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Malcolm Knowles
Adult Education Theorist
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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 Cross-Tradition Connections
Theories and Approaches Developed
Additional Source WikipediaAndragogy, lead section Sources
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica
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It later became very popular in the US by the American educator Malcolm Knowles.
infed, the encyclopedia of pedagogy and informal education
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
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