Pedagogy versus Andragogy

Pedagogy versus Andragogy

Introduction

When modern people use the words pedagogy and andragogy , I sense there is a meaning implied that is understood by our wider culture . In the case of pedagogy , the general definition implied the connection of the teaching by the teacher , to the learning of the student especially to the child . There is little doubt that the most dominant form of instruction in America and Europe is pedagogy , or what some people refer to as traditional , teacher-directed approaches , or didactic . Pedagogy literally means leading children . Pedagogy can also

be thought of as "teacher-centered or directive " learning . The competing idea in terms of instructing adult learners , and one that gathered momentum within the past three decades , has been dubbed andragogy . Andragogy is a term coined to refer to the science or art of teaching adults or can be thought of as "learner-centered or directed

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