American adult-education researcher and practitioner who led the Adult Education Association of the United States and later chaired Boston University's adult-education graduate program. His work on andragogy defined a set of assumptions distinguishing how adults learn from how children learn, transforming professional and continuing-education practice.
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Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionPopularized andragogy as a distinct theory of adult learning in Andragogy, Not Pedagogy (1968), arguing adult learners are self-directed, experience-driven and motivated by immediate, practical need rather than external requirement. 1 Notable WorkThe Adult Learner: A Neglected Species (1973) 1 Connections
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Malcolm Knowles, the andragogy theorist, held a tenured faculty appointment at Boston University as associate professor of adult education from 1959, and spent 14 years there.
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It later became very popular in the US by the American educator Malcolm Knowles.
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it was Malcolm Knowles who popularised its usage for English language readers
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In 1959, he accepted a faculty appointment at Boston University as an associate professor of adult education with tenure. He spent 14 years there.
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In contrast to pedagogy, or the teaching of children, andragogy is based on a humanistic conception of self-directed and autonomous learners where teachers are defined as facilitators of learning.
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It later became very popular in the US by the American educator Malcolm Knowles.
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