EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

EDUCATION UGC NET

PRINCIPLE OF TEACHING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
____ contains learning strategies focused on teaching adults.It is often known as the process of engaging adult learners in the structure of the learning experiences.
A
Andragocical
B
Pedagogical
C
Both A and B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Art and science of helping adults in learning is called andragogy. Adult learners are autonomous, self-directed, reluctant to learn new things, and they focus mainly on immediate implementation of knowledge. The theories to explain adult learning are conditioning theory, theory of connectionism, and cognitive theory.

Detailed explanation-2: -Andragogy refers to methods and principles used in adult education.

Detailed explanation-3: -Andragogy is the facilitation learning for adults, who are self-directed learners. Heutagogy is the management of learning for self-managed learners.

Detailed explanation-4: -Andragogy is defined as “the art and science of helping adults learn, in contrast to pedagogy as the art and science of teaching children” Knowles (1980, p. 43). The term andragogy has a long history of development and evolution. In 1833, Alexander Kapp, German educationalist, coined the term (Howard, 1993).

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