{"id":65,"date":"2006-09-19T21:59:07","date_gmt":"2006-09-19T21:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ivyrun.com\/wordpress\/?p=65"},"modified":"2006-09-19T21:59:07","modified_gmt":"2006-09-19T21:59:07","slug":"the-five-assumptions-of-andragogy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ivyrun.com\/inanotherplace\/?p=65","title":{"rendered":"The Five Assumptions of Andragogy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Andragogy and Self-Directed Learning: Pillars of Adult Learning Theory, a chapter by Sharan B. Merriam in <em>New Directions:<\/em><br \/>\n&#8220;The five assumptions underlying andragogy describe the adult learner<br \/>\nas someone who (1) has an independent self-concept and who can direct his<br \/>\nor her own learning, (2) has accumulated a reservoir of life experiences that<br \/>\nis a rich resource for learning, (3) has learning needs closely related to chang-<br \/>\ning social roles, (4) is problem-centered and interested in immediate appli-<br \/>\ncation of knowledge, and (5) is motivated to learn by internal rather than<br \/>\nexternal factors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I wonder how much #2 can also be a barrier to adult learning? For instance, I work with teachers who have a rich reservoir of experience of enduring really bad professional development.  Some of what I do is try to earn their trust by trying to understand their context and concerns and letting them know that, while I have an agenda, it can be modified as needed to meet their interests.  I try to customize as much as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Later:\u00a0 I am reading Knowles&#8217; New Perspectives on Andragogy and he discusses this very issue, noting that a learners&#8217; experience can create biases against learning.\u00a0 He says that this issue has been the subject of much recent research.\u00a0 He goes on to discuss Senge&#8217;s work with mental models.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Andragogy and Self-Directed Learning: Pillars of Adult Learning Theory, a chapter by Sharan B. Merriam in New Directions: &#8220;The five assumptions underlying andragogy describe the adult learner as someone who (1) has an independent self-concept and who can direct his or her own learning, (2) has accumulated a reservoir of life experiences that is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ivyrun.com\/inanotherplace\/?p=65\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Five Assumptions of Andragogy<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adult-learning"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4X3L0-13","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ivyrun.com\/inanotherplace\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ivyrun.com\/inanotherplace\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ivyrun.com\/inanotherplace\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ivyrun.com\/inanotherplace\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ivyrun.com\/inanotherplace\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ivyrun.com\/inanotherplace\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ivyrun.com\/inanotherplace\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ivyrun.com\/inanotherplace\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ivyrun.com\/inanotherplace\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}