Coordinator:
Alisa Belzer (848-932-0778; email:
alisa.belzer@gse.rutgers.edu)
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visit the website.
Program Objective
Graduates of this program will have a conceptual and practical
understanding of learning in adulthood, including an appreciation for
the needs of diverse adult learners in a range of learning and
organizational contexts. Additionally, graduates will learn how to be
effective learning facilitators and change agents who can build and
sustain a learning organization and lead change efforts informed by
organizational and learner data. Finally, they will be able to apply
their knowledge of the adult learner to the design, implementation, and
evaluation of a training designed to improve organizational performance
through the development of learning solutions.
Program Outcomes
Students
will:
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know the historical,
philosophical, theoretical, and social roots of the field of adult education;
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understand the
learning needs and characteristics of diverse adult learners;
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be able to plan,
design, implement, and evaluate learning opportunities that are appropriate for
adult learners in a variety of contexts;
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have the leadership
skills to build and sustain a learning organization and guide organizational
change efforts; and
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understand how to use
data to inform planning and change initiatives.
Program Description
The Ed.M. program for adult and continuing education is designed for
individuals working in educational, nonprofit, community-based, health care,
and corporate settings who wish to develop the knowledge and skills for
designing, implementing, assessing, and evaluating learning experiences in
formal and informal settings for adults.
The 30-credit program is designed to develop conceptual and practical
understanding of the adult learner, how to plan classes and programs that are
best suited to meet the needs of adult learners, and how to create learning
contexts that can encourage sustained learning and productive change in a
variety of context in which adults learn.
Core Course
Requirements (21 credits)
Foundational Courses (9 credits)
15:233:542 Introduction to Adult and Continuing Education (3)
15:233:543 Understanding the Adult Learner (3)
15:233:544 Learning and Teaching for Adults in Global
Contexts (3)
Application Courses (12 credits)
38:578:543 Organizational
Leadership and Change Management (3)
15:233:551 Creating, Managing and Growing ACE Programs (3)
15:233:569 Designing Training for Adults (3)
15:233:570 Applied Research in Adult Education: Planning, Assessing, and Evaluating Programs for Adults (3)
Areas of
Specialization (9 credits)
Students may develop their skills and deepen their knowledge in one of four specialization areas by taking all 9 elective credits in one of the
following areas or may take 9 credits of electives with no specialization.
Adult ESL and Literacy
15:233:563 ESL, Low Literacy, and the Adult Learner: Mapping
the Field (3)
15:233:564 Effective Reading and Writing Instruction for
Adult Basic Education Students (3)
15:233:565 Effective Reading and Writing Instruction for GED and Developmental College Students (3)
Educational Technology
15:255:503
Introduction to Teaching with Digital Tools (3)
15:255:504 Web-Based
Multimedia Design for Educators (3)
15:255:506 Developing
a Digital eLearning Environment (3)
Higher Education
15:233:566 Fundamentals
of College Teaching (3)
15:233:567 College
Course Design for Adults (3)
Human Resources
Development
15:233:560 Foundations
of Human Resources Development (3)
38:533:634 Developing Human Capital (3)
15:233:562 Human Resources
Development: Profession and Practice (3)
Capstone Project
In addition to completing all course requirements, students
are also required to complete a capstone
project that demonstrates their ability to plan, design, and implement a
significant adult learning opportunity specific to their area of specialty. The capstone will be part of course
assignments in the final two courses of the program.
Hybrid Option
Students in the hybrid program must take at least one, on-campus, face-to-face class as an elective. All face-to-face classes selected must be approved by the program coordinator.
