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Adult Learning Theories Module Summary

Now that you have completed the workshop “Adult Learning Theories” you should be able to:

  • Consider what learning is, what defines an adult learner, and how these understandings inform adult learning theories
  • Distinguish between pedagogy, andragogy, and heutagogy
  • Create teaching strategies appropriate for a post-secondary context that are informed by each ‘gogy’