{"id":5340,"date":"2022-01-18T12:48:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T12:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:https:\/\/www.teachmint.com\/glossary\/?p=5340"},"modified":"2022-11-17T08:46:16","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T08:46:16","slug":"principles-of-adult-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teachmint.com\/glossary\/p\/principles-of-adult-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Principles of adult learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Adult learning is a process in which adults participate in systematic and continuous self-education activities in order to develop new types of information, skills<\/a>, attitudes, or values, as opposed to child education. In fact, adult learning as a term for itself – Andragogy – a term coined by the German teacher Alexander Kapp.\u00a0Principles of adult learning include\u00a0self-direction, transformation, experience, mentorship, mental orientation, motivation, and <\/strong>readiness to learn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Adult learning is simply defined as a circumstance in which adults seek to further their education. This can be done in a formal context such as a university, a trade school, or an apprenticeship. Adults who merely wish to learn a talent and pursue schooling in order to learn that skill can also do so. Adult learning<\/a> is a topic of research for many professionals since there are many ways and theories about how to properly educate adults. Because children and adults learn in very different ways, new strategies must be employed to make learning more effective for adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Malcolm Knowles, who was an adult educator and was famous for the adoption of the theory of andragogy had put out 6 principles of adult learning, namely – <\/p>\n\n\n\n