Pedagogy / Andragogy – it’s not the technology

“The term pedagogy has been in use since the early 16^th century to describe ‘the art and science of teaching’ (amongst other definitions) particularly focusing upon the teacher’s role in a young person’s learning. More recently of course, it has formed part of the ongoing cry ‘it’s not the technology, it’s the pedagogy…’ which is raised at every conference, at every turn.

Andragogy, on the other hand, only became well used in 1913 after Malcolm Knowles developed a theory of it to describe adult learning – specifically focusing upon how children and adults learn differently (and as such require different forms of teaching).

One of the key differences is the description of the learner.”

Author: Dan Sutch, Flux Blog, 16th April 2008

Full article available here.