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Download full textSomers, Robert L. – Review of Research in Developmental Education, 1988
The concept of andragogy is posited on four key assumptions about adult learners that distinguish them from child learners and that thus abrogate the premises upon which traditional pedagogy is based. In traditional pedagogy, the role of the learner is one of dependency. Andragogy, on the other hand, recognizes the deep psychological need of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Andragogy
Golfin, Peggy; Jordan, Will; Hull, Darrell; Ruffin, Monya – US Department of Education, 2005
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Vocational and Adult Education asked CNA Corporation (CNAC) and its partners to identify promising strategies within community colleges, businesses, organized labor, and the military that enable adult learners to improve their math skills and transition to higher level math courses or jobs requiring…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Adult Students, Adult Learning, Adult Education
