ADULT LEARNING

Question 1

 Term used by Malcolm Shepherd
Knowles (1913 – 1997)
 synonymous to adult education
 the art and science of adult learning

Answer 1

Andragogy

Question 2

 Child learning

Answer 2

Pedagogy

Question 3

As a person matures his/her self concept
moves from one of being a dependent
personality toward one of being a selfdirected human being.

Answer 3

Self-Concept

Question 4

As a person matures he/she accumulates
a growing reservoir of experience that
becomes an increasing resource for
learning.

Answer 4

Adult Learner Experience

Question 5

As a person matures his/her readiness to
learn becomes oriented increasingly to
the developmental tasks of his/her social
roles

Answer 5

Readiness to Learn

Question 6

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.

Answer 6

Orientation to Learning

Question 7

As a person matures the motivation to
learn is internal

Answer 7

Motivation to Learn

Question 8

 Rote memory
 Repetition
 Testing as feedback
 Gathering building blocks
 Vertical and additive

Answer 8

Childhood Learning

Question 9

 Conceptual
 Contextual
 Continuous
 Horizontal and integrated
Andragogy

Answer 9

Adult Learning

Question 10

 Based from Book of Andragogy
Authors:
 Watson
 Knowles
 Holton
 Swanson

Answer 10

Learning Propositions