Andragogy

Andragogy refers to how adults learn, as distinct from pedagogy's focus on how to teach children, however use of the term andragogy has been criticised and debated (e.g., Ferro, 1997). An excellent discussion about these and related terms is provided by Holmes and Abington-Cooper (2000).

See also

• Heutagogy
• Humanagogy
• Pedagogy
• Pedandragogy

References

Ferro, T. R. (1997, October). The linguistics of andragogy and its offspring. In Proceedings of the Midwest Research-to-Practice Conference in Adult, Continuing and Community Education, East Lansing: Michigan State University (pp. 37-42).

Holmes, G., & Abington-Cooper, M. (2000). Pedagogy vs. andragogy: A false dichotomy. The Journal of Technology Studies, 26, 50-55.

External links

• Andragogy: a review of the term (Conway, 1985)