From Andragogy to Heutagogy
Stewart Hase, Chris Kenyon,
ultiBASE,
Feb 18, 2009
This is a very nice paper, cited by Barbara Dieu on the WikiEducator mailing list, describing the evolution of 'heutagogy' - self-directed learning - through developments in philosophy and educational theory. I like not only the overview of the principles of heutagogy but the way the discussion of power and democracy in learning comes to have wider social implications. Citing John Ralston Saul (whose work has informed my own thinking as well) the authors note, "there is an almost childlike way in which society avoids the reality of its situation, choosing instead to believe a fantasy perpetuated by a corporatist ideology." Sound familiar? Sound like recent reality? See also the Learner Generated Contexts wiki.
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