Re: [tips] Andragogical Education anyone?

2011-09-20 Thread Michael Britt
- Original message >> Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:18:23 -0400 >> From: Michael Britt >> Subject: Re: [tips] Andragogical Education anyone? >> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" > >> >> I have to admit that you've got

Re: [tips] Andragogical Education anyone?

2011-09-20 Thread Dr. Bob Wildblood
nothing convincing that I have seen. If it's there, direct me to it. Original message >Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:18:23 -0400 >From: Michael Britt >Subject: Re: [tips] Andragogical Education anyone? >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)"

Re: [tips] Andragogical Education anyone?

2011-09-20 Thread Michael Britt
; > Original message >> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:03:23 -0400 >> From: Michael Britt >> Subject: Re: [tips] Andragogical Education anyone? >> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" > >> >> I don't see any co

Re: [tips] Andragogical Education anyone?

2011-09-20 Thread Dr. Bob Wildblood
belief in different "styles of learning" is. We can certainly agree to disagree, but until I see evidence in support of either of these concepts, I'll pass. Original message >Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:03:23 -0400 >From: Michael Britt >Subject: Re: [tips] An

Re: [tips] Andragogical Education anyone?

2011-09-19 Thread Jim Clark
Hi Michael I think Robert's point was that Andragogical principles were perhaps as lacking in empirical evidence as learning styles ... not that they are equivalent or related in any other way. You mention some of the assumptions made about "older" learners. Ignoring for a moment the defini

Re: [tips] Andragogical Education anyone?

2011-09-19 Thread Michael Britt
I don't see any connection between the idea of Androgogy and the pseudoscience of learning styles. Androgogy is simply a set of suggested teaching methods for adults who most likely are in a different stage of life and are probably approaching their experience as a student with a different set

Re: [tips] Andragogical Education anyone?

2011-09-19 Thread Dr. Bob Wildblood
Paul Brandon >Talk about dichotomizing a continuum! >Are 17 year olds adults? 18? 22? > I've read a bit about andragogical Education and come away with the same feeling I have about different learning styles in younger students. These is some smoke, but but I haven't seen any read data on it.

Re: [tips] Andragogical Education anyone?

2011-09-19 Thread Brandon, Paul K
Talk about dichotomizing a continuum! Are 17 year olds adults? 18? 22? On Sep 19, 2011, at 3:27 PM, Rene Verry wrote: Tipsters, Because I am currently enrolled in a tutor certification course through the National Tutoring Association, I had the opportunity to learn more about the andragogica

Re: [tips] Andragogical Education anyone?

2011-09-19 Thread Rene Verry
Tipsters, Because I am currently enrolled in a tutor certification course through the National Tutoring Association, I had the opportunity to learn more about the andragogical approach (like Jim I was not aware of this distinction either). Andragogy is distinguished from pedagogy with the

[tips] Andragogical Education anyone?

2011-09-19 Thread Jim Clark
Hi Our VP Academic is going to talk about andragogical technology. First time I'd heard of andragogical, which appears to be commonly used in the adult education area to denote learning by adults (vs. pedagogical). My "educational fad" antenna went up, but perhaps I am being unfair. Is anyone