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 Level Worked At 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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Policies Informed
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Theories and Approaches Developed
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1. Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.- Birth Year: 1913
- Death Year: 1997
- Birthplace: Livingston, Montana
- Nationality / Culture: American
- Defining Contribution: Popularized 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.
- Notable Work: The Adult Learner: A Neglected Species (1973)
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Introduction
He taught at Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, California
In Group: Adult Learning Scholars, Lead
Malcolm Shepherd Knowles (August 24, 1913, November 27, 1997) was an American adult educator, famous for the adoption of the theory of andragogy-initially a term coined by the German teacher Alexander Kapp.
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Theories and Approaches Developed: Andragogy, Malcolm Knowles page, attributionQuote, Theories and Approaches Developed: Andragogy, Malcolm Knowles page, attribution
it was Malcolm Knowles who popularised its usage for English language readers
Boston University (Wikipedia)
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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.
Wikipedia: Andragogy
Wikimedia FoundationPolicies Informed: Self-Directed Learning, Definitions section, paragraph 1
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.
In Approach: Andragogy, Andragogy, Knowles's theory
It later became very popular in the US by the American educator Malcolm Knowles.
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Theories and Approaches Developed: Andragogy, Andragogy, lead sectionQuote, Theories and Approaches Developed: Andragogy, Andragogy, lead section
It later became very popular in the US by the American educator Malcolm Knowles.
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