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Adult Education

Upcoming Course Offerings

 

Fall 2025

ADED 215  

Foundations of e-Learning

Required textbook: None

Sameena Karim Jamal

 

ADED 305

 

 

 

 

Portfolio Development for PLAR 

Requires Department Approval: only available to BA AE Students

Required textbook:

Ross-Larson, Bruce. (1996). Edit yourself: A manual for everyone who works with words. (2nd ed.). New York: Norton. ISBN-10: 0393313263. ISBN-13: 978-0393313260.

Janice Johnson

 

 

 

 

ADED 325 **

 

 

Teaching Adults

Required textbooks:

Teaching adults: A practical guide for new teachers.  (2015). Brockett, R.G. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Carol Suhr

 

 

ADED 330AA

 

Gender in Adult Learning

Required textbook: None

Tannaz Zargarian

 

ADED 330CC

 

Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Teaching, Learning, and Research

Required textbook: None

Sameena Karim Jamal

 

ADED 340 *

 

Program Planning and Evaluation

Required textbook: None

Sameena Karim Jamal

 

ADED 350

 

Storytelling and Reflection

Required textbook: None

Amea Wilbur

 

ADED 360

 

 

 

Adult Education in Canada: History and Trends

Required textbook:

Unearthing Canada’s Hidden Past: A Short History of Adult Education.  (2013). Welton, Michael.

Amea Wilbur

 

 

 

ADED 408* **

 

 

 

Assessing Adult Learning

Required textbook:

The Art of Evaluation: A resource for Educators and Trainers. 2nd. (2009). Tara Fenwick & Jim Parsons. ON: Thompson Educational Publishing.

Douglas Mauger

 

 

 

ADED 410

 

Adult Education and Social Change

Required textbook: TBD

Tannaz Zargarian

 

ADED 423

 

 

 

Advanced Studies of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

Recommended textbook:

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: A Comprehensive Guide to Facilitating the 8-Week MBSR Program. (2021). Woods & Rockman. New Harbinger.

Seonaigh MacPherson

 

 

 

TESL 400

 

 

Foundations of Second Language Education

Required textbook: The practice of English language teaching. 5th. (2015). Harmer, J. Harlow: Pearson.

Carol Suhr

 

 

TESL 408

 

 

 

Principles and Practice Second Language Education

Required textbook:

Introduction to the Description of English Grammar.  (2011). Ivelina K. Tchizmarova , Murray Munro , Cliff Burgess Kendall Hunt Publishing.

Carol Suhr

 

 

 

 

Summer 2025 Course Offerings

ADED 310

 

 

 

 

 

Fundamentals of Adult Education

No textbook required.

Tuesday 5:30 pm - 8:20 pm Online 1

May 13, 27 / June 10, 24

Monday 5:30 pm - 8:20 pm Online 2

May 12, 26 / June 09, 23

Douglas Mauger

 

 

 

 

 

ADED 320*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adult Learning

Required textbooks:  

Via UFV Library: Merriam, S. B., & Baumgartner, L. M. (2020). Learning in Adulthood: A comprehensive guide (4th ed.). Wiley. 

• Note: You will have access to the other required readings and materials online on Blackboard.

Monday 5:30 pm - 8:20 pm Online

May 12, 26 / June 09, 23

 

Carol Suhr

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADED 330W

 

 

 

Trauma Informed Pedagogy & Practice

No textbook required.

Wednesday 5:30 pm - 8:20 pm Online

May 14, 21, 28 / June 04, 18

Amea
Wilbur
Brianna Strumm

 

ADED 380

 

 

Educational Technologies

No textbook required.

Thursday 5:30 pm - 8:20 pm Online

May 15, 22 / June 05, 19

Sameena Karim Jamal

 

 

ADED 405

 

 

 

Diversity in Adult Education

No textbook required.

Tuesday 5:30 pm - 8:20 pm Online

May 13, 20, 27 / June 17, 24

Tannaz Zargarian

 

 

 

ADED 422

 

 

 

 

Wellbeing and Lifelong Learning

Required textbooks: 

Luger, C., & Collins, T. (2022). The Seven Circles: Indigenous teachings for living well. HarperOne.

Thursday 5:30 pm - 8:20 pm Online

May 15, 22, 29 / June 05, 12, 19

Seonaigh MacPherson

 

 

 

 

ADED 446

 

 

 

 

 

 

Community-Based Adult Education

Required textbooks: 

Brown, J. & Hannis, D. (2021). Community Development in Canada (3rd Edition). Pearson

Hasan, M. (2022). Community Development Practice: From Canadian and Global Perspectives

https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/2841/2023/08/Community-Development-Practice-From-Canadian-and-Global-Perspectives-Aug-2023.pdf 

Monday 5:30 – 8:20 pm

May 12, 26 /June 02, 09, 16, 23

Muhialdin Bakini

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Winter 2025 Course Offerings

ADED 210

 

Principles and Practices of Adult Education

Textbooks: TBD

Roselynn Verwoord

 

ADED 365

 

Adult Education in Canada: Indigenous Peoples

No text required

Amea Wilbur & Sherry Boudreau

ADED 390

 

Research in Adult Education

No text required

Tannaz Zargarian

 

ADED 407

 

Organizational & Workplace Learning

Textbooks: TBD

TBA

 

ADED 415**

 

Facilitating eLearning

No text required

Sameena Karim Jamal

ADED 421

 

Advanced Studies in Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy 

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy. (2019). Woods, S., Rockman, P., & Collins, E. Context Press.  (Optional text)

Seonaigh MacPherson


ADED 425** 

 

 

Curriculum Design for Adult Education

Textbooks: Creating significant learning experiences: An integrated approach to designing college courses. (2013). Fink, L. Dee. San Francisco, CA: Wiley / Jossey-Bass.

Douglas Mauger

 

 

ADED 430 

 

Leadership in Adult Education

No text required

Sameena Karim Jamal

 

ADED 435 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Facilitating Adult Learning

Textbooks: TBD

Weimer, Maryellen. (2013). Learner-centred teaching: Five key changes to practice (2nd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. ISBN 978-1-118-11928-0. Also available as an e-book. 

Major, C.H, Harris, M.S., & Zakrajsek, T.D.(2021). Teaching for learning: 101 intentionally designed activities to put students on the path to success. NY: Routledge. (Paperback ISBN, also available as an e-book.

TBA

 

 

 

 

 

 

TESL 410

 

 

 

Teaching a Second Language

Textbooks: TBD

The 6 Principles for Exemplary Teaching of English Learners: Adult Education and Workforce Development.  (2019). Hellman, Harris & Wilbur. TESOL Press.

TBA

 

 

 

TESL 420

 

 

 

Curriculum & Assessment in Second Language Education

Textbooks: TBD

Curriculum Development in Language Teaching 2nd. (2017). Richards, Jack. Cambridge.

TBA

 

 

 

TESL 433 Second Language Practicum TBA

 

All textbook information is tentative. Please refer to the UFV Bookstore for the final textbook list.

Course offerings are provided for planning purposes. Please refer to the UFV Timetables for final course offerings. 

 

Note: Single asterisk (*) indicates courses in the Workplace Education (WE) associate certificate  

Two asterisks (**) indicates required courses in the Integrated Learning Design (ILD) associate certificate

While many are still adapting to online learning, Adult Education at UFV has been leading the way! I’ve taken online courses from other institutions, and UFV’s dedication to technologies made for my best overall online learning experience. The most important thing about my experience at UFV is the feeling that I mattered to the school and my instructors. I wasn’t just a faceless student, even in an online environment. 

  • – Lynn Cartan
  •    Educational Consultant, McMaster University
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