Time line on andragogy.

1833
ALEXANDE
R KAPP

Appears when the

German
Basic
Education Teacher
uses it to refer to the
didactic interaction
established between
the students and
adults.

1921
EUGEN
ROSENSTO
CK-HUESSY
Was a leading
force in the first
theoretical
reflections
on
teaching academic
issues.
He
became
an
inspiration for adult
educators in the
inter-war and its
aftermath.

1926
EDUARD
C.

It was the first

American to enter
this term in two of
his
books.
Another of the
great figures in
generating
concepts of adult
education
and
training of thinking
of
informal
education

1980
MALCOLM
KNOWLES

Introduced the
theory of
Andragogy as
the art and
science of
helping adults
learn. He
believed that
adults need to
be active
participants in
their own
learning

ing a mutual responsibility.

environment: respect them, support them, and accept them.
3 help them diagnose their l
ds that draw on learners prior knowledge.
rners in problem solving.
Adults:
1. Are self-directed
2. Have prior experience 3. Learn when they think they "need to l

educators
To do for
His four assumtions
Work with the students to achieve their own learning goals, rather tha

Malcolm knowles
hg

His claim to fame

Learning contracts
self-directed
learning
He is considered the father of adult education. Introduced the theory of Andragog
m children so their role as facilitators should use a diferent process to facilitate
He believed that adults need to be active participants in their own learning

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