Andragogy: Because „Adult Education“ Is Not Beneficial To The Academic Identity!

Name of Inductee

Jost Reischmann, Bamberg University, GermanyFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2015

Induction Class Year

1999

Abstract

In many countries of the world a new educational (sub)discipline dealing with the learning and education of adults came into existence in the last decades. This contribution focuses on this academic discipline and its struggle to find a professional identity in universities and for their graduates. It suggests that “Andragogy” helps to clarify the specifics of the scholarly approach, thus contributing to a professional identity of this group of academics and graduates. International readers are invited, to compare the following arguments coming mainly from the German and European background with the developments in their countries, the similarities and differences.

Recommended Citation

Reischmann, Jost (2015): Andragogy: Because „Adult Education“ is not beneficial to the academic identity! In: International Perspectives in Adult Education - IPE 71. Bonn/Germany: DVV-International, p. 87-97.