by Phil McBurney Director, AEC If you’ve ever tried to go on a diet and failed, or tried to get into an exercise routine and failed, you’ve failed at taming the elephant. In a recent Globe and Mail column, Margaret Wente talks about the idea that people are riders of elephants, a concept she first […]
Read Moreby Phil McBurney Director, AEC Having just completed another intake process, I’ve had lots of opportunity to explain to various students the credit in a given course is less important than the skill behind the credit. When you register at AEC, we assess almost every one of you for skill levels in mathematics and English, […]
Read Moreby Phil McBurney Director, AEC Although I’ve never read it, there is a publication called The Book of Lists, which contains, apparently, all kinds of lists. I’ve heard that one is a list of people’s fears. Number Two on the list of fears is the fear of death. Number One is the fear of public […]
Read Moreby Phil McBurney Director, AEC An imposter? Yes, and in fact it may be the only way to learn. Imposters are pretenders or fakes, something usually not associated with the noble enterprise of learning. But think back to the last time you learned something new, and maybe not school learning. How did you feel at […]
Read Moreby Phil McBurney Director, AEC I read recently about a study done at George Mason University that reminded me of one of the first lessons I learned as an adult educator—that teachers in adult education need to be “Warm Demanders”.* What do I mean by that term? Well, adults often come into adult education with […]
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