Andragogy and the Adult Learner

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cityu.siteSeattle
cityu.site.countryUnited States
dc.contributor.authorCochran, Charlotte
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Steve
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-01T23:06:40Z
dc.date.available2016-12-01T23:06:40Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractPedagogy and andragogy are two theories of learning. Pedagogy requires the students to be dependent upon the teacher for knowledge, and any experiences students may have yield little value. On the other hand, andragogy is a theory that puts the learner at the center, and it continues to be discussed as a front-runner for adult learning. According to Knowles, Holton III, and Swanson (2005), andragogy includes six assumptions: (1) the need to know, (2) the learner's self-concept, (3) the role of the learners' experiences, (4) readiness to learn, (5) orientation to learning, and (6) motivation. The theory of andragogy can be applied to the online environment, and as such, faculty members who apply the six assumptions of andragogy to their online classes will improve the learning experience for their online learners.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11803/594
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCreateSpace
dc.publisher.institutionCity University of Seattle (CityU)
dc.relation.ispartofSupporting the Success of Adult and Online Students
dc.relation.ispartofseriesProven practices in higher education;
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
dc.subjectandragogy
dc.subjectonline learning
dc.subjectandragogy and online instruction
dc.titleAndragogy and the Adult Learner
dc.typeBook Chapter
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