intro to the amp

The AMPThe Andragogy Modified Project

Education

EducationFocused on Teacher

EducationFocused on Teacher

And on Material

Education is more than that.

Education is a social process.Education is growth. Education is, not a preparation for life; Education is life itself. 

-John Dewey-

not just Specializing

Education is Questioning

Education is the AMP model

Education is

"You belong to a church that teaches the importance of education. You have a mandate from the Lord to educate your minds and your hearts and your hands. . . . There can be no doubt, none whatever, that education pays. Do not short-circuit your lives. If you do so, you will pay for it over and over and over again."

-—Gordon B. Hinckley, “A Prophet’s Counsel and Prayer for Youth,” Ensign, Jan. 2001, 4, 7 

"You belong to a church that teaches the importance of education. You have a mandate from the Lord to educate your minds and your hearts and your hands. . . . There can be no doubt, none whatever, that ------------------- Do not short-circuit your lives. If you do so, you will pay for it over and over and over again."

-—Gordon B. Hinckley, “A Prophet’s Counsel and Prayer for Youth,” Ensign, Jan. 2001, 4, 7 

education pays

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Education is more than just specializing for a career. It is

learning to learn.

“Education is not so much the filling of a bucket as the lighting of a fire.”

-Dieter F Uchtdorf “Two Principles for Any Economy”

So What?

The AMP model will help you light your

own fire for learning

Without the AMP

With the AMP

What does the Andragogy Modified

Project even mean?

Andragogy: Learning without teacher control. Opposite of Pedagogy.

Andró= manÁgô= to lead

Pedagogy: País=childÁgô= to lead

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All have input, share learning experience together

2) Group meetings once a week

1) Small study groups

The AMP 3 aspects:

3) Independent Learning

Small study groups

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Learn new things as you review what you learn in class or from reading.

Rules of Groups:1) 5-6 people

2) different majors (at least emphasis)

3) everyone asks questions

4) everyone teaches what they are learning about

You decide:how often you meet

3 times a week

2 times a semester

where you meetYou decide:

Library

Top of Mt. Everest

what you talk about

You decide:

Shakespeare

String Theory

Who has more Facebook Friends

how long it takes

You decide:

A few minutes

Length of world’s Longest Movie:

Cinématon(6 days and 6 hours)

So what?

“Teach other students individually and in groups”

–BYU-I Learning Model

“To teach is to learn twice.” 

Joseph Joubert, Pensées, 1842

When you teach others who don’t have the same class you see what

holes need to be filled in.

Group meetings once a week

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Presentations on Topics that people are passionate about!

Possible Topics:

Psychobiology and Homework:How to let your brain do the work

Muslim and Mormons:More Similar than Different

You-Tube: A History

Anything you are excited about!(Keep it Clean!)

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Independent Learning

The main focus of the AMP is to learn that you can learn whatever you want whenever you want.

Or not.

“The only thing that interferes with my learning is my

education.”-Albert Einstein

Pedagogy: País=childÁgô= to lead

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The AMPThe Andragogy Modified Project

Where Passion Meets Learning!