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Andragogy is the art of teaching Adults. Malcolm Knowles is the father of Andragogy, he has developed some assumptions that help us to guide adults during their learning. People get confused about the number of assumptions because he has changed some of them during the years and also, he has added or eliminated one or two. Now we are sure we have six assumptions. Some people use two as one, but the most important thing here is that we need to learn the assumptions and take them into practice.
We can learn a lot from Malcolm Knowles and his principles. They are a guide to lead students to a meaningful learning and also help us to take our teaching style to another level. All the Malcolm Assumptions are important, but I think that we as teachers can influence students during the whole process. Fox example, you can inspire your students so they can set their objectives and know what they want. You can share your own eperiences with others so they feel comfortable sharing theirs. If you give your students the right tools, they will be motivated to learn, if you give your clases in a dynamic way, they will learn and they will be ready to learn and go beyond.