What are some of Knowle's assumptions about adult learners?
Snow Falling on Cedar House ... Reflections on Andragogy During a Pandemic, Overdose Crisis and a Snowstorm From Malcolm Knowles (1980) Assumptions About Adult Learners: #2: An adult accumulates a growing reservoir of experience which is a rich resource for learning and; #3: The readiness of an adult to learn is closely related to the developmental tasks of his or her social role. These two quotes, or rather assumptions, about adult learners caught my attention because they acknowledge that a) adults learners have a great deal of expertise based in lived and living experience and b) there is always more to learn as we strive to succeed in life, work, and play and that readiness and immediate applicability are key motivating factors to excellent learning. I chose these quotes because of a rather complex task I am currently undertaking, which is to design and deliver a new program in my community for and with ‘peers’, specifically peers who use drugs (...
