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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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What we “get” out of College
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
Pedagogy:Experts Teach. Non-experts say little.T
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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!