Do you know what andragogy is?) This is adult education. You can guess that adults need to be taught differently than children. Andragogy is different from pedagogy. Can you guess what?) Already in 1833, the German teacher Alexander Kapp contrasted this term with pedagogy. Although the features of adult learning were presented to the respected public by the American teacher Malcolm Knowles in 1973 through the book “The Adult Learner”. So what are the nuances of teaching adults? What to pay attention to during this process? According to Knowles, students under 20 do not really understand where exactly and what knowledge they will apply, because they do not have practical experience in a specific profession. An adult has a good idea of ​​the purpose for which he needs the knowledge he receives. Therefore, the first task of a teacher teaching adults is to take into account the needs of these same adults and their satisfaction in the light of acquiring knowledge, that is, to show how and where exactly knowledge will be applied in a particular profession. The second feature in adult education is that schoolchildren and students depend to a greater extent on the personality traits of the teacher than adults. But often adults forget about this, becoming like children and giving all responsibility for teaching to the teacher. At the same time, their adult personality comes into conflict with the child part, so they often drop out of school, for example, making a claim to the teacher that he treats them with disrespect. Therefore, a teacher of adults should support the desire for independence in his students and show respect. The third feature: a teacher dealing with schoolchildren takes little account of the students’ personal experience or their opinions, because he relies on his own personal experience or the experience of textbook authors. But an adult has a more diverse life and professional experience, and each adult has a unique experience. According to Knowles, the experience of an adult should be put “into action” when teaching him. Therefore, when teaching adults, brainstorming, blocks of cases, and group problem solving are used, and when solving problems, the individual experience of each participant is taken into account, if possible. But it must be taken into account that by adulthood people become less flexible and more distorted than in their youth. And this nuance is taken into account during training, for example, in order to avoid conflicts, the group is given tasks that unite its participants, thereby reducing personal misunderstandings between people. Fourth feature: motives for readiness to study. So, for children at school, in many ways it is a “stick” for passing tests and exams. Moreover, children receive regular reinforcement in the form of grades. In adults, learning is motivated by the desire to add knowledge to existing knowledge and to work better and receive more. Accordingly, adults are not so much interested in grades as in the usefulness of the knowledge they receive. Knowles opened a new vector in teaching, thanks to him. Moreover, he perfected androgogy all his life. Do you think there really is a difference between teaching children and teaching adults, and what is it??)