Providing
Professional Education in Social and Human Development
PRIA International Internship Programme
Certificate
in International Dimensions of Adult Education
and Lifelong Learning
(Joint certification of University of Victoria,Canada
and PRIA)
I. Why the
need for this course?
Adult
education encompasses a broad
perspective of life long education.
Its scope extends from basic literacy
to life long learning and includes
wide range of themes of human
resource development and social
justice such as universal education,
poverty alleviation, gender equality,
environmental sustainability,
and reduction of HIV/AIDS. Adult
educators as change agents train
adult learners for informed responsible
and active citizenship at the
community level. In order to accomplish
these tasks they need to enhance
their understanding and skills.
Inadequate understanding of new
issues constrains their ability
to meet the technical challenges
of a vast and expanding domain
like adult education and lifelong
learning. A specialised course
can enable them to take up programmes
that are action oriented, practical
and relevant to the adult learners
directly.
Adult
Education is both a field of practice
and a field of study (discipline
within social sciences with its
own body of knowledge derived
from research and critical reflection).
Both the academic and non-academic
agencies are engaged, to varying
degrees, in providing some form
of training to trainers either
for its members or wider community
or both. International organisations
and donors are involved in policy
dialogue about adult education
and literacy. They mobilise and
transfer resources; and share
global experiences. Such agencies
also need to be strengthened for
supporting and promoting regional
and sub-regional networking in
the area of adult education. Adult
education and lifelong learning
is, therefore, a specialised task.
Responding
to the above educational need,
PRIA Continuing Education is launching
a "Certificate in International
Dimensions of Adult Education
and Lifelong learning", in
a distance education mode. The
course aims to build basic understanding
of the scope and key issues of
adult education and lifelong learning
as a worldwide field of practice.
It intends to empower and expand
knowledge and skills of the learners
and update their professional
expertise.
II. Who can
join?
This
course presents opportunities
to a wide and diverse spectrum
of learners both nationally (from
within India) and internationally.
The eligible learners include
adult educators; variously known
as facilitators/ animators/fieldworkers/development
workers; development professionals,
and students, researchers from
State Resource Centers (SRCs),
NGOs, Universities, international
organisations and donors.
III. Special
features
This innovative course is
one of its kinds, at the national,
regional and international
level, in a distance education
mode.
A range of conceptual and
practical issues on adult
education and life long learning
raised in the course are,
on the one hand, tested in
the field set up and, on the
other hand, enriched by networking
with experts and practitioners.
It has leading national
and international academics
and practitioners as part
of guest faculty and its advisory
committee.
The course material is specially
designed and developed to
meet special requirements
of distance mode of education.
It includes in text reflection
questions to stimulate critical
thinking and analysis.
To encourage maximum interaction
between the instructor and
the learners a PRIA web board
has been developed wherein
the students can post their
queries, comments, suggestions,
and experiences and participate
in the online but asynchronous
discussions. The students
can also access the tutor
through emails and phone.
IV. Course
structure
Course goal:
To
stimulate students' interests
in understanding adult education
and lifelong learning within
global perspective.
To meet the
above goal, the course is divided
into six modules:
Module
1: Historical Foundation on Adult
Education
Emergence
of adult education as a field
of practice
Early
adult education movements
Adult
education from 1900 to 1950
Early
international influences on
adult education
Module
2: Philosophical Approaches to Adult
education
Emergence
of adult education as a field
of study
Critical
perspectives of adult education
Issues
in contemporary adult education
Module
3: Role of International Organizations
Major
international organizations
& networks in the field
of adult education and lifelong
learning
Key roles
adult education international
organizations & networks
Module
4: Adult Education Policies in
International Contexts
Major
programmatic international documents
in the field of adult education
Contemporary
trends in policy development
Key players
in policy development
The roles
and performance of international
players
Module
5: National & regional Experiences
Structuring
adult learning
Controversy
surrounding lifelong learning
The policy
divide
Finances
Participation
Module 6: Issue
case studies
Adult
education & feminist movements
worldwide
Adult
education & aboriginal movements
Literacy
in the 21 st century
Considering
the case studies
V.
Learning objectives
On
completion of the course the learners
would:
Demonstrate
an understanding of the scope
and key issues of adult education
as a worldwide field of practice
Identify
key sources of information on
global trends in adult education
and lifelong learning
Situate
your own adult education practices
within a global practice
VI
Team involved in course development
and delivery
Faculty
Course
instructor:
Pant
Mandakini, (Dr.), Fellow,
PRIA Continuing Education,
New Delhi
Authors
University
of Victoria, Canada
Cornelia
Dragne, Msc
Budd
L Hall, (Dr.)
Society
for Participatory Research in
Asia (PRIA), New Delhi
Namrata
Jaitli, M.A
Rajesh
Tandon, (Dr.)
Editor
Geri Rowlatt,
University of Victoria, Canada
Secretarial
support
Bhaskaran,
K.V., Executive Secretary, PRIA
Continuing Education, New Delhi.
VII. Admission procedure
Eligibility:
The
minimum required qualification
is Bachelor's degree in any subject
Course.
Mode
of delivery: The
course is offered in a distance
mode, making learning accessible
through part time study, outside
working hours. Distance delivery
includes print materials, audio-visual
CDs, guest faculty and immediate
and engaged communication through
web board.
Duration:
The
course is of 3 months duration.
Medium of
instruction:The
course will be delivered in English.
Credits
and evaluation:It
is a 8-credit course and involves
240 study - hours. Evaluation
will be based on written assignments
in the form of reflection papers
and project work.
Course
fee:The
course fee is Rs.5000/- or 250
US$ for applicants outside India,
for Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal,
Pakistan and Sri Lanka- The fee
is INR 7000/-payable in one installment.
Payment
of fee:The
fee is to be paid in Demand Draft
drawn in favour of "Society
for Participatory Research in
Asia", payable at New Delhi.
The fee can also be paid through
Bank Transfer.
Registration
Deadline: The
last date for receiving filled in
application form is 31st of August,
2009
