of in house organizational training within the framework of adult educational techniques.
A thorough review of the relevant literature will form an important segment of the proposed research study. This literature review will cover such relevant topics as learning theory, behavior modification, learning style, principles of adult education, methods of adult education and training, and the evaluation of adult education and training. In this proposal, a brief review of the principles of adult education is presented. The remaining topics will be covered in the thesis reporting the findings of the proposed research study.
Two fundamental aproaches to education are pedagogy the teaching of children, and andragogy, which is useful in the education of adults. An individual is defined as an adult within a framework 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" to adults (Knowles, 1980, p. 24). Psychologically, an individual is classified as an adult, when one "perceives herself or himself to be essentially responsible for her or his own life" (Knowles, 1980, p. 24).
Andragogy is the art and science of helping adults learn (Podeschi, 1987). Pedagogy, by contrast, is the
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