True Colors
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Response
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 You heard it now read it.
 Read the lyrics.
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Who was the original artist for True Colors?
Does reading the lyrics change the impact of the song?
After listening to the song, what do the lyrics mean?
What do they mean to you?
What types of issues would the lyrics apply to teens
today?
What is it? How does it work?
Assignment
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 We are exploring education and teaching. Today you will
explore two different concepts: Andragogy and Pedagogy.
 Define: Andragogy
 Define: Pedagogy
Read and Review (10 minutes)
 Read and Review The Role of Experiential Education in
Pedagogy and Andragogy
 Highlight and identify key concepts/take-away from the
article.
 Capture the key concepts on a piece of notebook paper of
both Andragogy and Pedagogy
Pedagogy vs.
Andragogy
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 Compare and contrast pedagogy and andragogy
 Think, Pair, Share
Andragogy vs. Pedagogy
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Vocabulary
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 Experiential education is a philosophy of education that
describes the process that occurs between a teacher and
student that infuses direct experience with the learning
environment and content.
 Hands-on experience
 Andragogy is the method and practice of teaching adult
learners; adult education
 Pedagogy is the method and practice of teaching,
especially as an academic subject or theoretical concept
 education of children
Andragogy
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 Adults need to know why they need to know something before
they are taught it
 The Self-Concept of adults is heavily dependent upon a move
towards self direction
 Prior experiences provide a rich resource for learning
 Adults typically become ready to learn when they experience a
need to cope with a life situation or perform a task
 Adult’s orientation to learning is life-centered, and they see
education as a process of developing increased competency
levels to achieve their full potential
 The motivation for adult learners is internal and not external
 Responsible for Learning
Pedagogy
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 Little to no experience to pull from
 Conform to have common view, to teach about as
opposed to living out
 Isolation of sensory stimulation in learning
 Large, singular groups; students responsible for singular
success
 I do (teacher), We do (class), You do (student) instruction;
teacher focused
 Little expansion of topics outside of specific subject
 Learn though examples/thoughts of others
 Unable to assess to one’s own standard
Andragogy (Adult)
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Pedagogy (Child)
Self-Directed
Other Directed
Autonomous / More Experience
Less on Experience
Teacher = Facilitator
Teacher = Instructor
Problem Centered
Content Centered
The Changing Face of Education
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What’s changing? Why?
What we will learn
today
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 Major economic factors affecting learning and
educational practice
 Explaining factors using real world examples
 Relating factors to local funding issues
Economic factors affecting
education
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 Population Diversity
 Social Changes
 Emotional
 Motivation to learn
 Lack of readiness to learn
 Political Forces
 Economic Pressures
 Technology