Digital andragogy: A richer blend of initial teacher education in the 21st century
This paper revisits the term ‘andragogy’ (adult education) and develops a new concept based upon an analysis of the skills and dispositions of 21st century learners in initial teacher education through the lens of adult education: ‘digital andragogy ’. In order to engage and retain students and rev...
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| description | This paper revisits the term ‘andragogy’ (adult education) and develops a new concept based upon an analysis of the skills and dispositions of 21st century learners in initial teacher education through the lens of adult education: ‘digital andragogy ’. In order to engage and retain students and revitalise education courses by optimising digital affordances, lecturers must examine the profiles of their learners and seek to create learning spaces that best suit their needs and wants. We posit that learners in initial teacher education programs should be encouraged and supported to transition from pedagogical practices experienced in their school years to higher education contexts for learning that are based upon digital andragogy. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-478712017-01-30T15:36:13Z Digital andragogy: A richer blend of initial teacher education in the 21st century Blackley, S. Sheffield, Rachel This paper revisits the term ‘andragogy’ (adult education) and develops a new concept based upon an analysis of the skills and dispositions of 21st century learners in initial teacher education through the lens of adult education: ‘digital andragogy ’. In order to engage and retain students and revitalise education courses by optimising digital affordances, lecturers must examine the profiles of their learners and seek to create learning spaces that best suit their needs and wants. We posit that learners in initial teacher education programs should be encouraged and supported to transition from pedagogical practices experienced in their school years to higher education contexts for learning that are based upon digital andragogy. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47871 http://www.iier.org.au/iier25/2015conts.html fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Blackley, S. Sheffield, Rachel Digital andragogy: A richer blend of initial teacher education in the 21st century |
| title | Digital andragogy: A richer blend of initial teacher education in the 21st century |
| title_full | Digital andragogy: A richer blend of initial teacher education in the 21st century |
| title_fullStr | Digital andragogy: A richer blend of initial teacher education in the 21st century |
| title_full_unstemmed | Digital andragogy: A richer blend of initial teacher education in the 21st century |
| title_short | Digital andragogy: A richer blend of initial teacher education in the 21st century |
| title_sort | digital andragogy: a richer blend of initial teacher education in the 21st century |
| url | http://www.iier.org.au/iier25/2015conts.html http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47871 |