Pedagogy vs. Andragogy: A False Dichotomy?

Synchronous vs. Conjunctive Binding: A False Dichotomy?

It is argued that claims about the superiority of synchronous binding methods are premature. A hypothetical explanation for synchronous firing is offered, which portrays such firing as a symptom of a deeper binding process that employs conjunctive nodes. It is shown that only a feasibly small number of conjunctive binding nodes would be required in the deeper process.

Moving from Pedagogy to Andragogy

There is little doubt that the most dominant form of instruction in Europe and America is pedagogy, or what some people refer to as didactic, traditional, or teacher-directed approaches. A competing idea in terms of instructing adult learners, and one that gathered momentum within the past three decades, has been dubbed andragogy. The purpose of this resource piece is to provide the interested ...

Machine Translation vs. Translator Aids: A False Dichotomy

Advances in Computers The past 30 years have been a period of rapid development for computers and their uses. In computer hardware, we have seen a progression from vacuum tubes to transistors to integrated circuits to microprocessors. In computer uses, we have seen an expansion beyond military and business applications that includes computeraided design and manufacturing, bibliographic data ret...

In defence of pedagogy: a critique of the notion of andragogy.

Malcolm Knowles' theory of andragogy has gained increasing acceptance among nurse educators. Andragogy is espoused as a progressive educational theory, adopted as a theoretical underpinning for curricula and is even considered to be synonymous with a variety of teaching techniques and strategies such as 'problem-based' and 'self-directed' learning. This paper offers a critique of the notion of ...

THE MODERN PRACTICE OF ADULT EDUCATION, From Pedagogy to Andragogy REVISED AND UPDATED