andragogy, pedagogy

Andragogy is the process of engaging adult learners in the structure of the learning experience. The term was originally used by Alexander Kapp (a German educator) in 1833, was developed into a theory of adult education by the American educator, Malcolm Knowles, (April 24, 1913 — November 27, 1997). *

Knowles held that andragogy (from the Greek words meaning "man-leading") should be distinguished from the more commonly used pedagogy (Greek: "child-leading").... (© Wikipedia)


pedagogy━━ n. 教育（学） （ped・a・gog・ics）.


* 參考Peter Scholtes 戴明領導手冊 鳴謝辭(頁十二)

an・dra・go・gy

━━ n. 成人教育学［法］.