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the term coined by Knowles (1990) to describe his theory of adult learning, is the art and science of helping adults learn.
Andragogy
is a term used to describe teaching of older persons. For teaching to be effective, gerogogy must accommodate the normal physical, cognitive, and psychosocial changes that occur at this phase of growth and development,
Gerogogy
is the art and science of helping children to learn. The different stages of childhood are divided according to what developmental theorists
Pedagogy
define as specific patterns of behavior seen in particular phases of growth and development, throughout all of childhood, learning is subject centered.
Educational psychologists
There is no “correct” or “wrong” side of the brain. Each hemisphere gathers in the same sensory information but handles the information in different ways. One hemisphere may take over and inhibit the other in processing information, or the task may be divided between the two sides, with each handling the part best suited to its way of processing information. Knowledge of one’s own brain hemispherical performance can aid educators in identifying strengths and weaknesses in their teaching methods.
● Right Brain/Left Brain and Whole brain thinking
In 1967, Rita and Kenneth Dunn set out to develop an instrument that would assist educators in identifying those characteristics that allow individuals to learn in different ways.
● Dunn and Dunn Learning Style
a Swiss psychiatrist, developed a theory that explains personality assessment that categorizes individuals into 16 personality types based on preferences in four dichotomies: Extraversion/Introversion, Sensing/Intuition, Thinking/Feeling, and Judging/Perceiving.
- Myers and Briggs Learning Style
developed an experiential learning model in the early
1970s. Kolb believes knowledge is a transformational process that is continuously created and recreated. Learning is a continuous process grounded in the reality that the learner is not a blank slate
● Kolb’s Learning Theory
developed a theory focused on Intelligence, which is useful in looking at styles of learning in children. He based his theory on findings from brain research, developmental work with children, and psychological testing.
● Howard Gardner (1983)
a person who provides instruction or education; a teacher.
Educator
– the acquisition of knowledge or skills through experience, study, or by being taught.
Learning
– the state of being fully prepared for something
Readiness
– the function assumed, or part played by a person or thing in a particular situation.
Role
– a distinctive appearance, typically determined by the principles according to which something is designed.
Style
