It’s Andragogy, Not Pedagogy

By Andrew Joseph Pegoda. Some will immediately say this is nothing more than a semantics debate. No different than if we were discussing the contrasting meanings of, say, “soda” and “pop.” When we use the word “pedagogy” as a catchall for all teaching methods, of course, no one is talking about little children, but we rarely stop and specifically consider what this word means and its relationship with other words. 
Pedagogy: the methods and practice of teaching children.
Andragogy: the methods and practice of teaching adults. Read more...