Pedagogy vs. Andragogy: What’s the Difference?

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By Cindy Nebel

“Do adults learn differently?”

“This has been a fundamental question that I have been asked time and time again. Much of what we know about learning and memory comes from research on students – college students (1,2), middle school students (3), etc. – but usually individuals who are in the formal education part of life. To generalize from these studies to someone mid-career, perhaps with grown children, who is choosing to engage in self-study; to say that we understand how you think because we know how teenagers think… is that reasonable?

This week I’m exploring the difference between pedagogy (the method and practice of teaching to children) and andragogy (the method and practice of teaching to adults).”

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