Essays Tagged: "Andragogy"

Learning Style inventory and MBTI and the usefulness of them in a business. It is also based on my concrete experiences, active experience, reflective observations, abstract experiences.

ffective and accurate in their productivity. In My paper I will bediscussing the difference between andragogy and pedagogy, the Learning Style Inventory(LSI), and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI ... the Learning Style Inventory(LSI), and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI).A. The Adult Learner: Andragogy and PedagogyThe development of learning begins as a child and continues on throughadulthoo ...

(8 pages) 497 0 3.6 Nov/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Reflective writing - personal view - learning styles - adult learners.

however, two theories that I feel closely supports my line of reasoning.First is Knowles' theory of andragogy.Andragogy makes the following assumptions about the design of learning: (1) Adults need to ... rograms must embrace this essential viewpoint (Knowles, 1984).Therefore, in following the theory of andragogy a successful staff development program would focus on the way the information was being ta ...

(3 pages) 452 0 4.2 Oct/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Education issues. Learning styles

and adjust some of their views.There seems to be a difference between children and adult learners. Andragogy has been defined as the art and science of teaching adults as compared to pedagogy, the ar ... here are different assumptions, processes and methods (Gibbs and Habeshaw1989) between Pedagogy and Andragogy.Knowles (1984) theory of Andragogy was an attempt to develop a theory specifically for adu ...

(4 pages) 830 3 4.6 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Nursing degree

here are various learning theories andapproaches to maximise understanding.Knowles (1984) theory of andragogy is an attempt to develop a theoryspecifically for adult learning. Andragogy makes assumpti ... studies, role-playing,simulation and self -evaluation are most useful.There are four principles of andragogy as identified by Knowles. The firstidentifies that adults need to be involved in the plann ...

(7 pages) 222 0 3.5 Oct/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Adult Development and Behavior

of teaching that is creative, alive and humorous to hold their attention.Knowles' theory (1984) of andragogy makes the following assumptions about the design of learning: (1) Adults need to know why ...

(2 pages) 44 0 0.0 Dec/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders