Adult Education Theories & Tools
Branch Out by Vrindy Spencer is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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Branch Out by Vrindy Spencer is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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The topic of motivating students has inspired me to reflect on my own motivation for looking into the topic of adult education and personal development: Growing up I had this idea that I needed to figure out my “group”; the population I can best support, something like youth, immigrants, or people with disabilities. I had this idea that I couldn’t be whole and complete until I knew my specific place in the world in relation to what cause I am most passionate about supporting. I still have not found that population. I took a math class in university where the professor talked about the concept of "the mess." It was a problem-solving course where we were given math riddles to solve. “The mess” was the period of confusion between when you know what a problem is and when you've come to a solution or next step forward. My professor explained that this concept translates into pretty much every aspect of our life. He also shared that it is better to enjoy the experience of the mess rather than being frightened or overwhelmed by the unknown I still have not found my population, but through my investigation of the mess of “meaning” in my life, I realized there was something not quite ordinary about:
…to be continued.
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