Andragogy

Malcolm Knowles' six assumptions related to motivation of adult learning:

1. Adults need to know the reason for learning something (Need to Know)
2. Experience,including error, provides the basis for learning activities (Foundation).
3. Adults need to be responsible for their decisions and involved in the planning of their instruction (Self-concept).
4. Adults will better learn when the subjects have immediate relevance to their work and personal lives (Readiness).
5. Adult learning is problem-centered rather than content-oriented (Orientation).
6. Adults respond better to internal versus external motivators (Motivation).

ERIC (Ebsco interface)
Government funded database to journal articles and other documents related to the field of education.
ProQuest Education Journals
Another good database for researching primary, secondary, higher, special, and alternative education.
AgeLine
Provides access to literature that focuses on the aging population from 50 years onward.
PsycINFO
The premier resource for scholarly articles on psychology, including educational psychology
Academic Search Premier
A multi-disciplinary and general full-text periodicals database.
JSTOR
A resource for complete backfiles of scholarly journals in many disciplines, including education.

Adult education quarterly
Journal of aging studies
Journal of research and practice for adult literacy, secondary, and basic education
New directions for adult and continuing education
New horizons in adult education & human resource development

Adult education
Continuing education
Adult learning
Adulthood--Psychological aspects
Aging--Psychological aspects

NYS Office of Adult Career and Continuing Education Services (ACCES)
US Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE)
Roger Hiemstra's Distance, Adult, and Life Long Learning Web Page (Syracuse University)
Biography of Malcolm Knowles, "Father of Andragogy"

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