How Children,

Adolescents and
Adults Learn
Reported by:
Sophia Panapanaan
Elaine Maninang
Catherine Bacuno

What is
Pedagogy
and Andragogy?

Pedagogy
(noun)

The study of being a teacher

Refers to strategy of instruction
or a style of instruction.

Andragogy
(noun)

Consists of learning strategies

focused on adults
Interpreted as the process of
engaging adult learners with the
structure of learning experience

What is the
difference in the
nature of children,
adolescents and
adult learners?

Children
Egocentrism
Curious
Committing Mistakes

Adolescents
Adults

What are the

differences in learning
characteristics
between children,
adolescents and
adults?

Learning Characteristics
Children
Generally learn
quickly

Adolescents
Benefit when content
is relevant to their own
level

Has limited experience

base
Benefit when they are
allowed to work in
Often externally
group
motivated
Depend on adults for
material support

Adults
Self-directed

Often have very

different ideas about
what is important to
learn
Have a broad
experience base to
relate to new learning
Learn more slowly
than children

What are the

similarities
between children,
adolescents and
adults?

How did Piaget

illustrate the learning
of children,
adolescents, and adults
in his CognitiveDevelopmental Theory?

Sensorimotor Stage
(Birth to 2 years)

They are busy discovering relationships

between sensations and motor behavior

Preoperational Stage
(2 to 7 years)

Symbols enable people to deal with things

Stage of Concrete Operations

(7 to 11 years)

Beginning of rational activity in children

Conservation of Quantity

Stage of Formal Operations

(11 years onwards)

Adolescents can engage in hypothetical

reasoning on logic

What concerns are

there to consider in
teaching children,
adolescents and
adults?

Self-Actualization
(Morality, Creativity, Spontaneity,
Problem Solving, Lack of Prejudice, Acceptance of Facts)

Esteem

(Confidence, Achievement, Respect by others, Respect of

others)

Love or Belonging
(Friendship, Family, Sexual Intimacy)

Safety
(Security of: Body, employment, resources, morality,
the family, health, property)

Physiological
(Breathing, food, water, sex, sleep,
homeostasis, excretion)

What classroom
activities are
appropriate for
children,
adolescents, and
adults?

Children

Adolescents

Adults

Arts and Crafts

Debates

Drills
Classroom
games
Exercises

Logic Games
Drills
Experiments
Discussions
Outdoor
Activities
Sharing of
Experience

Debates
Discussions
Icebreakers
Mind Games
Seminars and
forums

What is the
appropriate teaching
method for children,
adolescents and
adults?

Children
Integrated
Technology
Cooperative
Learning
Structure
Differentiated
Instruction
Goal Setting
Assessment
for Learning

Adolescents
Lectures and
Assignments
Experimentation

Group work
Dialogue

Adults
Lectures and
Assignments
Demonstratio
ns
Group work
Dialogue
Conclusion

In what stage is
the is the
learning capacity
of an individual
greatest?

Children, adolescents and

adults have the same capacity
of learning.

Children has the capacity to

learn more quickly in contrast to

What are the

factors that
contribute to the
learning of children,
adolescent and
adults?