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The PCF Curriculum Model: A Contextual 3-D Model to Foster Adult Learning Outcomes
Type of Presentation
Shared
Session Abstract
Presenters will demonstrate a conceptual curriculum model for adult education from their field experience, based on interdependence between a tridimensional matrix curriculum and its context, mediated by its delivery format.
Target Audience
The session is designed for professionals within or outside academia, and students interested in the field of curriculum development for adult education from an applied perspective.
Learning Outcomes
Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the contextual model and delivery format when developing and implementing curriculum for adult learners. Participants will also be able to identify, evaluate, and synthesize the applied components of curriculum design with an emphasis on purpose, content and form. Finally, participants will be able to frame and define relevant learning outcomes for any curriculum model.
Session Description
We define curriculum as a set of integrated systemic experiences constructed to efficiently augment specific propositional and procedural knowledge towards expected learning outcomes. Congruent with this definition, we have developed a curriculum model geared towards adult learners named the “PCF Curriculum Model”. It is based on the interdependence between the purpose (P), content (C), and form (F) of a curriculum and its context, mediated by its delivery format. The model originated from our 5-year field experience with an intensive, time-condensed, immersion-learning program in California, designed to help adult learners access and succeed in higher education.
The model encompasses many of the adult learning principles portrayed by the psychology of learning and offers a perspective on applying those principles to curriculum development in adult education. The model has potential to positively impact learning outcomes since it is grounded on contextualized key concepts that make learning experiences meaningful to adult learners.
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Primary Presenter
Francisco T Leite, Lifelong Education Institute
Work Title
President & CEO
Additional Presenters: Enters In Order.
Masoud J Azizi, Lifelong Education Institute
Work Title
Chief Academic Officer