Malcolm Shepherd Knowles, a University of Chicago graduate widely acknowledged as a founder, beginning in Chicago, of adult education as a separate discipline, has died. He was 84. Mr. Knowles, of ...

Andragogy, a term initially coined by the German educator Alexander Kapp in 1833, was later popularized by American educator Malcolm Knowles. It signifies a shift in educational methods and practices, ...

This paper explores the differences in assumptions about learning of pedagogy (the art and science of teaching children) and andragogy (the art and science of helping adults learn) and the ...

Learning doesn’t stop once you graduate. Adulthood brings new challenges and ambitions that reignite the desire for education. So what specifically drives adults back into the learning space, and why ...