\u201cAndragogy is the art and science of helping adults learn\u201d( Navarro, C.P., 2018, para 1) . For adult learning, they can use their experience to help their learning. According to Malcolm Knowles, the foundational thinker of andragogy, there are six points where adult learners are different from children. (Navarro, 2018)<\/p>\n
These concepts remind me of when I started to restudy English. Ten years ago, I thought English is important for my children and would like to put them to English language school because I had no confidence in my English and I didn\u2019t want my children to have the same issue. My husband who is a good English speaker suggested me that I myself go back to study English to teach my children instead of putting my children to English language school. In fact, I had a 6-year experience to study English in the Japanese school system, but I didn\u2019t have any opportunities to use it.<\/p>\n
My husband also set a rule that we only used English for our daily conversation with children. For the first day, I found my study in school was totally useless.\u00a0 I was shocked even I didn\u2019t know how to say, \u201cLet\u2019s change a diaper!\u201d in English. I started to take an English lesson and read a lot of books and used what I learned directly into daily conversation with my kids at home. Actually, to teach my children English is a great opportunity to restart English. It gave me the firm purpose and motivation for the study. At the same time, I was given an environment to apply what I learn.\u00a0 After 1 month, I started to get feedback, which was that my children started to speak English. Getting feedback encouraged me more. I was such a busy full-time worker that I did not have as much time to study as when I was a student. However, I know how to learn a new thing efficiently in my experience and my motivation was higher.<\/p>\n
I was astonished how much faster I learned as a mom than when I was a student. How important it is to have the purpose and the motivation when you learn new things. I understand this experience as a good example of andragogy and fits the condition of Malcolm Knowles\u2019s six rules.<\/p>\n
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References<\/p>\n
Navarro, C.P.. (2018) Unit 6 Notes, Retrieve from https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/ldrs500\/unit-6\/unit-6-notes\/<\/p>\n
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\u201cAndragogy is the art and science of helping adults learn\u201d( Navarro, C.P., 2018, para 1) . For adult learning, they can use their experience to help their learning. According to Malcolm Knowles, the foundational thinker of andragogy, there are six points where adult learners are different from children. (Navarro, 2018) An adult is a self-directing … <\/p>\n