am-4:30 pm

March 20 and April 17 (in Elmira)

AED 5105-59 Contemporary Issues in Adult Education, Norb Henry, Fridays 5-10 pm and Saturdays 8 am-5pm

January 22-23, February 5-6, and February 19-20

AED 6000-59 Graduate Seminar: Adult Education, Roger Hiemstra, Thursdays 4:15-7:15 pm

Thirteen Sessions, January 14-April 15

PSY 5112-59 Psychology of the Adult Learner, Jane LeClair, Thursdays 7:30-10:30 pm

Thirteen Sessions, January 14-April 15

Elmira College Campus

AED 5005-30 Admin. in Adult Educ. Organizations, 3 cr., Michael Doherty, Mondays 6-9 pm

AED 5074-30 Training/Trainers: Characteristics of Adult Learners, 1 cr., Jane LeClair, Saturdays 9 am-4:30 pm

January 16 and January 30

AED 5075-30 Training/Trainers: Learn Environ. & Soc. Dynamics, 1 cr., Jane LeClair, Saturdays 9 am-4:30 pm

February 13 and February 27

AED 5076-30 Training/Trainers: Techniques for Teach. Adults, 1 cr., Barbara Walkley, Saturdays 9 am-4:30 pm

March 13 and April 17

AED 6000-45 Graduate Seminar: Adult Education, 3 cr., Robert Cavalier, Saturdays 9:15 am-12:25 pm

January 16-April 17, no class February 27 and April 3

HUE 5630-30 Career Development, 3 cr., Marjorie VanVleet, Thursdays, 5:30-8:30 pm, no class April 15

SUMMER INSTITUTE

We are very excited to announce a new 1999 summer institute on the Elmira College campus. This will be a great opportunity to take a course from some of the best adult education professors in the country and for Liverpool students to pick up residency courses. We will advertise the institute nationally so anticipate there will be some students attending from other parts of the country, too, and perhaps even from outside the United States so what a great professional networking opportunity. Following is the first draft of what will become one of our advertising flyers. Thus, mark your calendars, make your plans, and bring family members along, too.

Elmira College

(Home of Mark Twain)

Office of Continuing Education and Graduate Studies

PRESENTS

AN ADULT EDUCATION INSTITUTE:

A SUMMER EXPERIENCE IN MARK TWAIN COUNTRY

FOR PROFESSIONAL PLANNERS, DESIGNERS, TRAINERS, AND EDUCATORS OF ADULTS

July 21-23 & 26-27, 1999

Two concurrent, three-credit course offerings (graduate, undergraduate, and non-credit options). Courses and faculty are as follows:

1. Ethics and the Continuing Educator, Dr. Ralph Brockett, Professor, University of Tennessee

2. Learning and Cognition Styles, Dr. Waynne James, Professor, University of South Florida

July 30-31 & August 2-4

Two concurrent, three-credit course offerings (graduate, undergraduate, and non-credit options). Courses and faculty are as follows:

3. Professional Writing and Publishing in Adult Education, Dr. Roger Hiemstra, Professor, Elmira College

4. Adult Learners with Special Needs, Dr. Dave DuBois, Professor, Empire State College and Dr. Nancy Gadbow, Professor, Nova-Southeastern University

Special study opportunities, lectures, and visits to Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) sites will be offered during each weekend. In addition, various opportunities exist for family members to enjoy the Southern Tier of New York including a tour of the Corning Glass factory and museum, visiting the gliding capital of the east, and many other sites.

ADVISING SESSION (for Liverpool students)

An academic advising session will be held on Monday, October 19, 4-7 pm. It will be held at the OCM BOCES building in Liverpool. Call Roger Hiemstra (315-637-0029) or the Office of Graduate and Advanced Studies (607-735-1825) to make an appointment (students in the Elmira area call 607-735-1825 to schedule your advising session). Appointments are required. Anyone planning to graduate next spring or summer should be sure to have an advising session this fall term to finalize course and program of study decisions. Liverpool students, if you have not already had a session or if you can't make the October 19 session, call Roger Hiemstra to schedule one.

PROFESSION WRITING OPPORTUNITY

The PAACE (Pennsylvania Association for Adult and Continuing Education) Journal of Lifelong Learning is looking for journal articles; manuscripts from graduate students are welcome. Thus, if one of your professors suggested you publish a term paper or if you simply have a good idea for an article contact one of the two editors, Gary Dean (gjdean@grove.iup.edu) or Trenton Ferro (trferro@grove.iup.edu) to obtain editorial policy and submission guidelines. A great opportunity!

