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HE521 Unit 3 Assignment: Final Project: Literature Review, Contemporary Practices, and Adult Learning Theories and Models
Assignment Introduction
In Unit 2, you created the Final Project APA paper and completed the Title Page and Introduction. In this unit, you will reopen your Final Project APA paper and complete the following sections:
Literature Review
Contemporary Practices for Teaching Adult Learners
Adult Learning Theories and Models
You may revisit the Unit 2 Discussion where you and your peers created a comparison chart of contemporary and traditional theories and models affected by emerging contemporary issues. You may also research some of the cited resources within that Discussion.
Assignment Directions
Open your Final Project APA paper you saved and revised from Unit 2.
Create the Literature Review section and answer the following question: What is known about the contemporary emerging issue you selected in Unit 2? To answer this question, complete the following:
● Use at least three current articles to gather information about your emerging contemporary issue you selected in Unit 2 and its relationship to adult education.
● Explain the emerging contemporary issue you selected in Unit 2.
● Describe the relationship of the emerging contemporary issue to adult education.
● Synthesize the research into essay form using standard APA citation.
This section should be 1 to 2 pages long.
3. Create the Contemporary Practices for Teaching Adult Learners section and answer the following question: What are adult educators currently doing in the adult classroom to address your emerging contemporary issue selected in Unit 2? To answer this question, complete the following:
Discuss the practices traditionally used in adult education and compare them to your chosen emerging issue from Unit 2.
Discuss the pros and cons of the traditional practices you discovered in relation to your contemporary emerging issue you selected in Unit 2. You may find practices that could be successful or need to be improved.
Support your discussion with proper APA citations from current articles and/or course materials.
This section should be approximately 1 to 2 pages long.
4. Create the Adult Learning and Theories and Models section and answer the following question: How does your contemporary, emerging issue align with either traditional learning theories and/or adult learning theories? To answer this question, complete the following:
● Discuss how your chosen contemporary, emerging issue from Unit 2 affects traditional or contemporary theories.
● Explore how traditional and contemporary theories have a positive or negative impact on your chosen contemporary, emerging issue you selected in Unit 2.
● Support your discussion with proper APA citations from current articles and/or course materials.
This section should be approximately 1 to 2 pages long.
Refer to information in the Major Assignment and Rubrics links under Course Home for more information.
This Assignment addresses the unit learning outcome:
Compare traditional and adult learning-based theories and models.
Examine how economic, historical, and sociocultural contexts impact upon adult education.
It also addresses the following course outcomes:
HE521-2: Compare traditional and adult learning-based theories and models.
HE521-5: Analyze emerging issues regarding the teaching of adults.
Points and Rubric
This Assignment is worth 80 points. The rubric for this Assignment is available from the Grading Rubrics link under Course Home.
Submitting Your Assignment
When you are ready to submit your Assignment, select the Dropbox tab at the top of the screen and choose the Unit 3: Assignment.
