Tom,

You've highlighted a lot of the terms that are so important to the EFF 
framework (http://eff.cls.utk.edu/fundamentals/default.htm): 
constructivism, student-centeredness, authentic materials, authentic 
assessment and self-assessment.

And Katrina- this is one of the reasons why I believe that the EFF 
standards are different (I'm not saying the only standards or the best) 
from many others because they build from many of these important concepts 
and are meaningful to the learners.

Aaron

At 11:26 PM 7/11/2006 -0400, you wrote:

>Katrina Hinson wrote:

>

>http://agelesslearner.com/intros/andragogy.html

>

>Thank you Katrina. I can see how the two terms differentiated by age of 

>learner, but I think the world would be a better place if they had not. 

>There are many teaching concepts from K12 that would fit well in andragogy 

>such as constructivism, student-centeredness, authentic materials, 

>authentic assessment and self-assessment, but they often seem to get badly 

>misinterpreted when put into practice. I think these things are imperiled 

>even in adult education.

>

>Perhaps a reason why is that teachers tend to teach the way they were 

>taught. We are prisoners of our own experience. This is how educational 

>traditions perpetuate. It is extremely difficult to break out, and when we 

>do, we encounter students who say, "just give me the workbook." I guess 

>students are prisoners of their experience too.

>

>Tom Woods

>Community High School of Vermont

>

>

>

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