To make discussions more engaging, clinicians applied adult learning theory, which emphasizes self-directed and goal-oriented learning. For example, patients were asked how they would perform a ...

This is the essence of what we strive for here at the Whole of Government Center of Excellence. Employing cutting-edge adult learning theory, developed by Malcolm Knowles, we strive to incorporate the ...

I’m often asked by coaches if I can recommend a book or resource on adult learning theory. Learning about adult learning is essential if we want to be effective coaches--it’s a knowledge set ...

This led him to research and popularize andragogy, the science of adult learning, when he developed adult learning theory in the late 1960s. In exploring andragogy, Knowles found that while children ...