Month: November 2017 (Page 3 of 3)

I spoke to Rob Tegelberg as part of this assignment. Since I am paired with Rob and Ruth as a triangle in the activity, I got the opportunity to talk to both. This was my first one to one interaction with my co-learners, and I really enjoyed it. I hope we are provided more chances for such interactions in the coming months.

I learned that Rob is a teacher at a Christian school, where he teaches grade 5. He is pursuing this degree in leadership to further his goal of moving on to a leadership role in education. He works full time , him and his wife are expecting their second child. He has held a leadership position at a previous school, where he was suddenly asked to be the interim Principal.  He took up the challenge, and thinks he did pretty well. He explained that he dealt with some pretty complex issues during this time, and looks like he smoothened out some issues that were out standing . He heard encouraging feedback from his co-workers about his performance in this unexpected role.

He says he is at his best when he is leading a group of people to a new environment. He loves nature and likes to take his students on nature trips. From our conversation I also got the sense that he is also passionate about religious (Christian) teaching.

In the future, he envisions himself in a leadership role in education, but he also wouldn’t want to give up teaching entirely . His love of nature is also evident in his view of an idealized future . He mentioned that he would love to live closer to nature, not in a big city .

He believes this program in leadership will help him move towards his professional goal. He has also been working on broadening his repertoire, by training himself in other skills including Tech-ed.

I am writing this in response to the post by Riggi Solinapp

Andragogy- Unit 6 Learning activity 1

Out of the 6 principles outlined by Knowles, I was finding it hard to reconcile how the third principle is applicable to me ” the readiness of an adult to learn  is closely related to the developmental tasks of his or her own social role ” .  After reading this post, I understand when he explains how in his case he used his education as a background for community involvement. I guess we all have a certain social role even when we are not as actively involved in our communities as RiggiSolinap is . In this context we could say that adult learning is related to a persons understanding of their social role, and could be a motivator for adult learning.

One thing that this blog has reiterated for me is that the transition to adult learning happens at different stages in everyone. RiggiSolinap mentions that for him, it began after high school. I for a fact know some people who go through university without any clear understanding of their goals. Looking back I can say  I was a dependent learner till I graduated from medical school, and it was much later that I became a self0directed learner .

Knowles, Malcolm S.; Swanson, Richard A.; Holton, Elwood F. Edition: 6th ed. Amsterdam: Routledge. 2005. eBook., Database: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)