Posts Tagged andragogy

Adult Learning: From Theory to Practice – Free Online Course with Re-usable Material

Posted by Robert Bacal in FREE!, adult education on August 21, 2009

I stumbled upon this accidentally. It’s an online course, with material also available in downloadable pdf format, covering the basics of the adult learning, androgogical model. I disagree with much contained in that approach, but there is still good material in it, and truth is that anyone dealing with adults in learning situations should at [...]

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Teaching Adults: Is It Different? Research on The Topic #astd #trdev

Posted by Robert Bacal in Learning Theory To Practice, Research, Training Wisdom or Training Foolishness, adult education, human resources on July 23, 2009

Teaching Adults: Is It Different? Myths and Realities 21, by Sandra Kerka, 2002 PDF Available
To be considered a distinct profession with a unique knowledge base (Merriam 2001), the field of adult education advances the idea that teaching adults is different than teaching children. The subject of much debate, this issue has generated assumptions, opinions, and [...]

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Andragogy Revisited: Theory for the 21st Century? #trdev

Posted by Robert Bacal in Advice For Trainers, Learning Theory To Practice, Thought Jolts on May 19, 2009

Myths and Realities no. 19 by Ralf St. Clair
Malcolm Knowles’ theory of andragogy is almost certainly the best known concept in adult education, and it often appears to gain uncritical acceptance based on name recognition rather than careful [...]

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When is a learner an adult?

Posted by Robert Bacal in Learning Theory To Practice on May 27, 2008

The bottom line on the adult learning, which is not solely my opinion but that of others who have published and critiqued the “theory”. Formalized adult learning theory is not a description of reality but a notion of what adults “should” be within a very specific cultural bias. It’s the way us adults would like to be seen rather than the way we are. And because of it’s cultural bias, it applies completely to such a small segment of society as to be useless.

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