(April 2025) Teaching and Lecturing in Adult Education
What you'll learn
- How teaching adults is NOT the same as teaching children
- How to engage your students and why this is so important
- How to involve the whole class
- What to do is some students dominate
- How to deal with tension in the class
- How to have a lesson even though you've done NO preparation!
Requirements
- None
Description
New Section (April 2025)
The Thoughtful Lecturer in Adult Education
This new section has lectures on:
Creative thinking
The Philosophy of Adult Education
Daily exercises
All to encourage reflection - and also participation.
Main section
This is a course created by an Instructor with a wealth of experience in Adult Education as an Instructor/Lecturer but also as a mature student. Recognising that situations and subjects and teaching/working environment will differ from country to country, educational institution to educational institution, this course is a collection of strategies/tips and overall advice.
But the course does not end there.
Owing to the differences, students are encouraged to post in the Q/A with their specific questions. Post to comment - and/or post for advice.
Topics covered include:
1. Quick tips and when to use them
2. Case Studies
3. Snowballing
4. Key elements of teaching adults
5. Distribution
6. Correcting and corrections
7. Tension
8. How to teach adults
9. Passion
10. Engagement
...and many other topics.
Throughout the lectures real-life examples are given.
How long will this course take to complete?
You could watch the course in a couple of hours - but that's not really the point. The whole idea is for you to watch and then apply the various strategies and THEN report back via the Q/A. Maybe you will have questions, asking how 'lecture 6' can be applied to your class of 50 year-olds etc etc.
See this course as a useful extra to any training you are undergoing as you prepare to teach adults. As you have lifetime access you can therefore ask questions for ever!
Who this course is for:
- Anyone thinking of moving into Adult Education
- Existing teachers/Instructors/Lecturers looking for ideas
- Anyone currently studying/training to work in Adult Education
Instructors
- 4.5 Instructor Rating
- 10,231 Reviews
- 251,474 Students
- 143 Courses
Studied at:
· University of Oxford (Philosophy and Economics)
· Oxford Brookes (Teacher training)
· University of Glamorgan (Business and Economics)
Qualifications
· Professional qualifications at Masters level
· Business and Economics degree
· Examiner for four major examining boards, at ‘O’ and ‘A’ level.
· Three teaching diplomas plus CELTA
· Qualified fitness trainer
Key academic positions held:
· Principal Oxford School of Learning
· Director of Studies: St Joseph’s Hall, Oxford
· Head of Economics: Cherwell Tutors
· Head of Business and Economics: Pipers Corner School, Buckingham
· Founder: Almost Random Theatre
I have experience in four main areas:
a. Teaching (40+ years of face-to-face experience)
b. Running businesses and conferences
c. Acting in films and theatre
d. Volunteering for a number of charities
Teaching/Instructor experience
Face-to-face: MBA students on a 1-1 basis; at University; Grammar, Comprehensive and F.E. College. This has included being Principal, Director of Studies; Head of Business and Head of Economics at various times in the past 40 years!
I have taught: Economics, Business, Sociology, Politics, English Literature and Psychology.
I have also run seminars for Teachers of |Psychology, Sociology, Businessman Economics.
I have run Therapeutic Art groups at Care Homes.
The success of my Business and Economics students has been featured in several newspapers plus I have appeared on BBC.
Running businesses and conferences.
I started Oxford School of Learning in the 1980s. From the college came Marketing Education Services, OSL Training and Saturday tutors.
In 201 I started Almost Random Theatre and have taken actors to Poland and the Czech Republic as well as running Drama days at schools.
Writing: my plays are sold to schools; I have 100+ books on Amazon; I used to write a regular column for The Guardian and BBC Bitesize.
Acting in films and theatre
My plays are sold to schools. I have performed at Oxford and Brighton Fringes as well as appearing in 100+ films, national TV advertising campaigns and role-played a hospital patient for Buckingham University’s medical degree students.
Volunteering
I have worked/am still working for Care Homes, Multiple Sclerosis Society, Dystonia Society, Stroke Association, Stroke Club, Talkback, Oxford Recovery College, Tandem, Age UK and Sport in Mind. I’ve given my tutorial fees to the Multiple Sclerosis Society and the Dystonia Society. I currently have a GoFundMe page to help lonely elderly people.
- 4.4 Instructor Rating
- 5,429 Reviews
- 143,635 Students
- 85 Courses
Almost Random Theatre is a theatre company started in 2012. After putting on plays at Oxford and Brighton fringes, taking actors to Poland and Czech Republic, selling plays to schools, putting on many short plays in Oxford, visiting 60+ schools and running 'drama days' it was decided to...slow down.
The theatre's main contribution now is helping with numerous Art Therapy courses.