Self-Assessment and Reflection Paper/Your Personal Learning Style
A Personal Reflective Paper
On Adult Education
Sandra McCoy
AET/505 - FOUNDATIONS OF ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Instructor: RICHARD HERRING
November 30, 2013
A Personal Reflective Paper
As I look back over the years I thought about my position as an educator in the
early 1990’s. I taught adults 18 years and older typing and introduction to computers at
Barclay Career Center in Jacksonville, Florida for three years. It never ceased to amaze
me at their eagerness to learn.
Also as a minister, I experience numerous individuals from various backgrounds.
Every one of them is managing problems or difficulties that impede their achievement of
intention every day. They look for profound direction and a deeper association with God
from me and I am there to offer assistance. However, as I started to examine from the top
to the bottom for solutions of taking care of the issues of the individuals, I also
discovered that numerous adults had an illiteracy impairment which is a hindrance, and of
absence of basic education.
I found on both professional levels that although the majority were eager to learn,
we still needed to assist most of our adult learners in preparing for postsecondary
education, so that they could have successful careers, and productive lives. They were
lacking so many essential skills I can’t even explain how they were allowed in the regular
program without it. Thus we started an Adult Basic Education Program at Barclay
Career Center.
This program included program instruction in basic literacy skills:
In reading, language, writing and math. We emphasized writing, basic math computation
vocabulary development, dictionary skills, comprehension improvement, critical thinking,
and math problem solving. After a few months we begin to see the turn around especially
in their
On Adult Education
Sandra McCoy
AET/505 - FOUNDATIONS OF ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Instructor: RICHARD HERRING
November 30, 2013
A Personal Reflective Paper
As I look back over the years I thought about my position as an educator in the
early 1990’s. I taught adults 18 years and older typing and introduction to computers at
Barclay Career Center in Jacksonville, Florida for three years. It never ceased to amaze
me at their eagerness to learn.
Also as a minister, I experience numerous individuals from various backgrounds.
Every one of them is managing problems or difficulties that impede their achievement of
intention every day. They look for profound direction and a deeper association with God
from me and I am there to offer assistance. However, as I started to examine from the top
to the bottom for solutions of taking care of the issues of the individuals, I also
discovered that numerous adults had an illiteracy impairment which is a hindrance, and of
absence of basic education.
I found on both professional levels that although the majority were eager to learn,
we still needed to assist most of our adult learners in preparing for postsecondary
education, so that they could have successful careers, and productive lives. They were
lacking so many essential skills I can’t even explain how they were allowed in the regular
program without it. Thus we started an Adult Basic Education Program at Barclay
Career Center.
This program included program instruction in basic literacy skills:
In reading, language, writing and math. We emphasized writing, basic math computation
vocabulary development, dictionary skills, comprehension improvement, critical thinking,
and math problem solving. After a few months we begin to see the turn around especially
in their