Credits: 3

Course Description:
This course probes the possibility of transformation and empowerment through adult learning environment. First reviewing perspectives on adult education, with the awakening of critical consciousness and reflections on networks of learning resources, the course discusses how transformative learning occurs among learning communities in various venues, including arts-based programs and leadership development in the higher education sphere, adult basic education and communicative courses in workplaces, and special learning groups for women, farmers, migrants and older adults.

Course Goal:
The purpose of this course is to help students develop knowledge on adult learning and understanding of how learners achieve change of mentality and empowerment of life in the process of learning. In addition to studying cases of the best practice in a global context, students have a chance to demonstrate and analyze similar situations in their home areas, compare with the cases discussed in class, and seek possible solutions for future improvement, hence acquire practical knowledge on the process of transformative learning through community. Students are also encouraged to cultivate abilities of independent analysis and critical thinking from a leader’s perspective, with resources management and educational planning in a multicultural environment.