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CogDogBlog IBL54-Thomas.pdf SLED® Blog (Second Life Educators Blog) The Adult Learning Theory - Andragogy - of Malcolm Knowles - eLearning Industry Malcolm Shepherd Knowles (1913 – 1997) was an American educator well known for the use of the term Andragogy as synonymous to adult education. According to Malcolm Knowles, andragogy is the art and science of adult learning, thus andragogy refers to any form of adult learning. (Kearsley, 2010). The term andragogy can be supposedly equivalent to the term pedagogy. Andragogy in Greek means man-leading in comparison to pedagogy, which in Greek means child-leading. However, it should be noted that the term pedagogy has been used since the Ancient Greek times, while Alexander Kapp, a German educator, first used the term andragogy in 1833. Knowles’ 5 Assumptions Of Adult Learners In 1980, Knowles made 4 assumptions about the characteristics of adult learners (andragogy) that are different from the assumptions about child learners (pedagogy). Knowles’ 4 Principles Of Andragogy In 1984, Knowles suggested 4 principles that are applied to adult learning: You may also find useful: References: