8.2.3 Andragogy versus Pedagogy

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• The Learner is self directed.
  
  The learner is responsible for their own learning.
  
  Self-evaluation is characteristic of this approach.
• The learner is dependent on the trainer for all learning
  
  The trainer assumes full responsibility for what is taught and how it is learned
  
  The trainer evaluates learning
• The learner brings a greater volume and quality of experience
  
  Learners are a rich resource for one another
  
  Different experiences assure diversity in groups of learners
  
  Experience becomes the source of self-identify
  
• The learner comes to the activity with little experience that could be tapped as a resource for learning
  
  The experience of the trainer is most influential
  
• Learners are told what they have to learn in order to advance to the next level of mastery
• Any change is likely to trigger a readiness to learn
  
  The need to know in order to perform more effectively in some aspect of their life is important
  
  Ability to assess gaps between where they are now and where they want and need to be
  
• Learners want to perform a task, solve a problem, live in a more satisfying way
  
  Learning must have relevance to real-life tasks
  
  Learning is organized around life/work situations rather than subject matter units
  
• Learning is a process of acquiring prescribed subject matter
  
  Content units are sequenced according to the logic of the subject matter
  
• Primarily motivated by external pressures, competition for grades, and the consequences of failure
• Internal motivators: self- esteem, recognition, better quality of life, self- confidence, self-actualization