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Erik Erikson and Carl Rogers on Adult Education
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Abstract
Malcolm Knowles is the father of andragogy which assumes that the point at which an individual achieves a self-concept of essential self-direction is the point at which he psychologically becomes adult. A very critical thing happens when this occurs: the individual develops a deep psychological need to be perceived by others as being self-directing. Thus, when he finds himself in a situation in which he is not allowed to be self-directing, he experiences a tension between that situation and his self-concept. His reaction is bound to be tainted with resentment and resistance (Knowles, 1998). Carl Rogers understood this when he developed his client-centered theory which developed into the student-centered theory. This theory focuse
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