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Pedagogy vs. Andragogy

Adults learn out of want or need. Children learn in preparation for additional learning. It follows that in a pedagogical model subjects and teachers are the focal point. Students must adjust themselves to the curriculum. In adult education, the curriculum is built around the learner’s needs. In pedagogical learning, the instructor is responsible for all [...]

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Adult Learning Principles: Definitions

When most adults are given the opportunity to teach, train, or facilitate for the first time, their thoughts hearken back to the time they spent in school as a child or young adult. The instinct is to use that experience as a model for the development of their own classes or workshops. What’s important to [...]

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