ADULT LEARNING Flashcards
Term used by Malcolm Shepherd
Knowles (1913 – 1997)
synonymous to adult education
the art and science of adult learning
Andragogy
Child learning
Pedagogy
As a person matures his/her self concept
moves from one of being a dependent
personality toward one of being a selfdirected human being.
Self-Concept
As a person matures he/she accumulates
a growing reservoir of experience that
becomes an increasing resource for
learning.
Adult Learner Experience
As a person matures his/her readiness to
learn becomes oriented increasingly to
the developmental tasks of his/her social
roles
Readiness to Learn
As a person matures his/her time
perspective changes from one of
postponed application of knowledge to
immediacy of application. As a result
his/her orientation toward learning shifts
from one of subject- centeredness to one
of problem centeredness.
Orientation to Learning
As a person matures the motivation to
learn is internal
Motivation to Learn
Rote memory
Repetition
Testing as feedback
Gathering building blocks
Vertical and additive
Childhood Learning
Conceptual
Contextual
Continuous
Horizontal and integrated
Andragogy
Adult Learning
Based from Book of Andragogy
Authors:
Watson
Knowles
Holton
Swanson
Learning Propositions