An adult educator or AE is one who practices the profession of facilitating the learning of adults by applying the principles of andragogy. The broader term of trainer is sometimes used for an adult educator when listing job categories. However, a trainer is not necessarily an adult educator. As Malcolm Knowles proposes, to be a successful adult educator, one must recognize that adult learners are self-directed. That is, they know basically what they need to learn at a given point in their career and seek to engage in the process of their learning through active participation.
An adulteducator or AE is one who practices the profession of facilitating the learning of adults by applying the principles of andragogy. The broader...
common problem in adult education in the US is the lack of professional development opportunities for adulteducators. Most adulteducators come from other...
Shepherd Knowles (August 24, 1913 – November 27, 1997) was an American adulteducator, famous for the adoption of the theory of andragogy—initially a term...
American pornographic film actress and sex educator. By 2017 she had appeared in more than one thousand adult films. She has been described by Las Vegas...
people under 18. Educator John Holt proposed that teaching adults about adultism is a vital step to addressing the effects of adultism, and at least one...
of adult online learning. The term was originally coined by German educator Alexander Kapp in 1833. Andragogy was developed into a theory of adult education...
Canadian adulteducator and Secretary General of ICAE (1973–1979); this award recognizes innovators in the field. Dame Nita Barrow was a Caribbean adult educator...
Kurt Rosenkranz (2 August 1927 – 13 March 2024) was an Austrian adulteducator. Kurt Rosenkranz was born in Vienna. He grew up in the Viennese district...
Young adult literature (YA) is typically written for readers aged 12 to 18 and includes most of the themes found in adult fiction, such as friendship...
IAL was established in 2008 to provide training for adulteducators and undertake research in adult learning. From 1 April 2019, IAL was restructured into...
is a practical theologian, commentator, journalist, NGO consultant, adulteducator and trainer who is director of the religion and society think tank Ekklesia...
Billy Wharton (born May 5, 1969) is an adulteducator, American democratic socialist activist and former co-chair of the Socialist Party USA. Wharton is...
Caliver: AdultEducator and Civil Servant, Syracuse, NY: Syracuse Univ Printing, 1966 Poole, Bernice Anderson (1994). Mary Mcleod Bethune: educator. ISBN 0-87067-783-7...
emphasis on imagination, both in interpreting and creating art. Many educators will ask their students "Why do you think the artist made this choice...
Coady (3 January 1882 – 28 July 1959) was a Roman Catholic priest, adulteducator and co-operative entrepreneur best known for his instrumental role in...
Edward Annand Corbett (1884-1964) was an innovator and pioneer adulteducator in Canada. Born on April 12, 1884 in Truro, Nova Scotia to Rev. Thomas Corbett...
Jennie Ellis Keysor (1860–1945) was an American pioneer in adult education and author of children's books on American literature and art topics. In Omaha...
relationships and other chronic stressors that are almost ubiquitous. "Adulteducators also must secure the learners' ontological security against existential...
Elliott (née Jennison; born November 30, 1933) is an American diversity educator. As a schoolteacher, she became known for her "Blue eyes/Brown eyes" exercise...
was a Canadian farmer, co-operative leader, social entrepreneur, and adulteducator. Born and raised a Mennonite near Altona, Manitoba, Siemens taught for...
Jessica Drake is an American pornographic actress and sex educator. Drake spent two years as a contract performer for the studio Sin City until May 31...
Violet Blue is an American journalist, author, editor, advisor, and educator. Blue wrote a weekly sex column for the San Francisco Chronicle until 2010...
professionalized staff, and increasing the demands for adult education professionals. The majority of adulteducators are untrained, especially in basic literacy...