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Adult Education Philosophy Statement

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My Philosophy Statement on Adult Education Adult Education is key to a lot of successful individuals in the world. There are many individuals that go to college in order to get in a career. Education is important, because it allows students to grow into professional individuals for the workforce. When I am at my internship at Morgan State University I realized how impactful it is to help students. The reason why I wanted to study Adult Education was to help individuals become leaders of the world, since I was once was an undergraduate college student. I love to communicate with students and help them with papers so they can progress, graduate, and enter the career field. In my adult education classes, I have learned about the six principles …show more content…

Adults from all ages enter into education to better their lives and themselves. As I help students in the computer lab with papers I notice that a lot of them have different majors from criminal justice, nursing, and education. All of the students are working to achieve a degree to be well established professionals in their careers. Adult Education was my goal in graduate school, because I like to help to people go to the next stage in their adulthood life. It is important that adults learn about life lessons in order to enter into a competitive society. Therefore, classes on psychology, or multicultural development can help adults learn how to cope with different stages in their adult life while being in college, or in a GED course. Another reason why is my goal to study Adult Education, because I enjoy presenting knowledge in a classroom full of adult learners through power point presentations. My goal is to become a professor teaching creative writing, poetry or a communication course because I’m very passionate about the writing and the media field. I believe that expressing through words and art is important to get away from the stresses of adulthood. Also, in my adult education classes I learned about cultural differences and adult programming. Adult programs like GED courses, resume workshops, and job fairs can help individuals go to the next level in

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