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

Chlkowski’s Notion of Shia Mourning Rituals A Critique of Chlkowski`s Notion in the Collection of ‘Shi’ism

The present paper is critique of the article “Popular Shi’i Mourning Rituals” (Article 44) from Shi’ism collection written by Dr. Chlkowski. Although his viewpoint upon Shi’i mourning rituals is written impartially, like the viewpoint of a lot of orientalists it has some deficiencies. With a descriptive statement, he explains the mourning rituals in different Shiite regions around the world. Hi...

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 ...

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

Comparative Critique and Examination of Different Types of Definition Studies of Ethics in Islamic Thought

Ethics is one of the fundamental theoretical and practical sciences that is used in various sciences and is considered as “objective obligation” in religious teachings. Contrary to the simplistic notion of morality, its definition studies is heeded by Islamic and Western thinkers and is met with various views. While examining and analyzing the maximum and minimum definitions of ethics from the ...

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...