When you design safety training materials for the workplace, you're designing training materials for adults. Most of us are familiar with learning as a result of our own childhood educations, but ...

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 we can’t ...

Andragogy promises autonomy and respect, but who decides when learners deserve it, and what counts as learning in the first ...

Andragogy, a term initially coined by the German educator Alexander Kapp in 1833, was later popularized by American educator Malcolm Knowles. It signifies a shift in educational methods and practices, ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Adults learn differently than children, and therefore it is extremely important for startups that are engaged in education to take this ...

Last week when speaking on an education and technology panel at General Assembly, a tech career skills and credentials provider, I was struck by the approaches to learning design used in the adult and ...

The clinician educator track aims to give interested residents the knowledge and skills to begin their careers as clinician educators. Clinician educator track residents gain an understanding of adult ...

Your employees bring a lifetime of experiences to every training session. Sometimes they’ll know more than you do about specific hazards and safety conditions in their current jobs. When you design ...