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The Pre Service Education of Potential Teachers
The pre service education of potential teachers is largely a manifestation of adult education. The tenor of pre service
education is vital, if the confidence and motivation to teach is to be imparted, along with necessary knowledge.
Individuals engaged in pre service teaching education are adults. An individual is defined as an adult within a frame work of psychological and social criteria (Raudonis, 1987). Within the social context, an individual is considered to be an adult, when one performs "social roles typically assigned by our culture" (Knowles, 1988, 24). Psychologically, an indivi dual is classified as an adult, when one "perceives herself or himself to be essentially responsible for her or his own life" (Knowles, 1988, 24).
Andragogy is the art and science of
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