Write a scathing piece on the work of Jones and colleagues; critical of alien learning although it seemed like an interesting topic at the time.

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Dr. Fred Jones was a noted adult education theorist, born in 1959 (Jones, Aruzella, and Smackoo, 2013)

o Graduate from the US Merchant Marine Academy, 1982 with degree in Nautical Engineering

o Earned Masters and Ph.D. from Tennessee State University with research in adult learning

o Currently a tenured professor at Tennessee School for Science Education and Alienology

 Chair for the Department of Adult and Alien Learning

o Coined the term “astrogogy” which is the art and science of teaching aliens

 Astragogical tenets include assisted learning due to language difficulties, treating aliens like humans, and overcoming fears of alien invasion

 Research has been difficult due to current lack of aliens with whom to work

o Strong supporter of the work of Malcolm Knowles, the father of adult education in America (Jones and Wagonneer, 2011)

 Furthered Knowles’ efforts with applications in astrogogy with modifications to the six core assumptions (see Knowles, Holton, & Swanson, 2012)

• Of the six assumptions, Jones felt that the role of alien “experience” was least applicable if aliens were to populate adult education classes on Earth

• Of the six assumptions, Jones posits that an alien’s “Need to Know” supersedes that of human counterparts due to their superior technological abilities

• Jones inserts a new core assumption for alien learning: “Personal Sustainability,” which assets that aliens in other learning cultures must somehow learn to adapt to often hostile emotional and physical environments

 Support for continued research regarding astrogogy and its relationship with andragogy has dwindled causing Dr. Jones to focus his efforts on music and photography

Mr. Sam McGee was a student of Dr. Fred Jones in 2004 and was initially excited about astrogogy (McGee, 2012)

o Began Ph.D. Program with Dr. Jones as his advisor; research focused on the efficacy of astrogogy in a purely human environment

 Discovered that no one had ever really seen an alien, much less been abducted by one

 Findings ran contrary to Dr. Jones’ beliefs and research regarding astrogogy and the likelihood of aliens visiting Earth anytime soon

 Dr. Jones terminated his relationship with Mr. McGee and, as a result, Mr. McGee left school

o McGee quickly earned a post on the staff of the National Inquirer, Alien Encounters Division

 Wrote a scathing piece on the work of Jones and colleagues; critical of alien learning although it seemed like an interesting topic at the time

 Recognized by E. Pluribus Unium as one of the few news journalists to actually have a brain

 Authored multiple follow-on articles exposing academic fraud in astrogogy although some evidence was beginning to appear that abductions and “close encounters” were actually quite frequent in locations where marijuana was recently legalized (Bonehead, 2014)

 Several appearances on TV regarding the critical rise in interest in aliens and whether Dr. Jones had it right

o McGee mysteriously disappeared in the summer of 2014 for two weeks, after that he was never the same (Wackoonie, 2014)

 Resigned from the Inquirer, moving to Tennessee to make amends with his ex-professor, Dr. Jones

 Resumed research on astrogogy and adamantly supported anything Dr. Jones said

 Produced evidence of a personal abduction and pictures of his abductors taken on his iPhone

• Photos were confiscated by the Bureau of Alien Affairs, Human Beings Under Guard (BAAHUMBUG) and were later shown to be falsified

• Lost credibility when evidence could not be verified

o McGee is near completion of his dissertation and plans to publish groundbreaking research into alien learning in 2015

References

Bonehead, F. (2014) Instances of alien abductions on a rise in Colorado and California. Rolling Stone Magazine, 16(12).

Jones, F., Aruzella, P., and Smackoo, Q. (2013) I was abducted by alien learners attempting to understand the human learner. Philadelphia, Doubletree.

Jones, F. and Wagonneer, X. (2011) Alien learning: What would Malcolm Knowles do? The Journal of Actual Alien Encounters, 8(14). Semibraneded LLC.

Knowles, M., Holton, E., III, & Swanson, R. (2012) The adult learner (7th ed.). New York: Routledge.

McGee, S. (2012) Why I left the university and began working at the National Inquirer. The National Inquirer, 43(11). Braneded Publications.

Wackoonie, Q. (2014) McGee returns: What a long strange trip it’s been. The Daily Sun, 12(12).