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Download full textBaumgartner, Lisa M.; Lee, Ming-Yeh; Birden, Susan; Flowers, Doris – 2003
The purpose of this monograph is to serve as a primer for practitioners on the foundational theories of adult learning. It begins with an explanation two lenses through which learning theory is viewed: behaviorism and constructivism. The next section defines andragogy and delineates Knowles's five assumptions about adult learners. This is followed…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Afrocentrism, Andragogy
