Enhancing Adult Education Through PILATE: Practical Introduction to Learning For Adult Trainers and Educators (Classroom, Synchronous and Asynchronous E-Learning)
About This Course
Enhancing Adult Education Through PILATE: Practical Introduction to Learning for Adult Trainers and Educators provides a collegial learning environment for CET instructors to strengthen their understanding of learning and teaching across diverse learner profiles and professional contexts. Participants design purposeful learning outcomes and apply constructive alignment to ensure coherence between outcomes, learning activities, and assessment. Through practice-based discussion, peer exchange, and reflection grounded in their own teaching settings, participants develop the capacity to make responsive instructional decisions, facilitate meaningful learning interactions, and continuously refine their approaches in evolving CET environments.
PILATE supports Staff Continuous Learning for CET instructors by strengthening teaching effectiveness through Learning Needs Analysis, Data Collection and Analysis, and strategic instructional improvement. It focuses on Content Development and Strategy to design aligned learning outcomes, activities, and assessments, while enhancing Trainer and Assessor Development Management through reflection, evidence-based evaluation, and continuous improvement across CET settings.
CASL that will be acquired: Staff Continuous Learning, Learning Needs Analysis, Data Collection and Analysis and Trainer and Assessor Development Management.
What You'll Learn
1. Developing a critical and reflective mindset on learning and teaching across diverse learning contexts
2. Design lessons with explicit outcomes aligned to learner profiles, assessment, and learning activities
3. Use learning activities and assessment strategies to promote learner engagement and learning
4. Evaluate your own teaching to determine the impact of your teaching strategies
Entry Requirements
Participants should be current or aspiring CET instructors, such as adjunct faculty teaching in NTU CET programmes.