Musings of a military mom turned adult educator: Audrey's story

'My entire world began to shift when I came across the field of adult education.'

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In this short 11 minute episode, host Jane Berwick speaks with Audrey Ayers about her unique journey into being an educator of adults, working in the military in the US and reflections on the stark differences she has noticed between teaching children and educating adults.

Until her adult learning professors began describing the difference between 'pedagogy' (education of children) and 'andragogy' (educating adults) she says she wouldn’t have initially used the label “adult educator” for herself as she thought that was someone who taught GED classes at a local community college or adult ESL.

She says that to name ourselves as “adult educators,” increases our range of identity - thereby also increasing our very sense of self-wort ...