 

BOOK REVIEW

I love to challenge myself from time to time by reading outside the Adult Education field. Such was the enjoyable challenge I gave myself when I read Consilience: The unity of knowledge by Edward O. Wilson (NY: Alfred A Knopf, 1998). Professor Wilson, a biologist and perhaps best known for his book on Ants, has created a masterpiece for anyone willing to dig into a heavily scientific presentation. His contention is that that the fundamental unity of all knowledge and the need to search for consilience can be organized around a few fundamental natural laws related primarily to physics and biology. His chapter on the "mind" is perhaps the best thing I have ever read to help a trainer or educator of adult understand how the brain works and how adults learn to think. I recommended it so highly to my colleague Ralph Brockett (see the Summer Institute writeup) that he is using it as a text in a course. I challenge you to read it, but be prepared to "dig" into a treasure house of knowledge, with some chapters requiring multiple readings. For several useful reviews of this book go to http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679450777/002-7100111-1061609          Rog

CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS

* October 21-23, 1998, 35th Annual Conference of the Continuing Education Association of New York, "Continuing Education: Our Mandate for the Millennium," Hotel Thayer, West Point, NY. For questions contact Jane OâBrien, [516-632-7067, 516-632-9046 (fax), or jobrien@notes.cc.sunsyb.edu].

* October 31-November 3, 1998, 60th Annual Meeting of the Association for Continuing Higher Education, "Benchmarks in a Changing Landscape," Radisson Plaza Hotel, Fort Worth, Texas. For questions contact the Dept. of Professional & Continuing Education, University of Texas at El Paso (915-747-5142).

* November 18-22, 1998, 47th Annual Adult Education Conference sponsored by AAACE (American Association for Adult and Continuing Education), Phoenix, AZ. The theme of this conference, "Adult Learning÷A Joy, A Tool, A Right, and A Shared Responsibility," builds on the recommendations of the 1997 Conference on Lifelong Learning, as well as those presented during the Fifth International Conference on Adult Education, held in Hamburg, Germany, in July, 1997. For information contact AAACE, 1200 19th St., NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20036. Phone them at 202-429-5131. The Commission of Professors of Adult Education also meets for two days during this conference. This would be a good meeting for anyone involved or interested in teaching at the higher education level. Contact Roger Hiemstra for more information on the Commission meeting.

* October 31-November 3, 1998, 60th Annual Meeting of the Association for Continuing Higher Education, "Benchmarks in a Changing Landscape," Radisson Plaza Hotel, Fort Worth, Texas. For questions contact the Dept. of Professional & Continuing Education, University of Texas at El Paso (915-747-5142).

* December 8, 1999, Elmira College Information Session, 6-7:30 pm, OCM BOCES. Please pass this date on to any colleagues that desire more information about our graduate programs.

* February 25-28, 1999, 13th Annual International Self-Directed Learning Symposium, Holiday Inn Old Town, Scottsdale, Arizona. For symposium details, visit http://sdlglobal.com. Proposals for papers or poster sessions are due by November 1, 1998. For more information on proposal submission visit the website.

* May 21-23, 1999, Adult Education Research Conference, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL. For more information contact Dr. Amy Rose (815-753-9373; arose@niu.edu)

[Note: Be sure to send Roger any job or professional conference notices that you receive so they can be included in this newsletter or posted on the classroom book cabinet.]

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AED REPORT is a newsletter for students and faculty involved in the Elmira College Graduate Program of Adult Education. The Editor is Roger Hiemstra. Please send any correspondence to him at 318 Southfield Dr., Fayetteville, NY 13066. His phone is (315) 637-0029; fax is (315) 637-0029. Email is rhiemstra@elmira.edu. Web Page is / Your Elmira College contacts are Dr. Ronald Sundberg, Dean, Associate Dean Judith Clack, Graduate Advisor Joan Swanson. Their phone is (607) 735-1825; fax (607) 735-1759; email continuinged@elmira.edu; address is Office of Continuing Education, Elmira College, One Park Place, Elmira, NY 14901. This newsletter is YOUR vehicle for networking, news, tips, and information. Its value is enhanced by your active support and involvement in reading it, contributing to it, and critiquing it.

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