Critical awareness in nurse education
- 18 April 1990
- journal article
- Published by RCNi in Nursing Standard
- Vol. 4 (30) , 32-34
- https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.4.30.32.s38
Abstract
Nurse education is changing. Nor only are new curricula being developed but appropriate methods of adult learning are being used. Knowle's notion of and ragogy (1), with its four important precepts is increasingly used as a basis for modern nurse education. Knowles contrasted andragogy (or the theory and practice of the education of adults) with pedagogy (the theory and practice of the education of children). He claims that adults differ from children in their learning needs in four important ways:Keywords
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