This tool is adapted based on Zinn's original Philosophy of Adult Education Inventory (PAEI). Answering these questions can help you to identify your personal philosophy of education.

Roger Hiemstra is a professor of Adult Education at Elmira College. Many of his contributions to the field of education have been focused on the adult learner and the use of technology/web pages to facilitate adult learning. He maintains a website that has a variety of articles on adult education and self-directed learning.

This article begins with a brief overview of the evolution from pedagogy to andragogy. But the highlight of the article is the discussion of the controversy surrounding the spread of andragogy and the alternative theories that developed out of this.