February Summary

Monthly Summary – February

Group 3: Andragogy

We are now approaching the half-way point in the semester and we are continuing to make some strides towards what will be our final project demonstration in April. The month of February was spent working together as a group in deciding two project topics to investigate in regards to Andragogy as well as working individually completing the weekly tasks on discussion board and our individual literature review and posting on our blog. The literature review overall broadened our knowledge on the topic by each of us reading old and current research on Andragogy, as the theory was introduced back in 1833 by Alexander Kapp, but later put into practice by Malcolm Knowles. The literature review provided an opportunity for each one of us to establish a theoretical framework on the topic of Andragogy. We were able to define key terms and provide definitions, identify studies, models and case studies which support our topic, and define our area of study for research. We have begun some research into particular topics to complete our program investigation by March 3^rd. Two topics our group is considering are Highlander and self-directed learning (SDL). Everyone in our group has taken on a responsibility to contribute to the program investigation. Each one of us taking on a different task in which we feel we are most comfortable and contribute the most value to our team. Each member of the group has taken an element of the project and offered their contribution to the overall project’s success.

In the coming days our group will evaluate each program we have focused on during the month of February. We then will take this knowledge to develop and evaluate our own use of Andragogy within the field of adult education. Our understanding will culminate in April, as our group provides a demonstration of its use for our classmates to view for their own professional growth and as a resource for their own educational environments.

Paul posted to blog group 1 and 4.