Analysis of Andragogy Theory and Practice

Abstract

Andragogy is the art and science of teaching adults to learn, how to help adults learn according to their needs or to motivate adults to learn to use their experiences to achieve new learning experiences. Adult education (andragogy) is different from children's education (pedagogy). Children's education will take place in the form of assimilation, identification, and imitation, while adult education focuses on improving their lives, providing skills and abilities to solve problems they experience in their lives and in society. Andragogy can be applied in tutor performance, organizing study materials, and in learning methods. The steps to apply andragogy in learning and teaching activities are 1) formulation of program objectives, 2) development of evaluation tools and evaluation of learning outcomes, 3) analysis of learning tasks and identification of learning abilities of citizens, 4) preparation of learning-learning strategies, 5) implementation of activities learning and teaching, 6) monitoring of learning outcomes.