How do you tailor education to the learning needs of adults? Do they learn differently from
children? How does their life experience inform their learning processes? These were the …

The usefulness and application of andragogical assumptions has long been debated by
adult educators. The assumptions of andragogy are often criticized due to the lack of …

The purpose of this monograph is to serve as a primer for practitioners on the foundational
theories of adult learning. It begins with an explanation two lenses through which learning …

Mentoring has long been recognized as an effective strategy for retaining and supporting
doctoral students in their programs of study. In this qualitative investigation, we conducted …

In this study I explore the differences in the mental models of students exposed to three
instructional methods of teaching an organizational behavior course—lecture–discussion …

In 1987 the English National Board (1987) made it clear that it supported a move towards an
andragogical approach to nurse education. Recently such moves have been questioned as …

Andragogy had a very slow beginning over a period of almost one century as a term
referring to the theory and practice of adult education. Numerous elements were involved in …

This paper examines the validity of the Learning Preference Assessment (LPA), formerly
called the Self-Directed Learning Readiness Scale (SDLRS). Using a correlation analysis …

The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of the theoretical foundations of
pedagogy, andragogy and heutagogy. A brief description of the most common pedagogical …

Self-directed learning has become very popular in Western adult education. It is promoted
for both educational and economic/political reasons. In this research project I investigated …