infed.org | Malcolm Knowles, informal adult education, self-direction and andragogy - 0 views
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While the concept of andragogy had been in spasmodic usage since the 1830s it was Malcolm Knowles who popularized its usage for English language readers. For Knowles, andragogy was premised on at least four crucial assumptions about the characteristics of adult learners that are different from the assumptions about child learners on which traditional pedagogy is premised.
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Motivation to learn: As a person matures the motivation to learn is internal (Knowles 1984:12).