Funny how you can search the internet looking for one topic and before you notice it, you've shifted over to something unexpected!
I started out by googling "peer learning" and stumbled across a website on "peeragogy"
For those (like myself) that don't know all of the terms, wikipedia defines the term "pedagogy" as the "science and art of education".
Smarter folks than I coined another term called "andragogy" which focuses on "Adult Education". There is a great definition and comparison by Ron Kowit on Andragogy vs. Pedagogy
The basis of my thoughts for the moment has been to look at pedagogy initially and then to observe the differences in andragogy. How are adult learners different from young learners?
Then I run across articles that question that progression? Can we not use the methods that are identified for an adult learner with children? Tom Whitby has a great article on just this
So much for staying on track with peer learning!!!
So, to refocus, my goal is to evaluate how Peer Learning is changing my role as an Adult Educator.
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