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Andragogy refers to methods and principles used in adult education. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The word comes from the Greek ἀνδρ- ( andr- ), meaning "adult male", and ἀγωγός ( agogos ), meaning "leader of".
Malcolm Shepherd Knowles (August 24, 1913 – November 27, 1997) was an American adult educator, famous for the adoption of the theory of andragogy—initially a term coined by the German teacher Alexander Kapp.
The adult educator applies the principles of adult learning to the six phases of course development: determining learner needs; writing learning objectives to fulfill those needs; creating a learning plan; selecting learning methodologies geared to the adult learner; implementing the learning plan; and evaluating the degree to which the learning objectives have been met.
Andragogy proposes the following six main assumptions about adults as learners: As a person matures, his or her self-concept moves from that of a dependent personality toward one of a self-directing human being; An adult has rich experiences that accumulated through family responsibilities, work-related activities, and prior education;
“TransMexico,” “Edge of Everything” and Andragogy” are among the winners of the 39th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The SBIFF, whose mission is to discover and ...
In the US, adult learners fall into the category of nontraditional students. [1] They have a wide range of cultural, job, and educational backgrounds. [2]In the UK, a student is normally classified as a mature student if they are an undergraduate student who is at least 25+ years old at the start of their course, or in the Irish case on the first of January of the year of entry, and usually ...
After nine years and nearly $350 million, USA TODAY confirmed just one exoneration resulting from a grant program to address untested rape kits.
A bear that rampaged through a Japanese supermarket for two days was lured out with food coated in honey, local officials said. The animal was trapped and later killed on Monday, police said.