Orientation is used in many different contexts. Orientation can be used to describe: a function of the mind, choice of religion, choice of one’s sexuality, direction/location or event a program for introducing a new person to a program or school. It is no wonder that many of my classmates; myself included, struggled this week in creating a concept map that clearly depicted our interpretation of the AL orientation concept.
Truth be told, I was 95% complete with my orientation concept map and I was unable to find the connecting that brought the concept map together. According to Knowles’s theory adults are life, task or problem-centered in their orientation to learning. We want to see how what we learn will apply to our life. After revisiting Knowles’s theory it became clear that orientation was deeply intertwined with his other AL theories, self-concept, experience and motivation. Once I embraced the idea of allowing several theories to be included creating the concept map became much easier.
This process was one that provided the opportunity for me to deeply reflect on my own learning orientation. I created an orientation concept map based off of my Dad’s experience with lung cancer. I discovered that yes, part of my orientation to learning is indeed problem centered. More importantly I discovered that I am attracted to learning opportunities merely based of the fact that they relate to one of my own personal experiences. It doesn't matter if the knowledge will allow me to deal with a problem or task in life. I wonder if anyone else has discovered the same thing about themselves??
Looking forward to Motivation!
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