Qualifications
Qualified Teacher Certification, Ministry
of Education, United Kingdom, 1964
B.C. Professional Teaching Certificate, 1972
B.Comm., University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, 1961
M.C.Ed., and Post-Graduate Diploma, University of Saskatchewan, 1969
Ed.D., Adult and Continuing Education, Northern Illinois University, 1980
Areas of specialization
Critical theory and practice
Role of the adult educator
Principal courses taught
EDFDT 435.3 Educational Thought and Values:
Critical Perspectives
EDFDT 440.3 Sociology of Education
EDCNT 810.3 Learning for Life: Practice & Theory in Adult Education
EDCNT 872.3 Program Planning in Continuing Education
EDCNT 882.3 Program Evaluation in Continuing Education
EDCNT 885.3 Applications of Learning Principles in the Practice of Adult Education
EDCNT 891.3 Trends & Issues in Continuing Education
Administrative experience
Graduate Studies Co-ordinator, Department
of Educational Foundations, 1998-present
Awards
Awarded Honorary Visiting Professorship
in Adult Education, Qufu University, Shandong
Province, Republic of China, May 31, 1995
Appointed as Adjunct Faculty to Universidad
Nacional Federico Villarreal, Lima, Peru, 1990
Awarded Certificate of Meritorious Service, American Association for Adult
and Continuing Education (AAACE), 1984
Received a W.K. Kellog Foundation Award, 1986
Listed in publication of “Distinguished Canadian Authors of Adult Education,” 1986
Academic/Professional organizations
Canadian Association for Studying of Adult
Education (CASAE)
Adult Education Research Commission (AERC)
Commission of Professors of Adult Education (CPAE)
World Council for Curriculum and Instruction (WCCI)
Books
M.
Collins, 1998. Critical Crosscurrents
in Education (Malabar, FL: Krieger
Publishing).
M. Collins, Editor, 1995. The Canmore
Proceedings. International
Conference on Educating the Adult Educator: Role of the University (Saskatoon,
SK: College of Education, University of Saskatchewan).
M. Collins, 1991, 1994 (2nd Edition). Adult Education as
Vocation: A Critical Role for the Adult Educator (London & New
York: Routledge).
M. Collins, 1987. Competence in Adult Education: A New Perspective (Lanham,
MD: University Press of America).
Major
professional contributions
Organizer of major conferences.
Examples:
- Learning
for Life Conference, Saskatoon
- International
Conference on Educating the Adult Educator,
Canmore
- Commission
of Professors of Adult Education, Salt
Lake City; Adult Education, Salt Lake
City;
- Adult
Education Research Conference, Raleigh,
N.C.
- Canadian Association for Studies in Adult
Education, Saskatoon.
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International initiatives:
- Organized
first study tour to UK
- Negotiated
agreement with Northern Illinois University
- Initiated
negotiations with University of Surrey
- Vice-President,
Region 6, World Council on Curriculum
and Instruction
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Evaluations and program/community development:
- Saskatoon
Communities for Children
- Correctional
Service of Canada
- SaskEd
- Traile
Project (Westside, Saskatoon)
- Prince
Albert Tribal Council and Lac La Ronge
Band
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Editor and consulting editor for various
journals including:
- Review
of Books
- Media
and Adult Learning:
- Australian
Journal of Adult Education
- Lifelong
Learning: The Adult Years
- Journal
of Correctional Education
- Adult
Education Quarterly
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