Learning is part of life and is something that everyone needs in some way or another for the rest of their life. Adults and children have a unique way of learning. Studies about how learning occurs is something that will never go away. There are many theories that are excellent tools that can help adult learning in many different ways. For example, Andragogy is the art and science of helping adults learn. Malcom is the father of adult learning and laid the foundation which are Self -Concept, Experience, Willingness to learn, Orientation, Motivation to learn, the need to know (Malcom Knowles, 2006).
There are three articles I found that could be useful for the future. The first article is called “Adult learning Strategies to Improve Knowledge Retention”. It explains how to improve knowledge retention for adult learning and is broken down into four sections which are “How the brain works”, “The Theory of Andragogy”, “Strategies to Aid Retention”, and “Last Experience”. The second article is entitled “Andragogy Theory”, and it is an outline of Malcolm Knowles's main point assumptions about adult learners which are the desired outcome of adult learning and the key factors found in successful adult learning programs. The last article is called “What is Andragogy”. This article is right to the point of what Andragogy is and briefly talks about the implications for the adult learner and for facilitators for adult learning.
Overall, adults have a different way of learning and it could be because they are older, but the desire to learn will always be there in some way or another. The way learning information is received is part of the learning process and can be used throughout life for overall success. Like Michelangelo said, “I’m still learning”. I will also provide a links to the article and including the videos below for future reference if needed.
References
Adult learning strategies to improve knowledge retention. (2021, July 27). Sales Enablement PRO. https://salesenablement.pro/expertise/adult-learning-strategies-to-improve-knowledge-retention/
Kurt, S. (2020, July 11). Andragogy theory - Malcolm Knowles - Educational technology. Educational Technology.https://educationaltechnology.net/andragogy-theory-malcolm-knowles/
Malcolm Knowles. (2006, January 24). Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved August 3, 2021, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Knowles
Michelangelo | Famous last words. (2013, April 13). Sites at Penn State - WordPress | powered by WordPress. https://sites.psu.edu/famouslastwords/2013/04/13/michelangelo/
What is andragogy? Less than 100 words. (2020, October 26). Roundtable Learning. https://roundtablelearning.com/what-is-andragogy-less-than-100-words/
Video link https://youtu.be/UgNeWsbKDUY
Video link https://youtu.be/oqNflAZAiJQ
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