Andragogy and Pedagogy

 

Differences between Andragogy and Pedagogy.

Andragogy is the set of flexible tools aimed at the adult student expressing their own experiences based on clearly defined themes, sharing with others and receiving feedback from them. Pedagogy has as its object of study the formation of the person through education, considering it as a properly organized, planned, directed and evaluated process. Education is the essential object of Pedagogy. Taking education as an object, concepts such as: educate, teach and school are deduced, using a pedagogical model, conceived and designed to maximize the learning of children and adolescents.

While Andragogy is the science that, being immersed in education, allows to increase the thinking, self-management, quality of life and creativity of the adult student, with the purpose of providing an opportunity for him to achieve his self-realization.

For this reason, the pedagogical and the Andragogic processes are different and should not be carried out in the same way, since children and adults have different visions and must be reached with different methods.

According to Knowles (1980), pedagogical approaches consider that the student: Depends on the teacher. Prefers learning focused on the subject / matter. Responds well to extrinsic incentives (motivation). They do not have enough life experience to use it in favor of their learning in the classroom. Didactic methods are used for the learning process. The learner is more of a receiver than a participant.

Instead, andragogic approaches tend to assume that the adult learner:

He prefers to be responsible for his own learning and to participate in the planning and evaluation of teaching. He prefers learning to focus on problems and not on content. Responds better to internal than external incentives (motivation). You can use your own life experience as a useful resource for learning. They need to understand the reasons for and the importance of everything they learn. There is a self-taught process where own knowledge is generated and enriched. The student has greater knowledge and participation criteria.

Pedagogy depends on the style of the instructor, while andragogy is an independent learning style. Pedagogy has predetermined goals that are fixed whereas goals in andragogy are flexible. Pedagogy believes that students are unable to contribute because they are inexperienced, while Andragogy believes that students are capable of making a contribution.

The purpose of learning in Pedagogy is to collect the information provided by the teacher, on the other hand in Andragogy it is oriented towards clearly defined objectives and goals. In pedagogy it is a stage of formation and development, while in Andragogy you have experiences and need to connect it with new knowledge.

The role of the pedagogical teacher is to conduct learning and define content and objectives. In addition, more time is available to dedicate to learning. While in Andragogy he is a facilitator and guide according to the needs of the learners and they require balancing their social responsibilities with the demands of learning.

Difference between Pedagogy and Andragogy (Dr: Felix Adam)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Item                                                   Pedagogical                                       Andragogy

Relationship between the components.	Adult – child. Vertical – dependent.	Adult – adult. Horizontal – participatory.
Process center control and direction.	Teacher or teacher. pedagogue	Participants.
Emphasis on learning.	In the essential programmatic content.	In the processes of learning and sources of information.
Mental processes.	Memory plays the central role in this process.	Logical thinking and higher mental processes become present. Imagination plays an exceptional role in creativity.
Approach, administration and Evaluation of learning.	The whole process is directed by the pedagogue.	Focused on participants or shared with the facilitator.
Process addres	Teaching – learning.	Orientation – learning.
	Your concern is to maintain the attention and mental posture of the student.	He worries about not acting as the holder of all solutions.
	It promotes the adaptation of students to pedagogical models.	It promotes the development of leadership skills in the participants.
	It creates dependence on students as soon as it determines what will be learned, when and how.	Creates an interdependence and responsibility in the participants in  the formulations of alternatives, opinions, clarification and experiences.