This week's theme: words related to teaching, learning, and schools. andragogy (AN-druh-go-jee) noun
The science or methods of teaching adults. [From Latin andro- (male) + -agogy as in pedagogy.] -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "As all the patients undergoing cataract surgery are mature adults, the theory of androgogy is more appropriate." Jean Cooper; Teaching Patients in Post-operative Eye Care; Nursing Standard; Apr 28, 1999. The sponsors of this newsletter are: Always find the right word with the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?code=4p7&ad=aw Mensa is an organization for smart people like you. Isn't it time you joined? Oct 21 is Mensa Testing Day. Find a test site near you: http://us.mensa.org/mtd ............................................................................ When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion. -C.P. Snow, scientist and writer (1905-1980) Looking for word/quotation archives: http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html Unsubscribe, change address, etc: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/andragogy.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/andragogy.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/andragogy.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
