Course 402 - Life Skills Training
Course 402 - Life Skills Training (3 credits)
This course is designed to equip Christian workers to more effectively impart basic life skills to those with whom they work, with a focus on the rehabilitation of the homeless. Included are such topics as literacy, employment, readiness, and financial management.
Professor: Lorraine Minor
Learning Objectives for this Course
Week One
- Students will gain insight into the clients they serve.
- Students will begin to define potential topics to be used in development of a life skills program.
- Students will identify characteristics of adult learners and how these impact the successful educational experience.
- Students will critique various models for adult education and evaluate the advantage of the instructional design model.
- Students will identify teaching styles and skills of value in education of disadvantaged adults
- Students will comprehend the value of adult participation in planning and develop strategies to achieve that involvement.
- Students will gain insight into the life skills topics needed by clients being served.
- Students will identify tasks and skills to be learned through content and task analysis.
- Students will utilize various types of needs assessments in finalizing the choice of topics to be taught in a life skills program prepared for a specific learning context.
Week Three
- Students will understand the value of adult learning.
- Students will become familiar with methods that can be utilized to assist in creating a learning atmosphere for adults.
- Students will gain insight into curriculum development.
- Students will develop methods of instruction to reach individuals with different learning styles.
- Students will develop a life skills program outline.
Week Five
- Students will analyze and synthesize knowledge gained through mid-term exam.
- Students will comprehend the teacher role in impact of learning in the affective domain.
- Students will develop a syllabus, lesson plans and participant handouts for a Life Skills class to be presented to mission or ministry participants.
- Students will create components of a LifeSkills curriculum within the rescue mission or other urban ministry program.
Week Eight
- Students will gain hands-on experience to instructing adults on a life skills topic.
- Students recognize the value and time of feedback.
- Students will integrate evaluation of both participants and the instructional plan.
- Students will engage participants in active learning through the course design.
- Students will gain hands-on experience to instructing adults on the life skills topic of employment.
- Students will recognize the value and timeing of feedback.
- Students will engage participants in active learning through the course design.
- Students will prepare and take the final exam for the course.
Course Materials & Tuition
| Designing Instruction for Adult Learners | $27.00 |
Digital Media Fee |
$50.00 |
Tuition |
$450.00 |
Total Cost of Course |
$527.00 |
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