Moving from Pedagogy to Andragogy

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

Applications of Andragogy in Multi-Disciplined Teaching and Learning

Arguments regarding the distinction between child and adult learning have existed for decades. Pedagogy has a long tradition of providing educational guidance in which there is little differentiation between child and adult education. The two groups of learners are assumed to learn under the same philosophy. Conversely, andragogy, advanced by Malcolm Knowles in the 1970s, is a well-known approa...

Moving Against the Grain: Exploring Genre-Based Pedagogy in a New Context

Considerable literature explores the contribution of genre teaching in English academic writing. The role of this approach in developing academic writing of Iranian EFL students, however, has been underresearched. This study investigated the implications of using this approach with a class of undergraduate students in Iran. The current study reports on the findings of a project which employed a...

From Learning 1.0 to Learning 2.0 - Key Concepts and Enablers

During the last few decades the learning sector have faced three fundamental changes; society is moving from the industrial age to the information age, understanding of adult teaching has evolved from pedagogy to andragogy, and technology is constantly providing new ways to support and enable learning. In this conceptual paper, these changes are introduced and discussed as key enablers of Learn...