VIRTUAL: Applying Education
Abstract
This presentation explores theories of inspiration and the Purpose Centered Educational (PCE) system launched by Audrey Cohen as a solid basis for adult pedagogy. The PCE system uses student field experience combined with classroom instruction to produce a unique educational framework emphasizing in-depth integration between theory and practice. After exploration of the history and development of Purpose-Centered education, a new theoretical model illustrates how the learner’s experience of inspiration constitutes a critical component of PCE. This presentation describes how this educational model – combined with the role of the instructor, lessons learned from fieldwork, and various other pedagogical strategies – all help to foster a renewed sense of elements of inspiration, including evocation, transcendence, and motivation linked to empowerment, agency, and curiosity critical to adult students learning experience.
David J. Rosner is Associate Professor of Values and Ethics in the School for Business at Metropolitan College of New York. He has published widely in the areas of philosophy of education, business ethics and existential philosophy. He is a past president of the Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations.
Pamela E. Ransom currently serves as Associate Professor at Metropolitan College in the School of Public Affairs and Administration. She worked as an advisor/consultant for the Huairou Commission and program director for Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) and also served as Special Assistant for Environmental Affairs for the New York City Mayor and Manhattan Borough President. She has been a consultant for a wide range of international, local, and nonprofit organizations including UN Environment Program (UNEP) and USAID and has served as Deputy Director of Town Planning for the Government of Jamaica.
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Wednesday 26th April, 2023