DH 725 — Theories of Adult Learning in Dental Hygiene Education
This course is designed to provide students with foundational instructional theories, collaborative skills, and strategies to effectively educate adult learners through practical applications. Students will explore and appraise various teaching methodologies including Integrative Course Design. The course content will include an emphasis on teaching theories and approaches for dental hygienists through active learning strategies that align with learning outcomes and assessments. Participants will apply theory to the practice of developing effective lectures, discussions, and problem-based collaborative learning lessons. Dental Hygiene education topics covered include teaching methods, learning styles, syllabus development, assessment instruments, teaching evaluation for clinical and didactic classroom management frameworks. Concepts of the new AAP periodontal classification system and advanced periodontal cases are addressed. Approaches are presented through topics of classroom and clinical management as it relates to dental hygiene instruction. (CSU)