{"id":403,"date":"2020-01-16T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T09:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpocreativity.com\/world\/?p=403"},"modified":"2025-11-06T17:03:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T17:03:50","slug":"stop-teaching-teachers-like-children-a-practical-guide-to-andragogy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpocreativity.com\/world\/stop-teaching-teachers-like-children-a-practical-guide-to-andragogy\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Teaching Teachers Like Children: A Practical Guide to Andragogy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\ud83e\udde0 The Problem: Why Most Staff Training Fails<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Imagine this: It\u2019s 3:00 PM on a Tuesday. You\u2019re in the school library for a mandatory professional development (PD) session. You have a stack of papers to grade and two lessons to plan for tomorrow. The presenter is clicking through a 90-slide PowerPoint on a new “paradigm.” You’re physically present, but mentally, you’re a million miles away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This scenario is all too common. Much of the training designed for educators fails because it ignores one fundamental truth: adults do not learn like children. We treat highly-educated, experienced professionals like passive vessels, forcing them into a pediatric model of learning. The solution is to shift our approach. The solution is andragogy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udca1 The Solution: What is Andragogy?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Andragogy is the science and practice of adult learning. It\u2019s a term popularized by educator Malcolm Knowles, who outlined a set of principles that distinguish adult learners from children (whose study is “pedagogy”).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike children, who are often blank slates learning foundational subjects, adults are self-directed, experienced, and motivated by immediate, real-world problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udee0\ufe0f The How-To: Applying Andragogy to Your Next Training<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

How do we use these principles to design training that educators actually value? We “Show, Give, and Inspire.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n