Andragogy as a Knowledge Driving Discipline in Higher Education

This paper exposes the diachronic (historical overview) of Andragogy (or Adult Education) and its introduction as a discipline in the context of university education. Based on the andragogical principles of the adult thought process and the work experience, this study sets out Adult Education as an...

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Autor: Alonso Chacón, Paula
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2012
País:Costa Rica
Recursos:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositório:Portal de Revistas UNA
Idioma:espanhol
inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/3729
Acesso em linha:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/EDUCARE/article/view/3729
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Andragogía
educación superior
adulto
competencia cognitiva
competencia metacognitiva
docente universitario
Andragogy
higher education
adult
cognitive competence
meta-cognitive competence
university professor
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Resumo:This paper exposes the diachronic (historical overview) of Andragogy (or Adult Education) and its introduction as a discipline in the context of university education. Based on the andragogical principles of the adult thought process and the work experience, this study sets out Adult Education as an education option to be implemented in higher education, in Costa Rica, to develop cognitive and meta-cognitive competencies in the university students, in the different academic areas simultaneously, by reproducing the Socratic maieutics, which is structured within the Kolb’s experiential learning cycle.