How adult-friendly is your classroom? Are you teaching your students in a manner that is out of sync to their knowledge and experiences? If your learners are experienced, you may want to introduce andragogy strategies into your classroom.
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Andragogy is the method used to teach adults. Malcolm Knowles put andragogy on the map when he outlined assumptions about adult learners that were different than teaching children. For the greater part of our academic career, we have received instruction designed for teaching children. In college, we are primarily working with adults. Shouldn’t we design our instruction for adults?
Knowles’ assumptions for adult learners note that learners are self-directed, use prior experience for learning, are ready to learn, want to apply new knowledge right away, benefit from problem-based learning and are intrinsically motivated.
In this episode, I am going to focus on andragogy and how it differs from pedagogy. You will also gain guidance for making adjustments to your classroom to make it more adult-friendly.
Additional Reading
- ITC: 8 – What Is Universal Design for Learning?
- ITC: 9 – How Multiple Means of Representation Can Help Your Classroom
- ITC: 30 – 6 Engaging Online Discussion Strategies
- Keeping Up With… Andragogy
- Adult Learning Principles and Processes and Their Relationships with Learner Satisfaction: Validation of the Andragogy in Practice Inventory (API) in the Jordanian Context
- Andragogy for Adult Learners in Higher Education
- Andragogy and Pedagogy as Foundational Theory for Student Motivation in Higher Education
- Andragogy and Technology: Integrating Adult Learning Theory As We Teach With Technology
- Contrasting Classrooms: Instructional Differences Between Pedagogy vs. Andragogy
- Andragogy in Practice: Clarifying the Andragogical Model of Adult Learning
- Incorporating Six Principles of Andragogy into UX Design
- Andragogy – the Rub
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